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如切一间酒廊,3个月内遭警方扫荡3次,昨晚又有33名越南艳女被捕。

《新明日报》日前曾两度报道,如切一间酒廊在去年12月及今年1月遭警方突击,共有80名男女被捕,而警方 昨晚的逮捕行动,已是短短3个月内的第三起。

扫黄行动于昨晚9时30分展开,记者接获消息赶到现场,看见酒廊外停放数辆警车,路旁挤满几十名好奇围观的 公众。

越南女陪酒赚小费

被捕的女郎皮肤白皙,个个浓妆艳抹,穿着性感,大部分穿热裤及低胸上衣,有的更穿上透视装,脚踩至少3寸高 跟鞋。她们被带上警车时都掩面避开摄影镜头。

令人感到不解的是,酒廊一再被突击,可是每次扫荡行动过后,又继续营业。

-被捕时衣衫不整 正与酒客亲热
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Fish Sauce…The Vietnamese Ketchup?
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One of the greatest joys of living abroad is constant exposure to food ingredients so different from back home. Some tantalize our senses and bring pure eating joy to the table. Others make us wonder what are they thinking with that. Perhaps fish sauce piques our curiosity most as it is unlike anything found in our western world.


One whiff of this pungent liquid is enough to strike fear in all but the most intrepid palates. What is it about fish sauce that scares us so bad? Is it the odor or simply just the name? I know we westerners are not so keen on strong smells or anything fermented in giant barrels under the hot sun. Our tastes seem to run a bit more on the subtle side.

Before we continue on, I will let all of you self-professed non fish sauce types in on a little secret. Remember that fragrant Vietnamese takeaway food you had been enjoying all those years before moving here to its native home? Well, that delicious flavor had to come from somewhere, even in Britain or the US. Yes, you know where I am going with this…fish sauce!

Fish sauce may as well be labeled “liquid gold” as it is such a valuable component in the Vietnamese kitchen. In food, on food, in sauces or just alone, nuoc mam, as it is properly known, takes center stage in just about every recipe served from Hanoi in the north to the Mekong Delta in the south. Perhaps the closest equivalent rising to such ubiquitous proportions in the west would be the tomato.

Just as fish sauce is splashed across the pages of every Vietnamese cookbook, this simple red orb finds a home in comfort foods like meat loaf, sauces for pizza and pasta, and condiments such as salsa, barbecue sauce, and the ever important ketchup. I know in the United States we can pair ketchup with eggs, fish and just about any food in between. Is ketchup indeed our westernized version of fish sauce?

I will admit once upon a time fish sauce had left me a skeptic, but now much to my delight, this “Vietnamese ketchup” has opened my eyes to food experiences well beyond my formerly sheltered tastes. Nuoc mam is a metaphor for Vietnam. First impressions can overwhelm the newly initiated and cause us to take cover. Once we get used to the brashness, however, we can dig under the surface and see it for what it is…Bold and full of flavor. Give something new a chance and it can prove a flavor packed addition to our lives.
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如切一间酒廊,3个月内遭警方扫荡3次,昨晚又有33名越南艳女被捕。

《新明日报》日前曾两度报道,如切一间酒廊在去年12月及今年1月遭警方突击,共有80名男女被捕,而警方 昨晚的逮捕行动,已是短短3个月内的第三起。

扫黄行动于昨晚9时30分展开,记者接获消息赶到现场,看见酒廊外停放数辆警车,路旁挤满几十名好奇围观的 公众。

越南女陪酒赚小费

被捕的女郎皮肤白皙,个个浓妆艳抹,穿着性感,大部分穿热裤及低胸上衣,有的更穿上透视装,脚踩至少3寸高 跟鞋。她们被带上警车时都掩面避开摄影镜头。

令人感到不解的是,酒廊一再被突击,可是每次扫荡行动过后,又继续营业。

-被捕时衣衫不整 正与酒客亲热
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Forget the burger, get me to some pho!
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There are many characteristics that make Vietnam a special place - a rich cultural history, kind people, beautiful nature and above all great food. While almost all types of Western food are available in the country’s major cities, Vietnam features an abundance of delicious, cheap and healthy fare that can differ greatly by region. With complex flavors and extremely fresh ingredients, some of the world’s top chefs, such as Anthony Bourdain and Gordon Ramsay, have made a point to highlight this country’s cuisine.


