https://www.furnituretoday.com/international/vietnam-overtakes-china-as-largest-exporter-to-u-s/

I remember thinking that Vietnam was a place in great transition when we were there.  I wonder how much it has already changed on the ground?  NFFC, if you see this it would be interesting to get your take on what's happening there these days.

Rapidly increasing middle class, lots more cars, lots more hi-rise buildings.

More visible in Ho Chi Minh, skyscrapers tend to be in the centre, in Hanoi more spread with the city moving westward at a pace.

It's still Vietnam though.

I think in almost any major city in the world you are a few turns from the modern centre into the "real" world. Maybe the Asian cities require less turns, Hong Kong, Seoul and even Tokyo included.

I think this is a decent overview https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/vietnam/overview of what is really quite remarkable progress since Đổi Mới in 1986.

Thanks, still sounds like a very exciting place to live.   

FB link but worth a glance, video of modern day Sai Gon

https://www.facebook.com/binhdinhlove/videos/4096184547133105

Very cool! When do you go back to the motherland nffc?

October.

It's a mans world btw, the Fatherland 

Ah yes, how could I forget! lol

Hanoi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CzxfuPSuWE

Great video. Love the shot of the central hub area where we sat for food and drink on the regular:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CzxfuPSuWE&t=76s

>Hanoi

Definitely more cars and high rises than there were when we went.