GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (A)

Question 1

One dollar is equal to how many dong?

Answer 1

• Around 21800 Vietnamese Dong

Question 2

Vietnam QUICK HISTORY? (5)

Answer 2

• FRENCH CONQUEST second half of 1800s (“french indochina”)
• INDEPENDENCE after WWII (french ruled until mid 50s)
• GENEVA ACCORDS (1954) - divide into COMMUNIST NORTH + ANTI-COMMUNIST SOUTH
• US involvement 60s; ceasefire in ‘73.
• 2 YEARS LATER, COMMUNIST NORTH invades SOUTH; country reunited under communist rule.

Question 3

Population of VIETNAM?

Answer 3

• approx 90 million

Question 4

Population of HANOI?

Answer 4

• 7 million

Question 5

GOVERNMENT of VIETNAM?

Answer 5

• SOCIALIST REPUBLIC of Vietnam (communist state)

Question 6

PRESIDENT of VIETNAM?

Answer 6

• Trương Tấn Sang (five-year term; last election held 2011 (next to be held in July 2016)

Question 7

HANOI to HALONG BAY?

Answer 7

• THREE HOURS AND A HALF

Question 8

Time difference?

Answer 8

• CALIFORNIA is 14 HOURS behind VIETNAM;

while your in Vietnam, switch AM/PM of current time and subtract 2 hours

Question 9

5 dollars?

Answer 9

• around 110,000 dong

Question 10

10 dollars?

Answer 10

• approx 220,000 dong

Question 11

15 dollars?

20 dollars?

Answer 11

• approx 330,000 dong

- approx 440,000 dong

Question 12

10,000 dong?

Answer 12

• 50 cents

Question 13

30 dollars?

Answer 13

• 650,000 dong

Question 14

50 dollars?

Answer 14

• 1,100,000 dong

Question 15

100 dollars?

Answer 15

• 2,200,00 dong

Question 16

Proper greeting?

Answer 16

• shake with both hands and (bow head if is elder); pronounce “xin chao” correctly

Question 17

Rice bowl?

Answer 17

• I think you should hold your rice bowl in your hand; (considered lazy to eat from a rice bowl that is on the table)

Question 18

If invited to a Vietnamese home…

Answer 18

• bring fruit, sweets, flowers, fruit, or incense, wrap in colorful paper, do not give anything black, yellow flowers or chrysanthemums.

Question 19

Table manners? (4)

Answer 19

• Wait to be shown where to sit; The oldest person should sit first;
• Pass dishes with both hands; People hold bowls close to their faces; serve to your bowl first before eating.
• Chopsticks should be placed on the table/chopstick after few mouthfuls; When you are finished eating, rest your chopsticks on top of your rice bowl; Hold the spoon in your left hand while eating soup;
• over your mouth when using a toothpick.

Question 20

How many tones?

Answer 20

• SIX; midlevel, high rising, low falling, low rising, high broken, low broken