There’s no escaping rice in Vietnam and that’s a good thing. The country is a top-3 global exporter of the staple and it is present in almost every dish. I eat a lot of food in Vietnam but I most consistently eat soups, especially pho and hu tieu, both of which use rice noodles. Soups are eaten at every meal as the white meats used are filling but light. I love that soups are also highly customizable as one can add garlic, chilies, fish sauce, ponzo sauce, lime, sprouts, and fresh herbs. I love a good hamburger but with soup, I never feel weighed down after eating, allowing me to comfortably zip away on my motorbike with a satisfied pallet.

But there are times when I want something a bit more filling, so I usually go for a plate of com tam. When walking the streets during the lunch hour, streets are lined with windowed food carts. There are so many choices that after the initial feeling of being overwhelmed, I always pick something delicious.

Perhaps my favorite (or most romantic) aspect of food in Vietnam lies in its preparation. In western cities, there is little street life from 4am – 5am (save for a few people returning home from a night on the town). But in Vietnam, as dawn breaks, one will come across elderly ladies starting their charcoal stoves, setting up huge tin pots and cutting endless amounts of garlic and vegetables. It’s not only the connection to my stomach but also to the past as these dishes have been served in Vietnam for hundreds of years.

The biggest change to my diet after moving to Vietnam has been a re-framing of the “fast food” concept. While there are more KFCs and Lotterias (the Korean version of McDonald’s) popping up in the urban centers, fast food, for the most part, is comprised of soups and rice dishes. The effects of healthy food are evident in the Vietnamese people as obesity hardly exists in Vietnam.

With seemingly limitless choices, it’s no wonder that Vietnam has become a popular destination for foodie tourists the world over. As for me, my taste buds are very happy to be here.
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Anh means elder brother. When u talk to another man slightly older than you, or u deem around same age but he has a higher social status, u call him ANH. if very much older, u call him CHU. when u talk to a young guy or young girl, they are both referred as EM. Em gai for sister, Em trai for brother.
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Eating Chinatown
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With the sunrise, Cho Binh Tay, the great market in Ho Chi Minh City’s Chinese quarter is summoned to life once more, swelling with its crowds as it breathes them through its central gates, sending them circulating off again into the frenetic pathways of Chinatown.

One of the largest wholesale trading venues in southern Vietnam, Binh Tay is the icon of the prosperous old Chinese districts. As one of the city’s best examples of Franco-Chinese architecture that remain, it’s also a symbol of the willingness of the ethnic Chinese to blend in wherever they may be.

Centuries into the Chinese presence in this region, elements of the old culture remains; while the emerging generations speak Vietnamese far more fluently than the Sinitic languages of their grandparents, the Hoa people of Cholon still identify themselves as a distinct community with their own customs and practices — and their own cuisine.

They’re not always forthcoming about these points of difference, however — visitors to Cholon expecting to find the streets packed with Chinese restaurants are often disappointed, as genuine Hoa dining tends to take place in the shadows of Cholon’s labyrinthine back alleys. The countless traditions of Chinese cooking, comprising one of the world’s most tempting cuisines, remain somewhat hidden away.

Dim Sum Yum

While the early risers at the market are starting up another day’s trading, other Hoa nearby with a slightly more leisurely schedule are preparing for the family breakfast. As the descendants of southern Chinese people, traditional dim sum is an important heritage cuisine, and it can still be found in Cholon if you know where to look: one local favourite is Tien Phat (18 Ky Hoa, Q5), in the back streets across from Parkson at Huong Vuong Plaza.

Tien Phat’s prominent, bright red signage advertises its speciality — genuine Hong Kong-style breakfasts with their colourful assortments of morsel-sized delicacies. Inside, small groups of diners clack their chopsticks at steaming wicker baskets of dumplings and rice rolls (VND21,000), stuffed crab’s claws (VND35,000) and spicy chicken’s feet (VND30,000), slurping up doll-sized cups of hot green tea (VND35,000/pot). If they’re indulging, they’ll order egg buns (VND38,000) — steamed rolls oozing with an addictive sweet Chinese custard.

