I’m not Chinese but from other answers, it’s obvious they said yes.
This is what a Chinese told after visiting Da Nang and HCMC / Saigon:
“Being to Vietnam once, it was shocking to me how similar these two countries could be, from Ming style Buddhist temple to aunties doing square dance at night. Sometimes I even felt like stepping into a different version of ‘China’ in a parallel universe tbh.”
Just want to add this one more similarity between us. In Vietnam you can also find big mothers and aunties doing square-dancing and having fun together in public spaces.
For real, some elders decide to go for hiphop, a thing which is meant just for youth. A group even makes the news on our national TV:
I am an attorney in the Washington DC area, with a Doctor of Law in the US, attended the master program at the National School of Administration of Việt Nam, and graduated from Sài Gòn University Law School. I aso studied philosophy at the School of Letters in Sài Gòn.
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I have worked as an anti-trust attorney for Federal Trade Commission and a litigator for a fortune-100 telecom company in Washington DC.
I have taught law courses for legal professionals in Việt Nam and still counsel VN government agencies on legal matters.
I have founded and managed businesses for me and my family, both law and non-law.
I have published many articles on national newspapers and radio stations in Việt Nam.
In 1989 I was one of the founding members of US-VN Trade Council, working to re-establish US-VN relationship.
Since the early 90's, I have established and managed VNFORUM and VNBIZ forum on VN-related matters; these forums are the subject of a PhD thesis by Dr. Caroline Valverde at UC-Berkeley and her book Transnationalizing Viet Nam.
I translate poetry and my translation of "A Request at Đồng Lộc Cemetery" is now engraved on a stone memorial at Đồng Lộc National Shrine in VN.
I study and teach the Bible and Buddhism. In 2009 I founded and still manage dotchuoinon.com on positive thinking and two other blogs on Buddhism.
In 2015 a group of friends and I founded website CVD - Conversations on Vietnam Development (cvdvn.net).
I study the art of leadership with many friends who are religious, business and government leaders from many countries.
I have written these books, published by Phu Nu Publishing House in Hanoi:
"Positive Thinking to Change Your Life", in Vietnamese (TƯ DUY TÍCH CỰC Thay Đổi Cuộc Sống) (Oct. 2011)
"10 Core Values for Success" (10 Giá trị cốt lõi của thành công) (Dec. 2013)
"Live a Life Worth Living" (Sống Một Cuộc Đời Đáng Sống) (Oct. 2023)
I practice Jiu Jitsu and Tai Chi for health, and play guitar as a hobby, usually accompanying my wife Trần Lê Túy Phượng, aka singer Linh Phượng.
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1 bình luận về “Do the Chinese who visit Vietnam, or who live in Vietnam, feel that Vietnam is similar to China?”
Vietnam is not only China’s next-door neighbor geographically, but culturally Vietnam is very much China’s brother/sister. Does the world understand this simple truth? Why keep asking dumb questions all the time?
CVD 
Vietnam is not only China’s next-door neighbor geographically, but culturally Vietnam is very much China’s brother/sister. Does the world understand this simple truth? Why keep asking dumb questions all the time?
ThíchThích