Vietnam

### First Appearance

"Brother-in-law, Family Meeting, and Plan of Attack" (Tea Leaves and Sapphire Earrings)

## Physical description

### Hair color

Hair

**Vietnam** is a member of the Asian family in the manga, *Hetalia*, and the *Tea Leaves* series. She is the sister of Yao Wang, Kiku Honda, Wang Ja Long, Im Yong Soo, Mi-Soon Soo, and Lin Yi Ling.

## Appearance and Personality

### Appearance

Vietnam has long, dark brown hair put back in a long ponytail and golden-honey colored eyes. She is depicted in a green áo dài (a Vietnamese national outfit for women), wields a long paddle, and wears a conical Asian hat called a nón lá. A May 2010 entry on Himaruya's blog showed some alternate concepts with Vietnam's ponytail, including a version with a bun and a flower that appeared in a sketch labeled "Asia3". Vietnam is also shown to wear a military uniform with a matching hat, though she still wields her paddle while dressed that way. Over time, Himaruya drew Vietnam to appear stronger due to the multiple accounts of strong women in Vietnamese history.

### Personality

Vietnam is described as "headstrong" due to the number of strong women in Vietnamese history. She appears a bit shy when it comes to her looks, appearing apprehensive when Lin Yi wishes to take a picture with her and is uncomfortable wearing a Santa outfit in a 2009 Christmas Request. In a blog post, Himaruya mentioned that Vietnam has a natural skillfulness and uses it to create a variety of different objects, and Austria mentions in one comic that he special ordered cinnamon from Vietnam. In the volume four strip *Ilha Formosa ~Beautiful Island~*, Vietnam claims that she is not photogenic. In the Christmas 2011 event, Vietnam shows that she doesn't know how to smile.

## Back Story

Vietnam original appeared in sketches early in the series' history, but didn't officially debut in 2011 when she was profiled and appeared in comics in Volume 4. In her first appearance, Taiwan asks to take a picture with her and Vietnam nervously agrees, only to discover that Taiwan had the photos retouched as a standard practice and is shocked at how she looks. Vietnam appears at the end of the Halloween 2011 event, winning America's costume contest with a TOPIO robot suit.

Vietnam also appears in episode 17 of the Comic Birz when Taiwan invites her to a meeting to discuss the name of the feeling you have when you have a favorite anime and the voice actors get firmly associated with the characters in your head, and then there is the slightest change and you suddenly get this strange hazy feeling that something isn't right.

## Storyline History

### Tea Leaves and Sapphire Earrings

Vietnam is seen at the family meeting when the Asian Family starts to worry about Kiku. They talk about what they are going to do to help him.

### Tea Leaves and Purple Robes

Vietnam talks with Im Soon because she is worried about him. He seems to put her mind at ease for the time being. It appears that she has talked him out of reuniting with his sister. Later, Vietnam meets up with the other siblings to talk about what to do with Kiku.

## Relationships

### Lin Yi Ling

*Main Article: Lin Yi Ling*

In volume 4, Lin Yi calls Vietnam a "cutie" and requests to have a picture taken with her. The photo studio retouches the photograph so that their eyes are larger, which Vietnam finds baffling and, in contrast, Lin Yi finds cute.

## Trivia

* The sketch named Asia3, later revealed as an alternate draft of the Vietnam character, was slightly controversial as many fans made claims that it was actually a sketch of a character representing the Philippines or Indonesia.

## Source

* http://hetalia.kitawiki.net/index.php?title=Vietnam