The restaurant’s noodle breakfasts are a compromise to Vietnamese tastes, but feature classic Chinese elements such as wonton (VND29,000/VND34,000), braised trotters (VND29,000) and fish balls (VND27,000). The Hoa aren’t here for those, however — they’ll choose the Steamed Pork Chinese Cabbage Buns (VND30,000), which are really Shanghai xiaolongbao (“little dragon” dumplings) filled with spoonfuls of thick meaty broth and sealed off at the top with a twist of the dough. One bite and the warm soup cascades pleasantly over the tongue.

Those looking for a more ceremonious dim sum might be tempted to visit the dusty and largely vacant Thuan Kieu Plaza over on the other side of Parkson. Hai San (1st floor, Thuan Kieu Plaza, 190 Dai Lo Hong Bang, Q5) looks its age at 12 years old — but over the years it has acquired a reputation for serving fine Cantonese breakfasts, as well as for its dinner menus that feature impressive seafood dishes from various Chinese provinces.

Hai San serves classic dim sum, with most baskets and plates priced evenly at VND38,000 each. Large Chinese families dining together keep the waiters busy — they can sometimes be difficult to summon — but this is all part of the atmosphere; the cheerful boisterousness, the ever-present steam and smell of traditional Chinese ingredients, and the thudding reverberations of karaoke performers who leap up to the stage to deliver old-style Chinese ballads. With all this theatre, this is a meal to be taken slow — the restaurant serves dim sum through to 2pm — so there’s plenty of time.

The deep-fried dim sum are Hai San’s best — hunks of crispy-shelled taro in salty and sweet varieties, and shrimp dumplings similar to the deep-fried wontons of Western Chinese fast food. On Sundays, the steamed barbeque pork pie (VND20,000), a flaky pastry sandwich, is worth making the trip for. For a surprise treat at the end of it all, the pan-fried bread (VND20,000) is a crispy sphere studded with sesame seeds and filled with a divine sweet lotus paste.

Eat Drink Man Woman

By early evening, Seven Wonders (7 Ky Quan, So 12 Duong 26, Q6) out behind the District 6 Metro is gearing up for its own symphony of Chinese delicacies. This is one of Cholon’s most curious restaurant designs, representing the Parthenon, the Taj Mahal and the Pyramids as well as other World Heritage sites. Those of the old Motherland prefer to sit on the restaurant’s terrace, nicely styled after the Great Wall of China.

Dishes from the architect/owner’s ancestral home of Chaozhou are among the most authentic on the menu, including some fine braised dishes — the braised bacon (VND140,000/VND280,000/VND420,000) is chunky and tender, while the braised sea cucumber with Chinese mushrooms (VND280,000/VND520,000/VND780,000) is believed to be a traditional aphrodisiac. Fried spring rolls Trieu Chau style (VND140,000/VND280,000/VND420,000) are an interesting Chinese analogue of the Vietnamese national dish.

The crowning item on the menu is the Beijing roast duck (VND460,000). Crisp and fragrant, this centuries-old imperial recipe uses the whole bird, carved in a surgical manner and divided into distinct courses. Soup and crunchy slices of roasted meat accompany the main course — brittle layers of duck skin that diners fold into pancakes with short stems of spring onion.

Another Cholon dinner restaurant prized for its Chinese culinary rarities is one of the hardest to find. Gia Phu (513/28-30 Duong Gia Phu, Q6), secreted away at the end of an unassuming hem beside the tiny To Cong Temple, is run by 29-year-old master chef A-Sheng, a genius in the Fujian style and one of the best-regarded chefs in the area.

Gia Phu’s entire menu is a poetry of Fujian’s finest recipes, but the dishes that regularly reel in the local Chinese are its signature preparations of shark fin soup — in particular, “Buddha Leaps the Wall”. Named here Phat Nhay Tuong (1.2/4.8m), the dish recalls a 1,300-year-old folk tale in which a Tang Dynasty monk was so tempted by the soup’s smell that he leapt over the wall between the temple and the diner, abandoning his vegetarianism. It’s a deeply aromatic soup with a number of rare ingredients, the scallops in particular giving the dish an uncommon richness.

Less expensive Fujianese delicacies are also listed on the menu’s front page — bo bia Phuc Kien is a spring roll with a pancake shell rather than a rice paper wrapping, and is eaten without dipping sauce — a steal at only VND12,000 each.

