- The Vietnamese word for ‘thank you’ is ‘c?m on’, pronounced like a cockney Londoner saying ‘c’mon’
- The Son Doong cave system, in Central Vietnam, is considered the largest cave in the world, big enough to fit a Boeing 747 plane inside
- There are 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam, which include the Mu?ng people (the country’s third largest minority group) and Hoas (Vietnam’s Chinese population), who account for 0.78% of the country’s people
- The body of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam’s famous first president, lays on display in the country’s capital, Hanoi
- Vietnamese street food is world-renowned. No wonder the locals believe in nhau, eating for fun rather than when you’re hungry
- That said, one of the country’s most expensive cups of coffee, kopi luwak, comes from the excrement of civets (a bit like mongooses). They eat the ripest berries, which are then partially digested, pooped out, cleaned and ground for coffee
- There are approximately 45 million motorbikes registered in Vietnam
- The hot springs in Binh Chau are hot enough to boil eggs
- Vietnam is a long skinny country, shaped like an S. It is just 30 miles wide at its narrowest point
- The country is also home to over 5,800 islands, many of which are located in Halong Bay and off the coast of central Vietnam
