Tattoos have been imported into Hanoi for nearly a decade, but actually tattooing was very popular within the gang world for several decades and has even older historical roots in Vietnam.
Tattoo artists are also art students, so they also design original tattoos.
Each tattoo is a message.
When a client comes, tattoo artists will show him/her tattoo designs on the Internet. Like painting, tattoo uses three basic colors: red, yellow and deep blue to make other colors. Tattoo artists use different kinds of needles, which run at frequencies of 50 jabs/second.
Because of the pain caused by tattoo machines, tattoo artists only work from 20-30 minutes on a tattoo.
Tattoo artists are also art students, so they also design original tattoos.Each tattoo is a message. 
