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Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper readers engaged in a spirited online debate following an op-ed by Nguyen Van My of Lua Viet Tours, detailing some unsavory behaviors observed at Vietnamese airports over recent years. My’s article shed light on passengers’ lack of etiquette, including treating airport benches as beds, using suitcases to reserve seats, and displaying little regard for fellow travelers’ comfort. He described passengers sprawled across benches, oblivious to others, with their shirts lifted above their bellies as they napped. Others, he noted, engaged in personal grooming habits like pimple-popping or hair-plucking, to the discomfort of onlookers. Comments on the Tuoi Tre News story echoed a similar sentiment, with readers expressing their dismay. “No way,” wrote Adam Halliday, while Rick Ellis simply stated, “Pimple poppers ugh.” Alan Robins agreed, particularly annoyed by those who put their feet on chairs and picked at them in public, deeming it “so disrespectful.” Ste...