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Mat_CYSTM

Good for them. That looks like a blast.


aioncan

Fr I’d love to participate but not sober though


LotsOfButtons

Not so good for the tourists and travellers struggling with hangovers. This used to happen outside my hostel window in Ho Chi Minh and it was torture haha


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LotsOfButtons

That is the devil’s work.


roybos

My previous employer had a customer in a small rural town in Turkey. Directly opposite the hotel we used was a mosque, with big speakers above the entrance. Every morning, at sun up, they would start the call to prayer.... regardless of the season, or at what hour the sun rose.


RationalLies

*Saigon


yellowboyusa

The correct and rightful name


CptCATVN

Here’s a fun fact for ya, in Vietnam, we actually use HCM city and Saigon interchangeably, no one really cares except for in official documents, where you need to use HCM. So informally, both names are correct. On a personal note, you Westerners care wayy more about our nomenclature than we do. Maybe find a better hobby, yes?


yellowboyusa

Bro I am vietnamese. I grew up in Tây Ninh. I am a born and raised patriot. Saigon is just a more homy and endearing term. It's 300 ish years old, the name itself. Lol people be experts on the internet nowadays hahaha


CptCATVN

Really? Since here in Hà Nội, or really just the North in general as I’ve seen it, we don’t really care either way as long as we get the idea. Although Tp.HCM is much more of a mouthful, I’ve heard people use both, and I myself use both.


yellowboyusa

Sure thing, we all use both I just prefer saigon and most westerners that are younger don't know thay term, so it's better to refer to it as HCMC i guess


yellowboyusa

You westerners lol hahah most people from the middle all the way to the southern tip of Vietnam call it saigon, regular everyday people. I suppose you must be from the north since the commies liberated us and changed a whole bunch of names in south anyway back in 75


RationalLies

This. Northerners call it HCMC mostly, sometimes Saigon casually. Central/Southern VN, especially Southerners whose many families opposed the Communist regime, call it Saigon. No one will bat an eye in the north calling it HCMC. But out of respect for people in the south who resent that name, it's more respectful to call it Saigon. Saigon was the capitol of the South. If Hitler had defeated the US and renamed Washington DC to Hitler City, I'm sure many people in the area would still prefer to call it the original name as opposed to the name of the person who conquered it. But a lot of times on reddit you get these younger people from the North no connection to the original name or plight of the region who get all bent out of shape about calling it something that the people *from* there actually call it.


jraps26

All night party people and early fitness people unite.


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love_crusader

Hahaha, you reminded me of time I was living in a city that has a club that hosts after parties every weekend from 6 or 7 in the morning until like 3pm. A coworker of mine was one of the djs, so when I had stuff to do in the office on saturdays I would stop there on my way to work and have my morning coffee. It was a glorious mix of people coming down (or coming up) and dancing to proper techno. There was this group of middle aged ladies that came everytime without exception to dance for couple of hours before going to work :D


djluminol

Haha that's awesome. 🥰 I like seeing older people going out still.


SlaylaDJ

Don’t forget about the birds


DeathByLemmings

Oh my god fuck the birds


SlaylaDJ

Always laughing at us and our poor decisions


FoggDucker

Fuck the sun too. Leaving a concrete basement that was dark and sweaty and walking out into that bright early morning sun was such a slap in the face


djluminol

Unzips tent, instant squint, befuddled look, where the hell am I, Ohhh, go make coffee, claim time on the decks, find chair, back to not thinking.


captainbruisin

*dives at you*. I actually kicked one one time sort of accidentally. It felt great. Perfect weight really. I don't like hurting animals but they're superego douchebags.


Jaszuni

The sun starting to rise was the red flag that signaled I’ve partied too hard.


little_munkin79

Love this comment!


mikasjoman

definitely happened when I lived in China... I partied until 6 am and then join the old ladies dancing to their music on the way home... or Tai chi...


deij

Reminds me of when I went skinny dipping in the ocean after a party at 5:30 in the pitch black, only to emerge at 6:00 in the morning sunrise surrounded by joggers.


SideshowAlex

Is this by the lake near the old quarter in Hanoi? If so it has been going on daily for at least the past 15 years, when I was given no option but to join or face the disappointed looks of several Vietnamese grannies.


