Our trip to Vietnam is now a month away.  While at work and elsewhere I often find myself thinking of previous trips there to build a frame of mind for this next trip.  For some reason, I can't get the t-shirts out of my mind.  There are t-shirt vendors everywhere.  In the middle of the jungle you can run across a café selling t-shirts and Coca-cola.  Anyway, in Saigon the t-shirt vendors are ubiquitous.  Among American slogans and pop culture stuff one can find on t-shirts, vendors will also have shirts with the communist star and also some with a picture of Ho Chi Minh (Uncle Ho) on the front or back or both. 
   You can always tell a tourist.  They are the only ones dumb enough to buy a shirt with the communist star or one with Ho Chi Minh.  In all the times I've visited Vietnam, did I ever see a Vietnamese wear a t-shirt with the communist star or one with Ho Chi Minh on it.  It brings a smile to me while I work and think about it.  The locals just don't wear that stuff.