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IT took Bernard Lee and his family nearly two years to get used to the traffic in Danang.

In the sea of fluid chaos that is traffic in the Vietnamese seaside city, the Lees constantly found themselves in near-accidents. Mr Lee's younger daughter found a way to make sense of it: Truck drivers drive as if they have small cars, while small car drivers drive as if they have motorcycles.

This epiphany was a turning point for the Lees' traffic travails. "If you recalibrate and think like that, you'll actually be quite safe (on Vietnamese roads)," Mr Lee says.

The family has had plenty to recalibrate.

Mr Lee and his wife, former teachers and itinerant trainers, moved to Danang in July 2012 to work for a private school, teaching students and training others to teach. The couple also took teenagers and young adults under their wing, after meeting many young Vietnamese who were smart and resourceful but could not find meaningful employment. "If you don't have connections in Vietnam, you can't fin…