One last thing about Vietnam. For nearly a thousand years, the country was under Chinese rule. The influence is visible to the naked eye. I mean, even their writing system used Chinese characters. Mostly Chinese ones, but there was also a local variation based on them. Only in the early 20th century did the French forcibly switch the writing system to the Latin alphabet with Quốc Ngữ.

Nevertheless, Vietnamese museums often completely ignore the Chinese period. As if it never happened. And elements of Chinese culture just fell from the sky.

Anyway, Vietnam is really awesome. Come visit.