Overall Vietnam has impressed me with its rapid development and energy towards the future, everywhere you travel there are massive building projects both for infrastructure and business creating lots of new jobs. Housing is booming with huge swathes of land going under concrete and heavy industry is still a major employer in the north. In fact tourism has grown in Vietnam this year by 35% bringing in $72billion in foreign revenue. This is all at the price of a polluted environment - so much so that even in rural areas many people wear face masks (Most have little designs on and have become an industry in themselves, could be the next 'must have' tourist item!) and growing traffic problems - the roads are a little chaotic and it is thanks to the skill of riders and drivers that there is not as many accidents as you would aspect. However there was one on the way back from Halong Bay that involved a mini-bus, car and scooter - suffice to say that the people in the mini-bus were fine…
Vietnam - a place of beauty and industry
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