Use of the car-horn in Vienam is an extremely important skill for drivers, but it's never in a threatening, fist-waving way like it is at home. It's always just a little toot to alert other drivers of your presence, just as the highway code says you should.
Crossing the road in Hanoi or Saigon is a leap of faith. You just need to step onto the road and keep walking, no matter how many cars and scooters appear to be hurtling towards you from all directions. You may occasionally need a little sidestep or shimmy, but whatever you do, don't stop and don't run; just keep walking slowly, and the traffic will miraculously avoid you. Seems to me that this organised chaos should be adopted in the West.
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