What's your favorite country?

[Saigoneseguy]

...countries that inspire you the most,or strongly impress you :)

[LacLongQuan]

The Republic of Korea - DaeHan Minguk. The history and culture just inspires me. Besides, Vietnam and Korea shared a very similar historical pattern.

[vkameleon]

Vietnam first.

then Japan..

[Saigoneseguy]

My pers. favs,except Vn, are:

Thailand!!! for the culture and the people....
Japan,sometimes i think they are the real experts at everything.
Germany for culture,landscape and both classic and moderner architecture
Sweden,for its living conditions.

and maybe HongKong,for the admirable density.

[LacLongQuan]

Well obviously Vietnam will be first on the list, no doubt about that.

Other countries that I also like:
Indonesia - Boroburdur temple complex, chaotic Jakarta
Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Kota Kinabalu
Cambodia - Phnom Penh, Siem Reap (Angkor Wat & Angkor Thom)
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Switzerland - Swiss alps, Zurich, Geneva
Sweden - Innovative people, IKEA furniture
France - Paris, Marseilles, Versailles Palace, Eiffel Tower
Egypt - Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Great Pyramids, cruise on the river Nile
Bahamas - Sun and sand, scuba diving
United States of America - Grand Canyon, Washington DC

But the best of all:
South Korea - Changduk palace, Dae Jang Geum film set, Korean food, Jeju island.

[Saigoneseguy]

Wow have you ever been in these countries?

[lovesaigon]

Vietnam of course, :), and:
1. Thailand
2. South Korea
3. Japan
4. USA
5. Singapore and Hong Kong

[tq]

I like every country...because everyone has an own interesting culture, history etc.

But I can just imagine to live in Germany, Vietnam, USA or Hong Kong.

[Locust]

The Republic of Korea - DaeHan Minguk. The history and culture just inspires me. Besides, Vietnam and Korea shared a very similar historical pattern.


Thanks for having favorable views of Korea...
I personally think/feel that S. Korea is in `moral' debt to Vietnam and should
do more to collaborate with Vietnam to develope.

[LacLongQuan]

Thanks for having favorable views of Korea...
I personally think/feel that S. Korea is in `moral' debt to Vietnam and should
do more to collaborate with Vietnam to develope.
Yes I think so too. S Korea still owe Vietnam a debt over the Vietnam war, but being forgiving people that we are, let's just say we'll forgive but won't forget.

Saigon_monsooner, I've been to a few countries like Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, the USA and Canada. Mostly for visiting relatives.

Next trip would be Vietnam, then Beijing in 2008 (hopefully) and then Dubai, Cambodia etc.

[versalvin]

me? i'll say

Vietnam...my identity ofcourse
Japan...the incrediable discipline characteristic they have...the culture ingeneral
France...most because of architecture

[Jaroslaw]

< What did the Koreans do during the Vietnamese war?

[LacLongQuan]

South Korean contingent was the second largest foreign force that faught for the South Vietnamese regime during the Vietnam War. In all 300,000 South Koreans served in Vietnam.

They were known to have been even more ruthless than the Americans and many massacre incidents against Vietnamese villages occurred. Villagers (women, children and the elderly and all) were not spared if it was suspected that they were aiding the Viet Congs.

South Koreans often boast about their killing ratio against northern Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces of 1:25 but they were inflated (like the US did) and included civilian casualties.

[staff]

I noticed you like Sweden because of living conditions. Well, it is better in many other European countries actually, but I guess Sweden is ok, except for the climate.

My fav countries are:

Sweden - well, I'm from here.
Denmark - Copenhagen, coolest city in the world.
Vietnam - Friendly people, beautiful sceneries, HCMC!, interesting history.
Thailand - It is so perfect..
China - Greatest in the world, in all aspects.

[Locust]

well... well.... very unfortunate events took place during the `heat' of cold war...
I assume that many(if not most) forumers here live in US,Australia,France, etc... but these countries are quite arguably the most hypocrate of all... and still too `proud' to say they made mistakes... if any..

My top pick is Canada... liberal democracy, very nice people,
awsome landscape, etc....

[versalvin]

Yeah kind of hyprocrate if you wanna lơok that way...many of the countries where oversea Vietnamese lives are the ones that caused so much troubles in Vietnam in the first place

[blkarr0ws]

thailand
vietnam( in 2020 would be perfect :D)
france
sweden

[popcorn69]

except Vietnam

HongKong
USA
Japan
Doha

[VietnamEagle2010]

to me Vietnam 1st,America 2nd,HongKong 3rd

[Nongkhai_tong]

For me I love England,Loas,Thailand,America,Japan

[skidlin]

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[well-done]

apart from Vietnam, I pick Japan over the rest. This country's got everything is needed for a country, I've been to this country once and their modernity and politeness impress me alot, the street is spotless and clean, tradition architectures are well-maintained, transportation is amazing, this country is very culturally rich not to mention Japanese girls are so ....hot, everyone seems well-dressed.

