Originally Posted by
olafman
I was surprised when our friends in Saigon told me that the country of Vietnam was the same length as the East Coast of the United States. Somehow in my head Vietnam was a lot shorter. A flight from Saigon to Hanoi is about three hours!
Huh? The coast of Vietnam is half the length of the coast of the Eastern US. Saigon to Hanoi is only 700 miles, a 1.5 hr flight!