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Among the offerings at this snack stand is "XÚC XÍCH ĐỨC" ["GERMAN SAUSAGE"], but what you'll get is a mediocre hot dog. Unlike the boys below, these girls are reacting to me because they're not staring at smart phones.

As for the woman at the snack stand, she's not wearing some weird peekaboo dress, but a cloth covering over her shorts. Since Vietnamese women are so terrified of turning darker, they sometimes wear these flimsy cloth coverings, especially when they're on their motorbikes. Hoodies, too, have become popular for the same reason. I never saw these phenomenons in 2001, when I last lived in Vietnam.



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