The document provides information on table manners and customs in Vietnam. It states that the youngest person should help distribute bowls and wipe any dirt, it is customary to leave a little food in communal bowls, chopsticks should be used for eating and placed on the table if dropped, and it is polite to accept small food gifts served during the meal. After eating, it is customary to continue chatting over tea even if food remains in the bowls.

2. Table manners in Vietnam
• The youngest person
in charge of
distributing the
bowls, utensils and
napkins. If the bowls
have a little water or
dirt in them, as the
youngest at the
table, please kindly
wipe it away.

3. Table manners in Vietnam
• Eat and drink to your
full. However, in
Vietnam it is
customary to leave a
some food left in the
communal bowls.

4. Table manners in Vietnam
• If you can use chopsticks
please use them for eating.
If you drop one or both on
the ground, pick them up
and give them to
someone, and take a
new pair. Chopsticks should
never be placed sticking
straight up in a bowl of rice.

5. Table manners in Vietnam
• Once food is done and
everyone has stopped
eating, in Vietnamese
culture this is a time to
continue chatting and to
have tea. If there is still
food left in the bowls, it is
customary to leave the
food there.

6. Table manners in Vietnam
• Be prepared for small
food gifts as the meal
goes on. It is customary
for the Vietnamese to
serve their guests
(usually choice pieces of
meat or fish) during the
meal. If you find a piece
of chicken sitting in the
bottom of your bowl just
say “thank you”.

7. Clothing custom in Vietnam
• “Áo dài” (literally long
dress) is the type of
dress that Vietnamese
women wear practically
for all occasions. Formal
dresses are distinguished
by the quality of fabric
materials and the
decoration that is
normally artistically
painted on them.

8. Clothing custom in Vietnam
• Other traditional
clothes are less
popular, such as
“áo Bà Ba”
(blouse), “áo Yếm”
(a variation of
historical
undergarment for
Vietnamese
women), “áo Tứ
Thân” (literally
four-piece dress)

9. Clothing custom in Vietnam
• Vietnamese people
typically wear
lightweight
clothing. Conical
hats, also known as
“nón lá”, are worn
to protect the face
from the sun.
Today, most of the
Vietnamese
population wears
Western-style

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