20 Wild & Weird Facts About Vietnam You Didn’t Know

The largest cave in the world is Hang Sơn Đoòng in Vietnam and it's so big that it has its own river, jungle, and climate.

In 2016, the iconic Vietnamese "Napalm Girl" named Phan Thị Kim Phúc received over 50 laser treatments on her "4th degree" burns that greatly reduced her pain and softened her skin after 45 years of suffering. The treatment was provided free-of-charge.

Former Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ty moved to Orange County, California after the war, where he opened and ran a liquor store.

Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, the executioner from the famous Vietnam War photo, opened a pizza joint in Virginia after the war.

Vietnamese politician Ngo Dinh Diem won South Vietnam election in 1955. In the capital Saigon, he got 130% of the votes.

An ancient Vietnamese prince named Lang Liêu won his country's throne because he made fantastic rice cakes.

In Vietnam, marriage applicants must acquire a Certificate of Good Mental Health from a doctor, proving that they are "mentally sound for marriage", before being allowed to marry.

Between 1,000,000 and 2,500,000 South Vietnamese were sent to re-education camps after the fall of Saigon.

As many as 1 million Vietnamese people are disabled or have health problems as a result of U.S. use of Agent Orange in the Vietnam War. Nearly 20 million gallons of various herbicides and defoliants were sprayed over Vietnam between 1962 and 1971 by the U.S. military.

Vietnam has a female abduction problem. Chinese one-child policy led to an imbalance as parents preferred boys over girls. There are no girls for the boys to marry and this has caused a kidnapping industry where girls are abducted from neighboring Vietnam for Chinese boys to marry or for prostitution.