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Tran Minh Ngoc (陳明玉) · Lives in Vietnam (1900–present)7y

I’m not Chinese but from other answers, it’s obvious they said yes.

This is what a Chinese told after visiting Da Nang and HCMC / Saigon:

“Being to Vietnam once, it was shocking to me how similar these two countries could be, from Ming style Buddhist temple to aunties doing square dance at night. Sometimes I even felt like stepping into a different version of ‘China’ in a parallel universe tbh.”

Just want to add this one more similarity between us. In Vietnam you can also find big mothers and aunties doing square-dancing and having fun together in public spaces.

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CaiLei · Lives in China (1975–present)1y

Vietnam does not have this qualification.

In terms of civilization type, Vietnam belongs to ‘Austroasiatic civilization’, China, South Korea, and Japan belong to ‘East Asian civilization‘.

The main ethnic group in Vietnam is the Kinh people, whose language is generally considered to belong to the Austroasiatic language family, so the Kinh people are generally considered to be an Austroasiatic ethnic group;

• Bloodline: 40% of Koreans have Chinese bloodline, and 20% of Japanese have Chinese bloodline; Vietnam only has 3 million Chinese after Lê Duẩn’s anti-Chinese movement, and only 1% of the people have Chinese bloodline;
• Culture: South Korea almost copied Chinese culture + derived it; Japan has a small number of local cultures + the vast majority copied Chinese culture + derived it; Vietnam has local culture + Khmer culture + French culture + copied Chinese culture + derived it