Lam, a Vietnamese international student from Hanoi joins me on the podcast this week. We talk about growing up in Hanoi (0:54), social science not being considered a serious study (3:15), Hmong people (6:00), the LGBTQ community in Vietnam (9:15), progressive attitudes (12:05), lesbian dating in Vancouver (13:20), We love Da Nang (15:00), cultural identity (18:20), living in Kamloops (19:25), homestay struggles (22:10), passive aggression in Canada (25:20), META fob (27:30), internalized self-hate (31:15), international student stereotypes (32:00), what Vietnamese people think about foreigners in Vietnam (35:11), dating a white guy is WOKE (39:08), Viet Kieus (42:00), aunties savagery (44:02), Viet food in Vancouver (45:15), vegetarianism in Vietnam (50:35) and more.