Vietnam interesting facts – 10 things you didn’t know about Vietnam...

Are you one of those people that only think of Vietnam in terms of that 20th Century war? We must admit this country is weird and we are not sure if we want to come back there. We know many people who love Vietnam though. It has a lot to offer: beautiful mountains (like Mai Chau), amazing sea and of course the Halong Bay. Vietnam may be controversial but it’s still a place everybody should visit. In this post we gathered for you Vietnam interesting facts. Some of them may surprise you, some disgust you and some will make you laugh! So here we go…

Vietnamese people eat dogs and cats...

This is probably the weirdest and the most disgusting thing about Vietnam. Dogs and cats are very popular to eat in this country.

At the beginning we thought it is just a rumour or something to attract tourists. We talked with many Vietnamese people though and they all confirmed that ‘pet meat’ is eaten in Vietnam.

Ughh… We couldn’t try it but we saw many restaurants where they served meals made of dogs and cats.

The worst part of it is that most dogs that are eaten by Vietnamese people are raised in a house, they live with people. They are treated like all dogs in any other countries on the world. And then, usually when they are about 2 years old, they are killed and eaten.

Vietnamese claims that the best meat is from the young dog. The older the dog is, the more tough and gristly its meat is. They also said that every dog breed tastes differently.