I'm never been to Korea but this nation seems to share lots of similar points with Vietnam, both countries suffered civil war (to a certain extent) and both Vietnam and Korea border China to the north...I like Korea.

[chinatown]

China - i love the culture, its rich history, the language, girls,.... but not the gov and its regime.
France - French is a romantic language. I love Paris so much!
Singapore - love to love this peaceful multi-cultured country.
Vietnam - same as china.
Japan also, for their charismatic characteristics.

[Saigoneseguy]

I like Thailand, Laos, Korea, Sweden and Danemark.

So cool countries...

[starboy]

I like Japan, because of its culture and modernity. In Japan, everything is so efficient. Beside, I like Japanese anime and manga, too.

[hanoiprince]

Here are my votes:
1st favorite destination: ITALIA (nice foods, rich cultures, magnificient architectures, especially men-fashions, wow)

2nd place: SPAIN (nice night clubs, charming beaches, sexy babes all around smiling with you)
3rd place: GRECEE (alots spots to see, many cute girls in dark hairs, big hips, hehehe)

I dont know why many people here like Japan?? I stayed here for 2 weeks back to 2005 (Fukuoka City). My God, it was not the same I imagined about one country. Here in Japan, everythings are perfect like details in the HONDA Engine. I doubt i can find any bad things about this country. But, this was only my feelings in the first 2 days. After that, I found it was so hard if i was to live here the rest of my life. The nightlife here in Japan (Fukuoka City, I have no experience in other parts of Japan like Tokyo) was nothing compared with that in Milan, Madrid, Athens, even in HCMC. hehehe

[skidlin]

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[wulizhong]

Japan is great in many things...but totally boring...you watch one of their traditional dances, and a piece of traditional drama...you can tell...very strict in formality but totally boring...

For you it can be boring but I think for the other they will have different feellings :cheers:

[dactrung]

i want to travel to the US, relax in Switzerland.

[wulizhong]

i want to travel to the US, relax in Switzerland.

Everybody like that :lol:......................................... If you have Money! :cheers:

[hanoiprince]

Japan is great in many things...but totally boring...you watch one of their traditional dances, and a piece of traditional drama...you can tell...very strict in formality but totally boring...

Yeah, It is exactly what i'm trying to say about Japan: BORING and BORING like what is said in the SCHOOL TEXT BOOKS. Japan is something like a TEXT BOOKS. All most school boys do not like TEXT BOOKS. Instead, they like sitting down in front of Computer playing games. Hehehe, MILANO, PARIS, MADRID ....are powerfull computers with alots of interesting games stored in side. ENJOYYYYYYYYY>>>>

[well-done]

Here are my votes:
1st favorite destination: ITALIA (nice foods, rich cultures, magnificient architectures, especially men-fashions, wow)

2nd place: SPAIN (nice night clubs, charming beaches, sexy babes all around smiling with you)
3rd place: GRECEE (alots spots to see, many cute girls in dark hairs, big hips, hehehe)

I dont know why many people here like Japan?? I stayed here for 2 weeks back to 2005 (Fukuoka City). My God, it was not the same I imagined about one country. Here in Japan, everythings are perfect like details in the HONDA Engine. I doubt i can find any bad things about this country. But, this was only my feelings in the first 2 days. After that, I found it was so hard if i was to live here the rest of my life. The nightlife here in Japan (Fukuoka City, I have no experience in other parts of Japan like Tokyo) was nothing compared with that in Milan, Madrid, Athens, even in HCMC. hehehe

Japan is boring ? contrary to your thought, I think Japan is one of most busy places you can find on this earth, my friend has lived in Japan for almost 5 years and he said it's most stressful place in the world, no one works as hard as the Japanese, they work their ass off to get where they're today, I've been to Chiba and saw how crazy their rail station was at rush hour, the streets are full of automobiles but are always orderly controlled, the city is not a mess though it's so dense with large population. Everything is modern, even...toilet, automatic toilet that I've never seen anywhere else, beer machine, hi-tech stuff. It's like perfect combination of modernity and tradition. At night, the streets with full neon lights flow out amazingly. I have a feeling Japan's so perfect, the people, the culture, the economy, most famous Asian talents were born here, most won Nobel prize country of Asia. Japanese people have alot to proud of.

