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Posters telling everyone that children need a helmet on bikes as well.  
   

Posters telling everyone that children need a helmet on bikes as well.

There's a loophole in the helmet laws that came in last December, everyone has to wear one except children. This has resulted in 12 fatalities every week of children on motorbikes while their parents usually survive the accident
It's like everyone is on the Lonely Planet package tour

March 21st 2008
Wherever you go around here there are a few things you notice, first off being all these people walking around in those zip off trousers that become shorts. Like does anyone ever zip them off and wear them as shorts, no never, it's the look at me I'm the world traveler and I've got this really cool outfit that saves me 100 grams when I pack my backpack, really give me a break. The other great ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnamese Flag The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more
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