A day or two after I posted this I chose a seller on localbitcoins.com and I went to send them the money through Western Union at a local store. However, I was treated with such extreme suspicion and such extreme hostility that I left the two tellers and the manager one of them had urgently called to "Get down here immediately!" without completing my transaction and when I left I was actually followed to my car by the security guard who had shown up during my interrogation. I had said nothing at all about bitcoins though as far as I know they are completely legal, so I don't know what all that was for. I've never used WU before but apparently they have a major problem with Vietnam. So I emailed WU customer service to complain. I still have no btc and I'm not trying to buy any again so consider this thread closed. Thank you.

Great quote by the way, monbux.