I saw somewhere on this forum where there's poll to vote which is most futuristic city in the world, Tokyo gets it. If I get chance, I'll definitely visit city, largest city in terms of economy, population, size...

[wulizhong]

My Fav Countries

For History

- China
- Germany
- Italy
- Russia
- Spain

For Cultural, Social life style

- China
- France
- Korean
- Italy
- Spain

For People Charactor

- Japanese
- German
- Italian
- Russian
- Korean

For Natural Sence

- China
- France
- New Zealand
- Japan
- Brazil

For Entertain - City life

- USA
- China
- Australia
- Thailand
- Japan

...


So the final top is:

1 - China with 4/5 *
2 - Japan with 3/5 *
3 - Italy with 3/4 *
4 - Korea with 2/4 *
5 - France with 2/5 *
6 - Germany with 2/5 *
7 - Spain with 2/5 *
8 - Russia with 2/5 *
9 - USA with 1/5 *
10 - Australia 1/5 *

[yippie]

I don't have any favorite countries, but there are certain countries that do catch my attention. Some of them include France, UK, Russia, America, Japan, Germany, India, Spain, Italy, China, and Egypt. These are some countries that I would live in or bc the culture and/or history appeals to me.

[tq]

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[sqd]

đề tài gì mà nhảm nhí thật, không ai dại gi mà đi tâng bốc người ngòai trước mặt bao nhiều người như thế này ....coi chừng bị người ta chửi là một lũ ngu sau lưng bây giờ

[null]

Russia
Canada
USA
France
Vietnam

[well-done]

đề tài gì mà nhảm nhí thật, không ai dại gi mà đi tâng bốc người ngòai trước mặt bao nhiều người như thế này ....coi chừng bị người ta chửi là một lũ ngu sau lưng bây giờ

Điều này chả có gì mà nhảm nhí cả, thảo luận cái này là bình thường, mình thích một nước nào đó thì sau lưng người ta cũng bảo mình ngu à ? Thời đại toàn cầu hóa rồi mà còn có những suy nghĩ kiểu này à, ngay cả nhiều người nước ngoài (có cả người Hoa) cũng vào topic này comment đó thôi...điều này chỉ chứng tỏ rằng người Việt Nam là những con người thân thiện, vậy thôi...

[chinatown]

I like Thailand, Laos, Korea, Sweden and Danemark.

So cool countries...

yeah i love all of the scandinavi countries!! wanna go to denmark someday.

[z0rg]

Well, this is the typical thread where no matter what you say, you'll write a lot of stupid stereotypes, I'm sorry if somebody feels steretyped by my post.

My top 10.

- Spain. My home country. Spain is like a top model who has just got up so that she looks terrible despite of being full of beauty. It really needs to get ready so that it can show how great she is, after we do this we'll be almost perfect. But hell, we'd really need many hours in the beauty salon before we got ready! :D

- China. The country of hugeness, I love it for so many reasons. People, language, food, history, Han boys, landscapes, diversity... and of course skyscrapers.

- Russia. Amazing country full of personality. Its contributions to western literature and classical music have no rival.

- Singapore. Far from being perfect, Singapore is still the most ideal city/country I've ever heard of. I like your style, babe.

- Japan. The land of modern sophistication, Japan should be the mirror where every single country measures its own level of development. Sushi :D

- Germany. Europe's most interesting country imo. Amazing history (before WWI, not interested in 20th century at all), and excellent literature, music and philosophers.

- Argentina. My favourite country in the southern hemisphere. Buenos Aires is also my favourite city of the western civilisation.

- Israel. World's most courageous country.

- Iceland. Excepting for cold weather and lack of big cities, this country is very close to perfection too imo.

- Norway. Same as Iceland.

[dactrung]

đề tài gì mà nhảm nhí thật, không ai dại gi mà đi tâng bốc người ngòai trước mặt bao nhiều người như thế này ....coi chừng bị người ta chửi là một lũ ngu sau lưng bây giờ

nham nhi thi cau dung co vao day ma xem va binh luan.

[Dek Thai]

I love Laos,USA,Canada and England.

[Bentown]

Nowaday' our world have over 200 countries including dependencies and territories every places had their own beautiful way but for my likely country... There are.......1.Laos 2. Japan 3. Korea 4.Newzealand 5. Australia 6.The US 7.Maldives 8.France 9.Nepal 10.Singapore......Look alot but just a few if compare which number of countries in the present....That's it:)

[heavyrain2408]

1. Vietnam
2. US
3. Korea, South :)

[7freedom7]

fondness in no particular sequence
China U.S. France German Italy Egypt Japan Brazil SouthAfrica Thailand India

hatred in no particluar sequence
China U.S. Japan Russia India Vietnam SouthKorea