Unlike foreign workers, those who leave Vietnam to marry a Taiwanese native face the bittersweet challenges of assimilation. Qiucao, who is one of those "foreign brides," says: "When you marry a foreigner, the language, culture and customs are all different, and resentments are inevitable. In my next life I'd rather just marry a Vietnamese!"
不同於移工，一心嫁雞隨雞的越南配偶來稿時，則往往透露出努力融入台灣社會的甘苦；外配秋草說：「嫁給外國人，語言、文化、習慣都不同，委屈很多，下輩子還是嫁給越南人就好！」