Meet and greet In nations in ASEAN

1. Thailand
In Thailand, people greet by lifting both hands and put them together in the chest. Then
bow your body until his nose touched the tip of his hands. If man, we will say sawadee
krub. If women, we say sawadee ka.
2. Philippines
Philippines, when meeting with their friends, Filipinos tend to greet with a handshake
between men and women. Filipino men sometimes greeted with softly clapped the back
area male, and we say kumusta
3. Cambodia
In Cambodia, same with Thai people, people greet by lifting both hands and put them
together in the chest. Then head down until his nose touched the tip of his hands, and we
say chump reap sour
4. Myanmar
In Myanmar, usually when we meet some one we will shake your hand and we say:
"ming gla bar"
5. Malaysia
In Malaysia when we meet someone same as in Indonesia we will shake our hand and
greeting is depend on the time of day like Selamat Tengah hari (Good Afternoon), if with
a Muslim we usually say Salaam.
6. Brunei
In Brunei, when we meet someone we will shake your hand if we meet someone older
usually we will bow our head and we usually give Salam or Hi instead
7. Timor Leste
In Timor Leste when meeting with someone we will shake our hand and say Hello in
Timor Leste: Ol (Oh Lah)
8. Laos
In Laos, whe we meet someone generally we will pressing our palms together like sort of
prayer gesture and we say Sabai di(good health), invariably said with a smile
9. Singapore
In Singapore when we meet someone same as in Indonesia we will shake our hand and
say Hello or Hi
10. Vietnam
In Vietnam when we meet someone usually with a slight bow and say hello in Vietnam is
Xin Chao (Zen Chow)