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the return rate for LOS is higher due to all the males going back for cheap sex and all the tourists from mainly 3rd world countries for the knock offs. I'll add the snow birds from Europe on that list as well. Viet Nam is better off in the long run without the mass, over tourism that has plague Thailand and all with it the pitfalls that come with it.

my Thai wife eats more Viet food these days than Thai. if she's craving for her native cuisine, she makes it at home. her complaint on Thai restaurants is they don't have the authentic flavoring she's accustomed to which I understand since ingredients are not exactly the same as back home.

Not starting an argument, but no Thai is pure. They have either Lao (Northern Thailand) Malay (Southern Thailand), Khmer (southeast Thailand) or Chinese (Central/ Bangkok) mixed with Tai/ Kadai (Northern Viet Nam and Southern China)) admixture. And if she's from Buri Ram, she most likely has Khmer blood too. My Thai wife is Thai from her mother side and Lao and Chinese from her father side.

this is a perfect summary. the only thing I don't agree with and is a big one, the food. Viet food is second to none. the variety, originality, nutritional benefits, and flavor are amazing!!

it's amazing what $$$ can get. the dude looks like a complete dweeb and if he wasn't mega rich, she wouldn't even bother looking his way. Kind of like the bargirls and punter relationship.

Really??? The same Arabs from Oman, UAE, Kuwait, and Saudi who run the streets in Phuket and Pattaya without any impunity??

I read a lot of SE Asian news; I have never seen a country like Thailand where every other news article is about tourism and the need to attract more visitors by any means possible.

at this point in the current Thai justice system, you don't need to post anything regarding the Shinawatra clan when it comes to lawsuits or suing cases because nothing will happen to them.

did I imply about other people? I was directly referring to this unscrupulous couple.

Whiter? does that make them more attractive to you? as far as larger breasts, some of the biggest breasts I've seen on Asian women are on Thai women.

trust me, it's not just single male falang. There are countless Japanese, Korean and other Asian males that come to Pattaya for the same reason and they spend $$$ on high end working girls.

Karma. something Thais understand and embrace very well.

He was doing the very exact thing Thais do every day at MBK, Platinum Mall and everywhere else in BKK

100%!!!

My Thai wife and our kids will be vacationing in Viet Nam next summer. We plan on landing in Ha Noi and take our time to explore the rich and historical country from the north to the south and everything in between. We will spend about a month or more because accommodations are so affordable along with cheap delicious food throughout the land. The wife loves Viet food and eats it more than Thai these days. All the short comings mentioned by various posters are the reasons why she doesn't intend to visit Thailand anytime soon.