What is really rude

Different cultures have things that they find rude.  Here in Vietnam is it not rude to do the following:

  • eat with your mouth open
  • stare at people
  • Slurp when eating food
  • spit in public
  • pick at your toes
  • Pick lice out of your hair on the street and restaurant
  • cut your finger nails at work
  • burping
  • urinate in public, especially men
  • Men walk around in their underwear
  • When it is hot lifting your t-shirt up over your stomach – men only
  • talking in movies
  • answering phone calls in the middle of meetings
  • Asking how old you are
  • OK to touch people
  • OK to be in people’s personal space
  • Jumping the queue/line
  • Taking pictures of people without permission

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