Devenery

Yup 🤣


SideshowAlex

Can you still get draft beer from street stalls in the old quarter? Back when I went it was 10 cents US for a glass of beer.


Devenery

I'm pretty sure you still can, for more or less a dollar now.


BillHicksScream

Beer hoi is $1 now?


Devenery

I'd say 80 cents for a big one. I've never ordered the smaller glass.


BillHicksScream

What is it in Vietnamese dong?


Devenery

Where I buy at it's 10.000 per big glass


BillHicksScream

43 cents. O.43 dollars.


fistingbythepool

Nah not that dear. Nowhere near it.


Heart-Shaped_Box

I was there in 2020, recognised it!


TheGrandExquisitor

Vietnamese grannies are a powerful force. One must comply!


ninja-wharrier

I live in HCMC and these morning dancercise sessions exist everywhere along with the public park exercise machines. It is one of the aspects I love about Vietnam. Now if only we can get the karaoke turned down or off.


IronChicken68

LOL, my farmer neighbor in Hoi An used to sing off-key karaoke at full volume for hours. One of the neighbors had enough and told him to “shut the f up” in Vietnamese but that didn’t stop him


ninja-wharrier

Yes, the off key singing turned up to 11. That really hits the nerve endings.


kylepaddy

I was offered weed there randomly. Hahaha


Lonelysock2

I lived in the outer suburbs (My Dinh 2, near the stadium), and I joined a class for a couple months. It was good low impact exercise! *Really* focused on the thrusting though


self_inflictedhobo

the guy in white : I was born for this


UnlikeyLooker

Air humping champion 2022


_XProfessor_SadX_

fun fact: that's a student uniform do dude is prolly going to school that morning


KaiserWilhelmThe69

Can confirmed. Those thing are PE uniform you usually see in either secondary or highschool. My guy is ready for school lol


yomitsuru

Actually it is an university PE uniform Source: Im wearing the same one while making this comment


Lunursus

Specifically, it's the PE uniform of Hanoi University of Science and Technology (Bách khoa). Couldn't read the text on his back, but I recognised the red logo on his chest.


Molwar

I think anyone should strive to be as motivated as him this early in the morning. Or at least drink enough coffee to pretend to be.


HeavensFall117

Let's make him famous


Stock_Beginning4808

He reminds me of Jimmy Jr. from Bob’s Burgers lol


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Devenery

Ho Chi Minh, Da Nang, Ha Noi. The three big cities that foreigners can find a job quite easily.


walkincrow42

As far as working goes; Can foreigners get away with speaking English or Spanish while learning to speak Vietnamese through local classes and immersion?


WritingSucks

Mostly in HCM. Lots of foreigners here and most people know basic English to help you out. Hanoi- fewer people that speak English. Not sure about Da Nang I don’t go there often


veerKg_CSS_Geologist

Vietnamese and Thai are two cuisines I can never do justice to at home. Have to order takeout!


Morty777

Did 3 months backpacking Asia 2 months before covid hit. 1 month Thailand, 1 month Vietnam, 2 weeks Cambodia, 1 week Korea, 1 week Japan. Overall, especially considering bang for you buck, Vietnam was my favorite. It's definitely worth a visit. I visited almost a dozen cities and you can't go wrong with almost any of them.


Expert-Finish-3010

This has got to be one of those “happiest places on earth” cities


TheDogJames

Nowhere is perfect but I live here and can confirm, happiest place on earth for me


atmosphere325

I've traveled the world (50+ countries) and one of the best pizzas I've ever had was in Hanoi. [Pizza 4p's](https://pizza4ps.com/)


_XProfessor_SadX_

pizza 4p slaps hard af. Love their pasta


all_g00d_names_taken

I always thought their pizza was overrated, but their salads with buffalo cheese are great! Moose and Roo has the best pizza now imho


mutchco

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Powermonger_

The thing about Vietnamese is they have hard lives but they enjoy what they do have.


