Is the water in Vietnam clean or not?
344702
Ho Chi Minh City is the forefront of cosmopolitan standards. But even there, don't drink the tap water, brush your teeth, eat uncooked vegetables or trust unsealed bottled water.  Anyhow, that's what I freaked about when I first lived there.  If you are there for longer than a couple weeks, consider relaxing all but the outright tap water drinking. You'll get mild dysentary which you can ward off with standard penicillen easily while gaining an immunity and saving yourself a lot of trouble. \n  You should probably be more worried about the street dust blowing in your face and on your food given that it's composed of a world of public toilet atrocities.
628336
as opposed to polluted water?
1066388
There are two possible reasons.\n\nDepending on who you ask, the shape of Vietnam looks either like a fish or a dragon. The head (be it a dragon or fish) is the South where Saigon is and the tail in the North where Ha Noi is.\n\nAnother reason could be that tiny dragon is an accurate description of the people and the country. Vietnam is a small country that has fiercely defended itself for over a thousand years against several countries that are much larger.
1157540
water beacuse of the long dry season
153530
It is not true statement:One river in China actually goes up stream,instead of downstream.!!!\nlooba
343568
Its not.  What you see on top of water is hydrocarbon polution.  most really deadly polutants such as hexa valent chromium deposit in the river bed or lake floor and continue to contaminate the water for several years.
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Here's some interesting sites that I've reviewed.  They have some general information about the Mekong Delta for you.\n\n\n"The Mekong Delta is the bottom half of Vietnam's two rice baskets, the other being the Red River Delta in the North . This vast delta is formed by the deposition of the multiple tentacles and tributaries of the mighty Mekong River..."\nhttp://www.vietscape.com/travel/mekong/\n\n\n"In the south, lies the Mekong Delta, and the flat southern tip of the country. The Mekong river starts in China, flows down through Thailand and Cambodia, and then splits into 9 smaller rivers when it reaches southern Vietnam..."\nhttp://library.thinkquest.org/25734/data/climate/geography.html\n\n\n"The Mekong delta, covering about 40,000 square kilometers, is a low-level plain not more than three meters above sea level at any point and criss-crossed by a maze of canals and rivers." http://countrystudies.us/vietnam/33.htm
448160
sure. lots and lots of water. and piss it all out. go get cleaners from gnc or vitamin world... and clean out yoru system.
1170328
Don't know about Iraq, but my brother was in Pakistan, and it is true, not necessarily in the bigger cities, but out in the small villages, in the bathrooms there is a bucket of water on the left side of the hole, no TP, use your imagination.
439971
it is pure water nothing more  so yes
551897
yes you must stay in vietnam
630429
Almost all countries have this problem ; some big , some small.\nIn many cities in Asia the sewage water disposal system is very badly managed. They are not treated effectively before it is allowed to be discharged into rivers or seas. Some do not have the treatment plant and in some the plants are not maintained propery.\nNear the butcheries where the hides and skins are washed and proceesed , in sugar industries the molasses, in dyeing industries the wastages etc etc are polluting the ground water resources.Earlier the film industry used to pollute the ground water ,.\nMany chemical industries the toxiv wastes pollute the water sources.\nI remember my child hood days when we used to drink the free flowing river waters with our hands. No more now.
996096
Yes it is. And it is also environmentally correct. Help the environment dummy.
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Maybe not quite the answer you want....... but you should consider going to Thailand (opposed to Miami) as they have more trash than they know what to do with, or can manage.\n\nMiami on the other hand is very pristine!
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A nice Web site on Vietnam is: http://www.deanza.edu/faculty/swensson/kieu.html\n\nI have never heard of a national animal or even flower. I spent 12 years in Vietnam from 1972 to 1974. I know more about Vietnam than most Americans and EVEN to include the Ambassadors that were there. I was with the people, I spoke fluent Vietnamese. I have a book manuscript that I wrote on Vietnam though not yet published. I could not tell you in this small space about Vietnam.\n\nIt is a beautiful country and the people are so gracious. I think it is a paradise.
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No, the water are too polluted.
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