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I wasn't aware of that, but am glad to hear it.
Veganism is growing fast. More and more people are waking up to the compassionate lifestyle.
The Vietnamese are very enterprising people, yes. Though they are also Buddhist, which has a spiritual heritage of compassion to animals. Not always observed, but it is most definitely there.
Perhaps the compassion displayed by the growing number of Americans is reminding the Vietnamese (and the Thais) of the compassionate core at the heart of their Buddhist faith?
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