Work With Vietnamese
  • Cultural Literacy
    • Who is Ms. Nguyen?
    • How old are you?
    • When it's time for siesta...
    • To hear what isn't said
    • Tet = Christmas + New Year
    • Smart casual? What does it mean?
    • Rubber time
    • We request the honor of your presence...
    • Where Midas is welcome
    • From outings to the company trip
    • The rising rainbow flag
    • Song of a thousand honks
    • To bribe or not to bribe…
    • It's more than just money
    • The six dimensions of Vietnamese culture
    • Good luck, bad luck
    • The ugly Vietnamese
  • For Employers
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vietnam cultural literacy

Do you want to relax, Sir?

When working with Vietnamese, it is very likely that you will be invited to what are so-called the "team building activities", which usually happen after working hours or on the weekend. The most common form of such entertainment is eating and drinking together, followed up by karaoke or sometimes, going to the cinema. Occasionally, you may be invited to such teamwork games as paintball, laser tag or football (soccer). Barbecue or picnic is much rarer due to the fact that there are not as many parks in Vietnam as in other Western countries.
Going to beer clubs or karaoke is the two common form of entertainments in Vietnam
When going out with your Vietnamese friends, they may introduce to you about the concept of "round" (which is known as "tăng" in Vietnamese). For many Vietnamese men, a full entertaining night includes 3 rounds. First round is in a restaurant where the main focus is eating, again enough energy in the preparation for the later rounds. Second round is either at a pub, a karaoke bar or a beer club, in which the main focus is to get drunk. Female can only join the first two rounds because the third one is where thing starts to get naughty. By common understanding, the third round is going to the massage which, in most of the cases, have a "happy ending". It is useful to know the majority of the massage shops in Vietnam offer sexual services, illegally, of course. During the massage, if the girl asks you something like "Do you want to relax, Sir?" then it means she is offering you with a happy ending. Such sexual services are also available in most of the men haircut & wash salons.
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Be careful when you see massage shops like this one since most of them provide sexual services.
So, do you want to relax, Sir?
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Key takeaways

  • Vietnamese co-workers usually hang out with the others after working hours
  • Eating, drinking and karaoke are the most common forms of entertainment in Vietnam
  • Most massage shops in Vietnam offer sexual services (a.k.a "happy ending")

More to read...

  1. Who is Ms. Nguyen?
  2. How old are you?
  3. When it's time for siesta...
  4. To hear what isn't said
  5. Tet = Christmas + New Year
  6. Smart casual? What does it mean?
  7. Rubber time
  8. We request the honor of your presence...
  9. Do you want to relax, Sir?
  10. Where Midas is welcome
  11. From outings to the company trip
  12. The rising rainbow flag
  13. Song of a thousand honks
  14. To bribe or not to bribe...
  15. It is more than just money...
  16. The six dimensions of Vietnamese culture
  17. Good luck, bad luck
  18. The ugly Vietnamese
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  • Cultural Literacy
    • Who is Ms. Nguyen?
    • How old are you?
    • When it's time for siesta...
    • To hear what isn't said
    • Tet = Christmas + New Year
    • Smart casual? What does it mean?
    • Rubber time
    • We request the honor of your presence...
    • Where Midas is welcome
    • From outings to the company trip
    • The rising rainbow flag
    • Song of a thousand honks
    • To bribe or not to bribe…
    • It's more than just money
    • The six dimensions of Vietnamese culture
    • Good luck, bad luck
    • The ugly Vietnamese
  • For Employers
  • Author