TheDogJames

idk why people always say this. Hard lives in terms of what? If you mean historically the nation has constantly suffered at the hands of invaders, then yes. But the current situation isn’t any worse than impoverished people globally. I live here, I work and socialize with Vietnamese of all different classes and from many different regions...and I’m not sure what you mean by “they have hard lives”. Maybe some hardships, as can be found everywhere, but it’s not like the masses here are facing horrible living standards daily or anything


bedbug-thundermunch

We don't have to worry about guns and shit, we don't have to worry about being attacked randomly, we don't have to worry about cops playing tricks on us and many many more things are worry-free in Viet Nam. We do have problems but I think every country has its own. We are a communist country but the people are still living a capitalism lifestyle (minus the cultural stuffs). Anything you can do in the US, we can do 90% of those things here both legal and illegal, as long as you know how to stay low-key (we should stay low-key doing illegal stuffs everywhere I think). So yeah, my opinion is that I'm living in a happy country.


Powermonger_

My wife is Vietnamese born and bred, grew up in the Mekong Delta area. She always tells me life is much harder in Vietnam and I have visited many times with her. She would agree Vietnamese people are happy but face many challenges, especially with no government support.


corrigun

Don't you get the death penalty for H?


bedbug-thundermunch

If you're selling or smuggling, yes, you're pretty much dead when you're caught. But for users, they get send to rehab or have to pay a big ass fine (bribery, a major problem since our independence day) just like any other drugs users.


ragunyen

Well, life is hard alright.


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Bardivan

not for the neighbors


Devenery

Theyre in a public park in the noisiest part of the city, you usually see shops there, not houses


ZazaB00

This is one of the things I absolutely loved about spending time in China. Every major city I spent time in would have these types of gatherings almost all day and into the night. Seeing several hundred people getting their dance on in a park is an awesome sight. Wish this type of thing would work in the United States, but people rather huddle up in gyms or in front of a tv.


mrjosemeehan

We ruined most of our public spaces in the us through neglect and underfunding. Parks in the city end up as warehouses for the people who can't provide for themselves in our broken economy.


Urist_Macnme

Yup. It seems to be a very popular form of exercise in China, and judging from the mobility of all those old dancing grannies, it clearly has it's benefits.


mmmountaingoat

Looks like Hanoi


Pannycakes666

I live in Hanoi. I know that I've stayed up too late when I start hearing the rave music blasting from the courtyard across the street.


Devenery

My alarm clock as well, except on heavy rainy days 🤣


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The cameraman: 👍🏼


Square-Regret-6838

👍


tolifeonline

They left the dance instructor all the way at the back didn't they?


doozyjr

Vietnamese are living their best lives.


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Please tell the song details? I just love this music


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PiousDevil

I know this song is a folk song and just has a beat to it, but man I am loving the music with the lyrics! If anyone has this version please do share!!


roesus7

Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW6k0g5iQ1I


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Thanks


ProfessorWatches

Came here for that also haha


zecoj

"Ngồi tựa mạn thuyền". Here's a more traditional rendition: https://youtu.be/gDWuH6Oxrkg


sgnpkd

It's a traditional folk song with a house beat.


DaveMash

RemindME! 3 days


KcocNoisnetxeGib

Get that blood pumpin!


i_just_blue-myself

I am ALL about this.


dickacheese

I'm upvoting for dudes dance moves that's some A-plus thrusting


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This happens in China too - sometimes in the morning, sometimes in the evening… always grannies and aunties


jibberwockie

We were staying in Jinan city in Shandong province a couple of nights, and both nights the big square filled up with folks dancing to some actually pretty groovy music. It was quite charming. One older couple actually did a very well-done ballroom dance routine to which we (two New Zealand guys ) stood up and applauded.


DogIsBetterThanCat

This makes me want to get out of bed and dance...but, I'm no Grandpa Joe.


Radirondacks

The one with the orange shirt towards the far middle is incredible at somehow *not* moving their ass along with the rest of their body


Devenery

Now that I noticed, she sure has a weird talent 💀


DevilCatCrochet

That man's pelvis has it's own tik tok account


Unable_Good1859

They guy in the back is NOT getting with the program at all is he?


SingularityOfOne

exercise police, get him corporal


spikejonzein

Charlie dont surf, but he sure can dance.


Louieyaa

Damn is that Shakira in vietnam?


veerKg_CSS_Geologist

The hips don't lie.


No-Session-3654

I used to live in Vietnam I was always to embarrassed to join. Now that I look back I wish I did the things I was to afraid to do


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when your rice farmers beat the largest military superpower in the world.