Getting Your Just Desserts

Like the rest of Ho Chi Minh City, Cholon never sleeps. Cruising around the warm, darkened streets at night, many young Hoa stop at the Tran Hung Dao/Phung Hung roundabout to sit for a while at Tiem Che Lam Thanh (cnr Tran Hung Dao & Phung Hung, Q5), a Cantonese sweet soup stall. Their unusual drinks and desserts are derived from old medicinal formulas, foremost among them being qingbuliang, said to be a powerful detoxicant.

The late-night diners sit at their streetside metal tables clutching beer mugs that look like miniature aquariums with their assortments of plants swimming in clear, sweetened, ice-cold broth — lotus seeds and chunky lotus roots, seaweed, dates, dried longan, white fungus, soaked grains and slices of a herbal root similar to ginseng. Spooned into the mouth, the concoction is surprisingly mild; a thin syrup floating with pleasantly chewy hunks of sugary roots and seeds. Refreshed, the diners leap back onto their bikes and head out again past the great Chinese market, standing in wait of another dawn.
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“Language disorder” trouble warned for children learning many languages
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VietNamNet Bridge – Urban parents tend to force their children to learn many foreign languages at the same time, because they believe that the more languages the children are proficient, the more job opportunities they would have in their lives.


Nguyen Hong Hanh in Tay Ho district in Hanoi, who spent many years living and working in foreign countries, believes that foreign language skill is an indispensable skill people need to have in the age of global integration. Therefore, she sent the five year old daughter to foreign language classes, where the girl practiced four languages at the same time. She believed that the childhood is the ideal age for learning foreign languages.

Everything went smoothly in the first months, when the girl could easily acquire knowledge. However, things have got quite different recently, which has made Hanh realize that it was a blunder to force children to learn too hard.

Both Hanh and her husband have aptitude for foreign languages. Her husband can speak English, German, Chinese and French fluently. Therefore, Hanh believed that it would be not difficult for her daughter to learn the languages as well. Hanh and her husband spent time talking with the child in English, French and Chinese every evening.

However, recently, the girl has been in a jumble in foreign languages. The girl speaks English and French with parents and speaks Vietnamese with the grandmother. A problem has arisen that in the conversation with the grandmother, she cannot find suitable Vietnamese words and she has to use another language. However, she usually makes mistakes.

“The doctor said my daughter has suffered from the “language disorder” problem,” Hanh said. “My daughter has stopped going to foreign language classes. Meanwhile, I have to bring her to a special class everyday, where she is helped to practice Vietnamese.”

Pham Thu Thuy in Cau Giay district also thinks that it would be better for children to learn foreign languages at the age of 3-10. Scientific research works all have proved that in the first 10 years of life, it would be more easily for people to learn music, languages and other live skills.

Therefore, Thuy decided to send her first grader son to English, French and Japanese classes, hoping that the child would become a “language prodigy.”

However, the child has become afraid of learning languages just after a short time of attending classes. “He has been leaving his meal untouched for the last one month. He is afraid of learning foreign languages,” Thuy said.

“Sometimes, in his dream, he speaks a lot in a quite strange language that I myself do not know what it is,” she added.

Nguyen Thi Minh Hoa, who has been teaching foreign languages at a primary school in Hai Ba Trung district, said that children would be able to learn foreign languages well if they can feel the pleasure in learning.

She said that learning more than one foreign language at the same time is a difficult task. Not only the children aged 3-6, but high school students also complain that learning French makes them find more difficult when pronouncing English words.

Phuong Anh, a high school student, said that she began learning English since the day she entered secondary school. Therefore, she is now proficient in English and decided to learn French. However, she now cannot speak English in the right tone, and usually misspells words.

Dr Tran Tuan, Director of the Center for Training and Community Development, said that in the first years of life, learning the mother tongue should be put as the top priority. Children can begin learning foreign language at the age of 3-5, but they need to follow a scientific and suitable method of learning.

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Choosing a language school
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There have been a number of reports of frauds and dishonesty in promoting Language courses for Vietnamese students, particularly in the big cities. These institutions rely on the inability and lack of knowledge of students and their parents to check the credentials, quality and genuineness of the qualifications offered by these schools.

