APH:Contemporary Colleagues- Kymm Nguyen

Contest Entry for 's OC Contest. Here is my South Vietnam OC. She happens to be the late younger sister of the canon!Vietnam formerly known as North Vietnam. This character was loosely based from the fic Fires of Saigon. Read it here: [link]

Thank you for info on the Vietnamese lifestyle.

Apparently, teenage pregnancy and promiscuity is quite rare in Vietnam, unlike in the neighboring countries Please correct me if I'm wrong, ~vn4eyedgirl. I tweaked Cong Hoa's (South Vietnam's) personality a bit to get her into the reform school!AU.


Headcanon: Cambodia is scared of Vietnam. This fear was instilled when he invaded her.

I based the headcanon from this: [link]


Northern and southern Vietnam

Cultural differences

While relations between Northerners and Southerners are generally civil, the increased contact due to the influx of Northerners into the South since the end of the Vietnam War have given rise to some stereotypes about people from different regions:

Northerners tend to view themselves as more cultured and refined.
Southerners consider themselves more dynamic.
Northerners are more concerned about status and appearances.
Southerners are freer with their money while Northerners are more thrifty.
Northerners are more conservative and afraid of change, while Southerners are more dynamic.
Southerners are more direct while Northerners are more ceremonious and formal.

Source: [link]

---

APH (C)
Contemporary Colleagues (C)