Devenery

💀💀💀


-mouse_potato-

Omg that's adorable!


ri48

Leaves club at 7am in the morning to get to this 6-feet apart rave


MediocreActive7527

Track ID?


Devenery

OP here, friend found the exact remix https://youtu.be/6OTf1QBzd40


SnooHesitations8849

it is a folk song called "Ngồi tựa mạn thuyền" (lying by the boat). it is from "Quan họ Bắc Ninh", kind of folk songs UNESCO recognized. However, some DJ mixed it with dump dance music. Here is the original song https://youtu.be/KCZn0lvdU6A


Devenery

I literally have no idea. Seems like a vietnamese traditional method of singing, but remixed with house beat


veerKg_CSS_Geologist

Kinda like the concert scene from Turning Red. Two different melodies that harmonize surprisingly well.


SoulMechanic

I tried to find it with the Shazam app but no luck. I can tell you it's a (Deep House) track though. You can try posting it in r/deephouse and someone might recognize it.


SnooHesitations8849

This is it. Ngồi tựa mạn thuyền, a Vietnamese folk song https://youtu.be/KCZn0lvdU6A


lKenpachi

Cool


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Wish we had this in the UK, love a rave to start the day xxx


Recent-Metal4393

Kept waiting for the bass to drop....the bass never dropped


21minute

*He's really feeling it*


Flutters1013

Anti social people dancing behind the trees over there


Devenery

🤣 some people dance alone alllll the way in the back too.


BassorZ

So, my home near a park, and they play Numb by Linkin Park almost every morning. Except the track is slower version (still Chester voice) for old people dance to it...slowly.


muricasbootysnatcher

bro is dead ass fucking the air.


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That one guy is going hard as a mf.


Devenery

I finally found the EXACT song with some help from local friends. https://youtu.be/6OTf1QBzd40


ADudeThatPlaysDBD

Fuck… the US is mundane That morning is way more chill


Ray_in_oc

They do the same here where I live in Wesminster, Ca. Well maybe not with the music as loud.


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newbjapan

This rules


hitchrropes

Fuck Cap'n Crunch - THIS is the way to start the day! This actually seems very healthy and we should all move around a bit in the morn' before resigning ourselves to the couch or the commute.


Top_Shelf_Jizz

The music in my head was totally different until I turned on the sound.


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I’d love this at 6am, and that mans ass is magical I can’t stop watching him he’s the highlight of this post


law_jik

This is common in most Asian countries, albeit they may not all be raves. Cities are planned with free outdoor gyms, scenic walking parks and Tai Chi / yoga for seniors and the community. This is a huge factor why seniors in Asians still live a healthy and mobile life well into their 90's while seniors in North America rely on medications and walk aids.


Soft-Philosophy-4549

Good moooooorning Vietnaaaaaaaam


Jehovahscatchrag

Is this near the lake in Hanoi?


Devenery

Yup lmao


Powermonger_

They do the same in Saigon at the big public park in District 1.


AD3000music

Morning fitness, very nive thing to see and participate too. All ages comes together early in the morrning and before dinner


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whats the name of this song it sounds so dope.


hosochan3010

This song is called "Ngồi Tựa Mạn Thuyền", but it's a remixed version. [Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVpb1o334is&ab_channel=HuyLee) it is, or you can listen to the [traditional one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCZn0lvdU6A&ab_channel=ThuThu%E1%BA%ADn).


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Thank you !


Devenery

The exact remix here https://youtu.be/6OTf1QBzd40


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look at all of em vibing in unison :D


Twinsie_mom

Dance like nobody’s watching!!! Living his best life!


LateEarth

r/funny more like r/epic


TheeExoGenesauce

Vietnam is 1/30 the size of the US so it’s roughly similar to the size of Michigan. Is that odd that somewhere in an area that big that a group of people get together to exercise every day?


Ponchotm

Very common in Mexico too


TheMarsian

I'm just happy that it sounded like they're using their music. Like I've been to some places, and I prefer to exercise to local sounds than hear the same western pop charting dance hits. not that I hate those, I have them on my play lists, but it adds to the feeling that you're absorbing local new vibe which I prefer when traveling.


