pickpockets
i think most of vietnam has this,but mostly late evenings while heading back to my hotel i was approached by local females for either offering some special company or they were heading in that direction too. Beware of the moto driver appearing offering to give you both a lift as its her accomplaice. in hanoi this happened and although i made my intentions clear she continued to strike conversation for 5 minutes whilst i wa walking.suddenly when i noticed i was alone,my hands went in to my pockets which had been unzipped and i noticed my dollars gone.looking round she was heading towards the moto and i mangaed to pull her off it whilst it was driving off,round her neck and pinned her to the ground,succesfully gettin my money back.on hindsight if local police had arrived,well maybe it could have been real bad for me.
