I think you've never had a dog before as a pet. Dogs can blend in with humans than any other animal to the point that pet dogs in most families are considered as part of the family. How can you eat such an animal? It's like eating your own child.
Agreed, I'v had my pet dog for close to 15 years when it passed away. I felt like I lost a family member due to emotional attachment.
For the record I'm not for or against it. I just don't judge others on what they should eat or not its their choice.
Don't get me wrong, Vietnam also ate nearly everything like China in its old tradition.
So don't despise your ancestor's tradition, and the westernization will only make you to lose your own identity.
The only problem I have is disgusting low life criminals who steal dogs from pet owners and selling it on the market.
This was the most serious case in VN that went viral on western social media. I'm sure China has the same issue but in a much larger scale.
Heart-breaking moment five-year-old girl finds her missing pet dog Flower... being sold ready-cooked at Vietnamese stall
By Tracy You For Mailonline11:06 30 Mar 2015, updated 07:33 31 Mar 2015
This is a nightmare moment for any dog owner: recognising their missing pets served in a roast shop.
And it just happened to a five-year-old from northern Vietnam.
A picture of a little girl crying by a dog she believed to be her pet has quickly gone viral on the internet, according to People's Daily Online.
The unidentified girl reportedly lives in the countryside of north Vietnam. She had raised a dog 'Flower' for three years and was deeply saddened when her beloved pet went missing mysteriously.
Devastated: The little girl, who is believed to be living in northern Vietnam, finds her beloved pet 'Flower' already cooked outside a dog meat stall. She has searched for the dog for a few days after it went missing mysteriously
She had spent great effort searching for 'Flower', but to no avail.
A few days later, when the child passed by a local dog meat stall, she instantly recognised a dog lying on the street - and already cooked.
That's Flower,' cried the girl while rushing over to the dog.
The picture broke the heart of hundreds of thousands on the internet.
Many agreed that the tragedy is too much for a five-year-old to take and have appealed for a ban on the consumption of dog meat.
Graphic: Vietnam's trade in dog meat is exposed
Dog meat is treated as a delicacy in several Asian countries, including Korea, Vietnam and China.
A documentary made by Channel 4 last autumn revealed that seven tonnes of live dogs are shipped to the nation's capital Hanoi every day with one slaughter house owner saying he killed up to 30 dogs a day.
Many of the dogs are pets stolen from gardens and front porches at night.
Vietnamese girl finds her missing pet dog Flower being sold ready-cooked | Daily Mail Online