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Chalk Two
Research.....bit of a cheat really. He lives in the U.K. but his best friend (a Brit) lives in Oz and his pal is married to a Thai girl, so bruv and his chum bug out and leave Lulu at home for a month. One thing though....even the Thai lass says the cops will fleece you for "fines". But that's Thailand and not Vietnam.....or is it ?...lol!
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Hi chalk two, actually, she's not wrong about that AFAIK. Our guide told us that the cops target people easy to get money off, ie. people on small bikes for no apparent reason, and people with connections get away with things.
To that end, I did witness an incident in which we were at a zebra crossing and a copper was actually crossing on it and a 4x4 merc (very rare in Vietnam) just missed him by a whisker, not going fast either, he did nothing.
On that same crossing though, he proceeded to stop a chap on a Honda cub who had done nothing wrong IMHO, who knows the outcome of that?