Marry in haste, repent at leisure

Modernization changes Vietnamese's perception of marriage and divorce

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam-"They fall in love in the morning, get married at noon, and file for divorce in the afternoon," a judge in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City said about the change in traditional attitudes among younger Vietnamese.

According to psychologists and sociologists, Vietnam's shift from a centrally planned to a market economy has transformed the country from one of the poorest in the world into a lower middle-income country with rapid industrialization and modernization and deep international integration, which has not only improved local people's living standards but also changed their perception of marriage and divorce.