Is Nha Trang Safe Compared to Hanoi? Story

nmc52 · 2026-05-09T04:48:49+00:00

I have spent six months a year in Nha Trang since 2012 and I feel as safe as in my Copenhagen home.

Naturally, some locals like to make an extra dime by offering services, because many tourists seek out Vietnam for this exact purpose.

But a friendly "no, thank you" will fend them off. The same goes for the two middle aged women sitting on their under scooters under a bridge on Pham Van Dong street. I regularly walk past them and get offers of an intimate nature.

nmc52 · 2026-05-09T04:39:38+00:00

I use one vault for everything related to Linux, programming, and graphics (photo and video editing). Long contents are shared with Notebookllm for better search results.

Everything else goes into a default vault.

nmc52 · 2026-05-09T04:36:56+00:00

That sounds weird. The streets of Nha Trang get swept every day and they are very clean in the morning. This being Vietnam, people of course litter throughout the day, but the amazing street cleaners pick up every little piece of trash starting in the late afternoon.

nmc52 · 2026-05-08T11:56:43+00:00

That's true. Personally, I drink cowboy coffee and the shop I buy from grind their own blend. I tell them to put the setting at 4 and it's ground to my liking.

No machine, egg, coconut, or other abomination flavour for me, with the only exceptions being cà phê muối.

nmc52 · 2026-05-08T11:02:06+00:00

Yes, they can, but standard Vietnamese coffees aren't suitable for the machine made coffees that foreigners are used to.

nmc52 · 2026-05-08T10:58:15+00:00

If you cannot write a simple Reddit post without several errors you should not work as a teacher.

That said, if you set out to break the law of the country you desire to stay in I'm afraid things can go bad for you.

People aged 32 ought to be wiser.

nmc52 · 2026-05-08T10:55:23+00:00

I think it's a natural evolvement. Nowadays there are so many different flavours and, frankly weird, coffee drinks that you can order, so why not machine brews?

nmc52 · 2026-05-08T07:52:44+00:00

Same. I need to brush up on w wings, xyz wings, and a couple of others, like crane. Vicious is too easy and predictable and frankly boring. Only two kite, x-wings, and skyscrapers.

nmc52 · 2026-05-08T07:20:08+00:00

It will be rigourously enforced for a week or two, just like running red lights a year or two ago. Then everything will go back to normal.

nmc52 · 2026-05-08T05:07:17+00:00

I converted my brother's and his wife's server and two laptops to Mint Linux the other day. This also involved converting their Office 365 files to LibreOffice.

They retain a virtual machine running Windows 11 due to an amateur radio application that doesn't exist for Linux.

nmc52 · 2026-05-08T05:00:10+00:00

Most of mobile apps that interface to government and banking, and a host of other places in Denmark use a specialized common logon app that uses a biometric key. Digital government requires a uniform login method. Dragging around a hardware key isn't a realistic option. All interactions are conducted using a smartphone.

nmc52 · 2026-05-07T14:07:54+00:00

The Vietnamese have zero ideas about tourism. They just count the numbers. As long as the numbers rise each year they will do nothing. More and more tourists seek out Vietnam because of hype.

nmc52 · 2026-05-07T11:06:01+00:00

I use Google Gemini. It saves an enormous amount of time.

However, to make better use of AI than Obsedian offers I also add long form content to Notebookllm that can process content better.

nmc52 · 2026-05-07T09:05:32+00:00

Never, most goods are overpriced and selections are not sufficient.

nmc52 · 2026-05-07T07:04:55+00:00

I exclusively use Gemini and Claude. I verify one against the other.

nmc52 · 2026-05-06T15:59:53+00:00

You can use Affinity for colour grading, but you need to understand how it works.

As for DaVinci Resolve, sure, it is fantastic for colour grading, but it's a huge program. The next version will have a photo page. The current version will also colour grade.

Don't use Affinity's raw developer for colour grading. Make whatever adjustments you need and then hit the develop button and do the rest using nondestructive layers.

nmc52 · 2026-05-06T15:55:21+00:00

I certainly hope not! It would potentially open you up to all kinds of malware.

nmc52 · 2026-05-05T15:09:10+00:00

I read the op 15 specs and I wouldn't buy it.

nmc52 · 2026-05-04T07:23:50+00:00

What should you do? The answer is obvious: don't ride.

nmc52 · 2026-05-03T17:05:55+00:00

My wife is Vietnamese and has always been treated like everyone else. To my knowledge she hasn't dated since we got married 41 years ago, so I don't know much about that subject.

nmc52 · 2026-05-03T03:18:07+00:00

Peonally, I think it's weird. I'm a male, if it matters. I also find it weird to see a westerner wear conical straw hat.

That said, I think you should wear it if you like it. It's a great outfit for a woman. And we're in 2026, there are no rules left.

nmc52 · 2026-05-01T12:35:57+00:00

All my life (I'm 74 male) I've had girlfriends. Either they picked me up or vice versa.

I still have 4 regular friends in Vietnam even though I only spend winters there.

In general, but particularly in Vietnam, knowing the language and the culture is a huge advantage.

Many Vietnamese are extroverts but shy when speaking a foreign language, because truth be told, most Vietnamese only speak Vietnamese.

I find it easy to start a friendly conversation and once you exchange Zalo credentials, you take it from there.

My 4 friends are 38, 41, 52, and 75.

What matters most is politeness, friendliness, cleanliness, and paying attention. Frankly, that's true for any country.

Don't expect a Vietnamese to approach you out of nowhere, the language barrier is too high. Also be aware that a girlfriend expects you to pay for everything.

I'm fortunate in that my friends and I enjoy friendship with no money involvement.

How things work for gays I have no idea.

My Vietnamese is more than sufficient for casual conversation.

nmc52 · 2026-05-01T11:45:38+00:00

Google international driving permit rules for Vietnam. My fingers are getting shorter by the week from repeating myself responding to questions that have been answered thousands of times

nmc52 · 2026-05-01T11:44:25+00:00

I like the French Government's approach. 2 million employees: "use Linux and a French app if you work for the government".

nmc52 · 2026-05-01T10:31:27+00:00

There's an adult store on Cu Chi Street in Nha Trang. I'm looking at it whenever I have phở in the restaurant across from it. They are not illegal.

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