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By: Learning how to drive a motorbike in Vietnam: Mirrors | Ottsworld

Learning how to drive a motorbike in Vietnam: Mirrors | Ottsworld — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:00:41 +0000

[...] there always a shower curtain rod but no shower curtain in bathrooms in Vietnam? Why do parents put mosquito nets on children’s heads in place of a helmet? Why does everyone use short little chairs and tables that look like they are [...]

By: Sherry Ott

Sherry Ott — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:46:17 +0000

Yes – I asked my Vietnamese students one day about it and they said that they wear the nets to protect against the pollution since apparently they don’t make baby masks and the nets are easy to breath through. I still find it crazy though…just one of those things that remind me that our cultures are extremely different!

By: avu

avu — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:15:41 +0000

My Vietnamese relatives told me that kids under certain age are not required to wear helmet when riding on the bike. I think the mosquito net is to cover the kid from road’s dirt?

By: Ly

Ly — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:17:49 +0000

I was LOL when I read your comment about the mosquito net. Yep, that’s my thinking exactly when I saw that. I don’t know but what the heck the parents were thinking when they put the mosquito net on the kids. Weird *shake head* and I’m still trying to figure out why.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:33:48 +0000

I can see it on the Paris runways: helmets with mosquito net veils.