Thủy bỏ tờ báo xuống, gỡ cặp kính để lên bàn, đôi mắt từ từ khép lại. Nàng vừa đọc một cái tin trên tờ San Jose Mercury News, số ra Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011:
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TEMPTATIONS AWAIT
Checklist for a trip to Vietnam: Visa, passport, wife’s OK.
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“Sài Gòn City, Vietnam -- The trouble for Henry Liem begins every time he prepares to return to his homeland.
Getting the required visa from the Vietnamese government is a breeze. It's the "second visa" -- from his wife worried that he will stray over there -- that requires diplomatic skills.
"My wife is always cranky every time I go," said Liem, a philosophy instructor at San Jose City College who visits Vietnam twice a year to teach at a university. "So I rarely disclose my upcoming trip until the last minute. It's pain minimization. The longer she knows, the longer I have to bear the pain."