After waking up in a bit of a trance after our long journey to Ho Chi Minh City, I thought I was still dreaming after we piled into our shuttle bus and headed for the hotel... Sat on the back seat of the bus with my fellow study away students, we were all struggling to take in all the Vietnamese surroundings at once. Endless scooters were prancing all over the streets, many … [Read more...] about Scooters scooters and more scooter
I have been focusing a lot on Vietnam recently, seeing as our project is all about Project Vietnam Foundation that obviously serves in Vietnam. For this blog though, I decided to search some interesting facts about Bali. I have heard from friends that it is a beautiful country to visit and that the sun, surf and beach are incredible, but what else is Bali hiding? I found a … [Read more...] about Fun Facts about Bali
Whilst editing our Marketing Research Project that we are submitting to Project Vietnam, which analyzes the marketing efforts of their non-for-profit organization, I was particularly intrigued when reading about Vietnam's Economic improvements. I found an article online, written by Quan Hoang Vuong, for DHVP Research. The article mentioned lots of milestones that Vietnam has … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s Economic Development Since 1986
As we have been talking about our trip to Vietnam, we have discussed the idea of going to a local Vietnamese tailor in order to have the opportunity of having suit made personally for us. The quality of the materials and tailoring are very high standard and the prices are much lower than anywhere you could find in the US. Furthermore, as most of us are business majors, it is a … [Read more...] about Vietnamese Clothing
Before this study away project I had never even spoken to anyone about the actual state that Vietnam is currently in. I had preconceived ideas that it would be a place with some well developed areas with good economic standing, but mainly a country whose people were rather poor. The more we discuss our project in Vietnam and the study away trip itself, during class periods, the … [Read more...] about Poverty Reduction in VIetnam