I just spent two hours in a café in Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, and ended up observing how differently cafés work here compared to other places. People were happily shouting to each other across the room, kids running and dancing and playing games or videos on their phones. One group took over a bunch of tables, dressed up in Japanese-style cosplay in the store, added makeup in full view, and then paraded around the café to show off. In most local cafés in Vietnam, including Đà Nẵng, it’s common for things to be noisy and crowded,…

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