My visit to Vietnam from October 2024 to March 2025

Coming to Vietnam in October 2024, I was with my grandma and my auntie. For 5 months, we lived together in Cua Ong, based at Cam Pha in Quang Ninh, Vietnam.

Huyen Duong (b. 1984), Vu Hue Anh (b. 1996) and Vu Thi Thu Thuy (b. 1980's) are some of the good people I met the most while I was in Cua Ong.

Thanh (b. 1972) and Hanh (b. 1981) are also some of the good people I met while in Cua Ong.

During the last few months of 2024, Vu Thi Thu Thuy used long hair, but in the new year, and also to celebrate her fortieth birthday, she began to use blunt bangs.

In early March 2025, my mother came to see me in the first time in a few months, and on the 8th, we travelled to Saigon.

Hien Bui (b. 1973) and Helen/Do Ha (b. 1980's) are some of the people I met the most while I was in Saigon; both were born in the year of the Vietnamese zodiac Water Buffalo.

The Water Buffalo zodiac is different in name from the Chinese zodiac Ox.

Some of the girls I met in Vietnam were born in a US presidential election/inauguration year, notably Hien Bui, Vu Thu Thi Thuy, Vu Hue Anh, Huyen Duong, Helen/Do Ha, Thanh and Hanh.