The cost of these scams is often tragic for the students who have saved their money only to receive far less than they were lead to believe. The fraud is in not only educational qualifications and poor quality facilities but also unscrupulous owners who deceive the parents, sometimes the teachers and the Ministry of Education, only to disappear with thousands of dollars in tuition fees. This also unfairly reflects on those local and international schools who offer genuine courses.

This article is a collection of short tips and suggestions on how to check the school and what they offer. The majority of the advice I offer here concerns English Language Schools because that is my specialty.

The first thing to check is what they are advertising.

Learn quickly!

This is always the easiest way to catch and draw in students; some are lazy and did not learn well in the local educational system, while others are in a hurry to learn. Most subjects take a long time to master, particularly Languages, Maths and Science. A beginner in English lessons would need a minimum of six to twelve months to get used to and use English up to a basic conversational standard if they are learning with Western techniques and native speakers, longer if it’s a more traditional style of teaching.

Forget it and accept that real education takes hard work, study, practice and a lot of time.

Achieve a high mark in IELTS!

I see this advertised a lot and its simply not true. IELTS and TOEIC involve a high level of language skills which take a long time to get right. There are specialized skills that require special training such as describing graphs and charts. The effort you need to raise your score by 1 point can take more than a year! Another problem is many teachers are not very familiar with the exam formats. The other serious problem is teaching listening and speaking skills if the teacher does not use effective teaching tactics.

Go to a real university or college and learn all the skills over a year or more. The extra work will certainly improve your score. But more importantly you will be more prepared for working in real language conditions in a company or an overseas school.

Modern classrooms and materials!

This is the beginning of many scams. You may be interviewed in a nice office with lots of pretty books but later you are told that you must learn at another campus or classroom.
Check the books – are they new? Do they look like someone actually uses them? Are they very old? Do they have mistakes in the books? Is the material modern – check the publication date inside the cover page. Will you study these in your classes?

Your course enrollment contract should say where you will learn, the number of people in the class, when and for long and what books you will use. If the school is unwilling to put that in writing then DON’T sign up!

Native speaking teachers!

This is a difficult thing to check. Vietnam needs many native language speakers, so the level of qualifications the teachers require depends a lot on the school hiring them. Highly qualified teachers, Vietnamese or foreign, are in high demand and can get good salaries in universities and government institutions. It is unlikely that you will find a teacher with high qualifications in a private school. You should be allowed to talk to them or watch them teach a class. Real teachers are not afraid to explain what they teach or how they do it.

Another difficult area is ‘backpacker’ teachers - young Westerners who have a TESOL/CELTA certificate for teaching. These certificates are often easy and quick to get, but teaching takes time to learn how to do well. Again – try to meet and talk to them first – can you understand them? What do they know about the subjects you want to learn?

DON’T just believe the school managers – talk to the teachers. You need to decide if the native speaker is worth the fee. Have a look at the last section in this article about checking accreditations.

Get an International qualification!

The National Ministry of Education strictly controls who can offer such courses and qualifications. Any school that says it has a ‘association’ or ‘partnership’ with overseas institutions should be carefully checked. Many of these courses are ‘bridging courses’, meaning they can be offered in Vietnam, but you would have to do further study in another country to get the full qualification. This is especially true for Masters and PhD courses.

A lot of these arrangements are between private companies, not fully licensed international schools. The Ministry actually punished a few ‘international’ schools in Vietnam recently because of their ‘international’ courses.

It usually takes three or more months to put together all the paperwork for real degrees – if it is that easy, then it’s too easy – be careful. This is your future and your money, so take the time to think everything out carefully.

It is easy to enroll!

The school does not ask many questions about what you have learnt before or if you have pervious credits for what you have studied. This is very important because real schools often require you to have studied a particular level of a subject before you are allowed to enroll, because that is part of the national educational structure and enrollment rules.

Honesty and deception

Buying a degree. There are many ‘degree mills’ online as well as real schools that offer degrees but you don’t have to do much work or study at all. Just pay the fee to get the degree. The danger here is your future – someone somewhere sometime will check… and then your career and reputation are finished.

