THE WAYS OF GREETING IN MY COUNTRY

Greetings has been considered to be one of the ways show deep feelings , respect and great care among people to people in communication for a long time. Greeting in Asian countries in general and in my country, Viet Nam, in particular is really necessary in daily life. Nowadays, there are two ways of greetings each other existing parallelly in my country such as THE TRADITIONAL WAY and THE MODERN ONE.
In terms of the traditional way of greeting, people in Vietnam always regard greeting higher than a feast. So they can greeting each other anywhere or anytime they see each other just to show their care. The ways they say hello to each other are also very various. People, especially the old people, always take much care of this. They often ask each other very simple and personal questions such as " where are you going ? "did you have a meal ? " or " what are you doing ? " etc... .. Besides, they sometimes clap their hands together and bend their bodies to greeting each other in some very ritual atmostphare.
On the other hand, since my country opened the door with the world the face of its has changed a lot. Many cultures and customs has also entered in to Viet Nam. It had a great influence on the young, also the ways of greeting have got this new wind as well. People are gradually changing the traditional ways of greeting. People at work, meeting, conference or in the public have other ways of greeting. Shaking hand seems to be one of the most popular ways now. A tight or loose shaking is also a signal of good or bad relationship at work. In addition , holding and kissing is also being accepted among a group of people somewhere in Vietnam.
With two ways of greeting each other which exist parallelly in my country such as traditional and modern ones help people be closer and closer. Vietnam is now on the way of joining the world , so it should be inherited , learnt and improved new things which make us more tactful , and more polite in communicative situations.

Written by Kim