Vietnam Tattoos no longer taboos

Since the end of vietnam War in the begining of seventies the tattoo in Vietnam always been associated with crime and bad people.

“Tattoos are no longer in a negative light, like in the past, so I want to commemorate my first love by getting one. Perhaps my girlfriend will also like it,” said Hung, a customer at Tattoo Club Vietnam. – Vietnamnet

Located in a small, deep lane near the Hanoi National Economics University, Tattoo Club serves maximum of two customers per day only. The club offers a wide variety of designs, ranging from simple roses and hearts to the more complicated, dragons (the symbol of power and strength), spiders (symbol of meditation), phoenix (symbol of hero), and also create based on customers’ requests and ideas. According to the club’s manager, customers include students, intellectuals, manual laborers, artists and foreigners.