Top 18 interesting differences between Hanoi and Saigon

Traffic is also very different in the two cities, Saigon people are somewhat easier and more liberal than Hanoians. Hanoians appreciate appearance, usually at a store, restaurant, or service, you will be evaluated by the staff from the moment you step out of the car, and for each different customer, the staff will behave differently. As for Saigon people, the car you ride is beautiful or ugly, it is not enough to evaluate your person

This is an interesting point between the two cities. If you’re in Hanoi, you don’t need to know which ward or district you’re in, just know the street name and that’s it. Friends who gather together just need to briefly say the house number and street name. And Saigon is very large, the districts are clearly separated from each other and there are countless streets with the same name. So, if you go to Saigon, you must remember the name of the ward and district where you want to go!

Words are diverse and rich, moreover, a delicate and polite lifestyle is ingrained, so even in swearing, Hanoians must be skillful. Only by stealing a chicken, Northerners were able to improvise when they had an entire song to curse. On the contrary, in Saigon, people express their displeasure with words that are very “implicit” and “understandable”!

Outside of Hanoi, people carefreely stand at the electric crossroads to take out their phones to listen without fear of anything. But if you do this same behavior in the South, your phone is unlikely to be available!

In Saigon, if you want to buy flowers, you have to go to the market, or the flower shop. Adorning Hanoi are the colorful street vendors. Simple, simple, yet incredibly beautiful.

It is unlucky if any girl is so foolish as to display a bunch of bananas and peppers on her grandmother to worship her ancestors in the house in the South. They believe that bananas are not very beautiful fruits in terms of shape and are homophones with the word “chui” in the squishy. Hence very taboo. In Hanoi, a bunch of green bananas is a very popular offering, both convenient and beautiful. Eggs are also a dish rarely used during Tet in the North, while Saigon people love braised Chinese meat on these occasions.

The rain in Hanoi is usually persistent, long, not heavy, but it is persistent, accompanied by cold winds blowing throughout the capital while Saigon’s rain comes and goes quickly.

More culturally influenced from the North, soy sauce (also known as soy sauce) is still used quite a lot in the daily meals of Hanoians. Unlike the North, Saigon people prefer fish sauce.

Hanoi has four distinct seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Spring has extremely unpleasant drizzle, streets are always wet, summer is hot, the whole city is like a pan of fire, winter is super cold. Hanoi is most beautiful only in autumn. Autumn weather is cool, airy, light yellow light. Saigon is very simple, there are only 2 seasons: dry season and rainy season. In the dry season, the weather is hot and sunny during the day, with little rain. In contrast, in the rainy season, it rains every day, especially in the afternoon. The rain rots the soil rots the sand, the rain covers the road, the rain floods the street.

Not too fussy, people in Saigon are willing to sit in the trees near Notre Dame to chat some funny stories with friends and colleagues. Perhaps due to the habit of sitting flat, the name “flat coffee” also comes from that. In Hanoi, people often have a hobby of “chilling lemon tea” with all kinds of stories in the world on familiar sidewalks. Moc Chau, Son La or Phu Tho, … are famous green tea hills providing fragrant cups of Northern tea.

The interesting difference between Saigon and Hanoi is also clearly shown in the ways of street vendors. If in Saigon, you often see a few uncles and aunts pushing a cart to make a living, then in Hanoi, carrying street vendors is an alternative image.

In Hanoi, pho is a popular breakfast food that shows the elegance and sophistication of users. Meanwhile, noodle soup is really the “king” of breakfasts in Saigon. Referring to the popularity and deliciousness of pho, Nguyen Tuan once favored a work on commenting on this dish. . Different from the South, usually people are only used to the sound of knocking noodles.

The image of traffic police in Saigon looks very cool with a covered Helmet model, while in Hanoi, it is more simple with a cloth hat or a mortar hat.

There is a very different point between Saigon and Hanoi that is the street. Sounds a bit strange right? Because the streets are not the same everywhere! However, the streets of these two cities are quite different. The streets of Hanoi are generally more invested with many overpasses, pedestrian bridges, and underpasses. The traffic light system is also quite scientific, and there is a surveillance camera system at the intersections. The streets of Saigon are smaller, do not seem modern, special.

In order to earn money to live, children in Hanoi choose shoe shine as a source of daily living. In Saigon, lottery tickets are a popular job for babies born early.

The service staff in Saigon has long been known for making guests happy. If you are in a hurry and wait for the waitress for too long, you can scold a few sentences to show your frustration, ensuring that the beautiful receptionist is still smiling gently. Meanwhile, in Hanoi, it’s still a long time. Chances are you get a sentence that can’t be more harsh in a similar case: “If you can’t wait, then go, you don’t need it!”

If in Hanoi, most people have the habit of greeting the new day with useful exercises, in Saigon, people are still sleeping peacefully, especially on weekends. For Saigon people, the holidays or holidays are a golden time to sleep a little more.

Hanoi people when happy playing and drinking often know themselves well, while Saigon people with a “comfortable” mentality roof, play freely” will continue until the next morning. Having the opportunity to come to Saigon, you will find that it is rare for any pub to close before 23 pm, unless there is a change!