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The swastika was associated with Buddhism long before it was misappropriated by Nazi Germany.

Swastikas can be found all over Vietnam on Pagodas (temples) and on Buddha himself.

Labels: religious art, swastika, vietnam

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Dental clinics and associations in the west usually depict a happy smiley tooth, such as this example:



Compare this with the gruesome image on the front window of this Hanoi Dentist office.



Incredible Cross-Sections gone wrong with its exposed nerves and root canals. I found this place on a busy main street. If you look through the window you can see the head of the dentist and the dentist lamp. From the street you can watch the dentist working on a patient, if you are into that sort of thing.

Labels: amusing-photos, hanoi, vietnam

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Ho Chi Minh City traffic.

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Ho Chi Minh - the father of modern Vietnam - is everywhere in Vietnam. He is smiling up at you from every denomination of Dong notes, and on propaganda posters all over the country.

Labels: ho-chi-minh, vietnam

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