Huyen and Tung are truly amazing as ambassadors for everything that Vietnam is striving for – energetic, enthusiastic, knowledgeable, charming and a tremendous unshackled desire to promote their motherland and to learn from us. Both are students at a premier local university, one is in accountancy and the other in IT, and we understood from them that their organisation is run on a non-profit basis. But for those who engage them do remember this – you must reward them for the value you gain from your interaction with them even if they do not sincerely ask for anything. They took us to four places of interest in Hanoi and at each, they were totally bursting with knowledge and those unique little stories. Huyen for example told us about her grandfather’s impressions from his meeting with Uncle Ho. She also enthralled us about her village days and the strong family and community spirit and ties. At lunch we covered so many topics that we know each side came away with something new. When Huyen and Tung learnt that ours was an arranged marriage they realised that we had unlocked for them a new chapter on the concept of marriage. Tung is a happy go lucky wizard with the camera, and if we saw him anywhere else we would be convinced that he is a professional photographer. Thanks Tung for uploading those absolutely top notch photos of us. Remember those little children near the HCM Complex and how you somehow made them pose naturally with us? It is in the dynamism and enthusiasm of youngsters likes of Huyen and Tung that Vietnam will soar again for sure. We don’t say this to make them happy. We mean every word.