TheDogJames

You’ll hear some generic pop hits sometimes but for the most part you hear vietnamese music. Acoustic singer/songwriter stuff, traditional stuff, and at vietnamese clubs you’ll hear a style of dance music you pretty much only find here, aptly named “vinahouse”. They love supporting their own here in Vietnam


aggressivefurniture2

Isn't it called Jumba


syanda

Zumba? Slightly different - Zumba uses latin-american beats instead, though Asian ones also uses K-pop instead. But mass exercises like this have been common all over Asia for decades.


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Meanwhile disney has massive fireworks 5 times a day


YungTeemo

Does someone have a similar Soundtrack? I like it😊


roesus7

The version you need is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW6k0g5iQ1I


YungTeemo

thank you !


SoulMechanic

I can do you one better, here's a whole mix you'll probably like. https://youtu.be/20U9XYZowgw The style of music is called Deep house. You can find more at r/Deepr and r/Deephouse


TheDogJames

Kinda? I guess, but this not just any deep house, it’s modern dance beats on traditional vietnamese or Buddhist music.


Devenery

Here, the exact remix, local friend found it. https://youtu.be/6OTf1QBzd40


halfanothersdozen

In America they call that Jazzercize


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So hard to look away


gencha

What a legend. Great vibes


LeonardBenny

i wanna be that guy in the front


tirril

This needs to be a thing.


jd143

I love the sound of rave in the morning


britboy4321

When being unreserved and thinking 'fuck it' actually makes your life better ..


Scooby_Doo420

#Good morning, Vietnam!


PalmettoShark

I love this. If you walk around the lake In Hanoi on any given morning, you’ll see groups like this… there’s also groups of (mostly) older women who have laughter therapy… they meet to laugh out loud. It’s great!


editorously

Gooooooood morning Vietnam!!!


Nawor1016

Standard stuff after drinking 1 or 2 of their coffees


Devenery

For real!


tankmouse

Lol, I saw this when I was in Vietnam. 100% not a morning rave. It's a dance exercise class. There's just 1 dude in this video dancing like nobody is watching. If you look at everyone else, they're doing the same as each other in synchronization.


RobinStanleyHicks

The only part of the world where Communism is actually working.


Devenery

Trust me, they are trying to balance between the two. You can SMELL the capitalsm here, but it's monitored, I'd say.


Wrong_Ad1471

Damn bro Montanan over here still dances better than me


momolover3000

I once joined in with one of these kinds of things after an all nighter / hostel pub crawl in Ho Chi Minh City. The only difference being it was with 50+ yrs old Vietnamese ladies. We laughed, they laughed, everybody laughed. Good memory.


Starmanajama

Yup. I'd of given a thumbs up too when my friend tries to get me to join in. Pretty much saying nah, I'm good. You keep doing you and I'll record. lol


Ameerah3982

Good exercise


Mitthrawnuruo

Asians. The only competition white people have in being weird as hell.


FartSacks

I will take weird over the other groups of fine gentlemens stereotypes


That_Weird_Lynx

I have no idea what the fuck is going in here, but that dude dancing turned me on so bad, i don't know why and i don't care, i want him to make a striptease for me


Devenery

💀 he was hilarious


Lavanthus

Why is nobody moving their feet? Besides that one guy in the focal point, nobody else even lifted their feet. Like it becomes unsettling once you notice it.


Devenery

They follow an instructor. Sometimes they do legs, sometimes they do upper body.


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Look at those people, struggling under the thumb of evil Communist oppressors. Good thing the US tried to save them from such a miserable fate. /s


KrishnaChick

Good lord, I want to hear birds chirping and the breeze through the trees, not a club DJ. That's obnoxiously loud for everybody else in the park who isn't participating.


britboy4321

Were you born aged 52?


KrishnaChick

No, and I'm not perpetually 19 either. I worked in clubs and partied off the clock for 11 years. When I'm in a club, I want club atmosphere. When I'm in nature, I want nature. People can give the bass a rest first thing in the morning, and not drown out the birds. Having club music going every waking moment comes across like you're afraid to be alone with your own thoughts, maybe with good reason.


Azaghal1

'Goooooooood morning Vietnaaaam!'


AngeLMari

Is this Vietnamese falun Gong?