User talk:(WT-en) Namaste01

DVDs in Vietnam - Warning.

On exiting via Ho Chi Minh City Airport our suitcases were X- Rayed as normal. We were then summoned to the Customs Office and instructed to open our bags and remove the 20 or so DVDs that we bought from a shop in Hanoi. They were obviously knock offs as they were only 10000 VND each or so. The Customs Officer then produced a DVD from his brief case with a Government stamp on it and told us it was a crime to export DVDs without the stamp attached. He then informed us that it was illegal to export more than 5 illegal DVDs! He went on to say that we could pay a fine of between 500,000 VND and 1,000,000 VND or hand over the DVDs. On being told that we did not wish to pay a fine if not necessary he tried very hard to convince us that we should pay the 'fine' and keep all the DVDs. We decided to just leave them behind and he still tried to get us to keep them and pay him the 'fine'.

Sounds like corruption to me.