I have been thinking about Vietnam and I have concluded that it is so different than other countries that I had visited around the world including the underdeveloped countries. It differs in the position of women in society. I see a great number of women attending high school and higher education in urban cities and in the country side.
Vietnamese women seem to be proud and sure about themselves in the cities. I noticed that they are big contributors to the economy. I see countryside women working from sunrise to sunset in order to support their families. I have seen in the museums from south to north the participation of women during the Vietnam war how much they contributed for the triumph. Yet yesterday when we went on a tour, the guide told us a little bit about the women in this country. I didn't like to hear about the treatment of many women in Vietnam society. The guide said that there are prostitutes for married men because they get bored with the same wife. He also told us that arranged marriages are still customary, especially in the countryside where parents choose the spouse for their children.
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