Is it worth it? No! Why? Because of the shame, the loss of a job that is important if you have a family or business, and finally the time it will take you to get all of that back again. Staff of Vietnamese government agencies have recently been found to have ‘bogus’ degrees, and the cost to them and their families will be high.

Warning signs…

You ask questions or want to see detailed information but they seem reluctant to give detailed answers. It is a BIG warning if they say that all information will be given at the first lesson or session…after you have paid the fees. Real schools usually have a good reputation and do not have to ‘fish’ for customers and will allow you to make choices.

There is no accrediting (licensing or approving agency) authority on the website or paper information. This is often a license number that you can check with your Ministry or an international ministry of education. Or, you try to contact the accrediting authority, but find that it’s difficult or impossible.

There is not enough detailed information about courses, subjects studied, credits awarded or the standard of the qualification awarded at the end of the course.

Fees are for the whole course, not per semester or course time. It is rare for real schools to ask for all the money at the beginning of the course. Most real schools usually only want you to show that you can pay for three months or a year’s tuition – not actually pay it all at the beginning.

Checking Qualifications and Accreditations

Inside Vietnam, the national Ministry of Education will have information about which schools are authorized and licensed to offer particular courses. You should have the name of the school, the degree or course name, the directors or manager’s name, school address and contact information. Particularly important is the name of the ‘associated schools or universities’ and their license or educational school number should be on the website and the documents that you read or receive.

To check courses overseas, you need the same information and you should contact the national education department of that country. In Europe, England, America, Australia and New Zealand you may also have to contact the local education ministry for that state or province.
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Students petition against Raffles School fraud
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Hundreds of students and parents have accused Raffles International School in Ho Chi Minh City, of not reimbursing for tuition fees as itpromised.

Students and their parents flocked to the school on Nguyen Van Troi Street, in Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City on March 19, which was the deadline for reimbursement. A tense meeting between the students and school officials, lasted nearly 10 hours, but no agreement was reached. The local police eventually had to be called in to keep order.

Then students and parents sent a petition against the school, accusing them of fraud.

According to the petition, Raffles International School promised to reimburse student tuition fees within 60 days (from January 18 to March 19), but have failed to make full payment. The compensation for which they are asking amounts is still less than what the students already paid.

Students and their parents also asked the police to ban the school’s leaders from leaving the country.

Earlier, on March 17, Raffles International School sent a letter to students in which they offered the alternative of continuing the same programs in Cambodia, Singapore or Australia.

On December 29 last year, the Ministry of Education and Training decided to penalize three high-profile international training institutes in HCMC for offering programs they had not been accredited for.

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Re: Tieng Viet lovers club

I wonder how to say the following in a more vnmese and perhaps more convincing way:

Please squeeze more money from that bastard.

When he gives tip please ask for $10-$20 more.
Luc a ay cho tien tip e co the hoi a ay cho 10 hoac 20do nua.

When you have money don't anyhow spend.
Khi e co tien nhieu e dung tieu tien.

Please save the money.
Xin hay e tan tien e kiem dc do.

While you can work please work hard.
Luc e con lam dc xin hay e co gang len lam tot hon.

Be careful. If you sense anything suspicious please run.
E chu y. Neu e cam nhan co j e phai chay nhanh di.

Thanks for helping.

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I wonder how to say the following in a more vnmese and perhaps more convincing way:

Please squeeze more money from that bastard.

When he gives tip please ask for $10-$20 more.
Luc a ay cho tien tip e co the hoi a ay cho 10 hoac 20do nua.
[khi thanh kia cho tien tip, em phai xin them $20 nua!]

When you have money don't anyhow spend.
Khi e co tien nhieu e dung tieu tien.
[Em lam dc tien, dung tieu linh tinh]

Please save the money.
Xin hay e tan tien e kiem dc do.
[em co tien phai tiet kiet]

While you can work please work hard.
Luc e con lam dc xin hay e co gang len lam tot hon.
[Bay gio em lam dc, co gang di lam dc nhieu tien]


Be careful. If you sense anything suspicious please run.
E chu y. Neu e cam nhan co j e phai chay nhanh di.
[em phai can than, khi cam thay co gi kg hay, phai nhanh nhanh chay!]

Thanks for helping.

Love,
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Can anyone help in translation of below phase.

"Ban khoe khong toi moi qua do"

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