HOAN NGHENH!
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This introduction video brings you around Vietnam - when to go and the top things to do.
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Here’s a look at the best places to visit in Vietnam. Vietnam is a land of striking landscapes, a mix of booming cities, colonial towns, traditional villages and otherworldly islands. |
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This section helps prepare an individual before embarking to Vietnam, such as learning the cultural etiquette, basic conversational phrases, and even some useful local contact numbers.
Cultural Dos and Don’ts
Vietnam is a nice, peaceful and friendly destination. To get a great experience with the locals, knowing the following DOs and DON'Ts in Vietnam from a cultural point of view is important. .
Basic Conversational Language
Some phrases in Vietnamese that are handy to know when visiting Vietnam.
Phone Apps
Dialing Code
+84
Useful Numbers
This section links to the various local news media in Vietnam.
RSS News Feed
This section informs the common scams and crimes to look out for when visiting Vietnam.
Scams
Crime & Security
All Vietnamese dynasties explained, Vietnam war and French Indochina explained in 8 minutes
Find out about the long history and gruelling war fought in Vietnam, how it happened and how it affected the citizens till today?
Learn the truth who really lost the Vietnam War. The Communists in North Vietnam actually signed a peace treaty, effectively surrendering. Did the United States win or lose the Vietnam War?
This section lists some recommended readings about Vietnam.
The Economy and Business Environment of Vietnam by
This Palgrave Pivot provides an introduction to the economy and business environment of Vietnam, a member of the ASEAN Economic Community whose economy is rapidly growing. The introduction argues that though there may be perceived disadvantages in investing in Vietnam, there are a number of benefits as well, such as the country's openness to trade and foreign direct investment, the increasing ease of doing business there and the dynamism of the economy. The book then provides an overview of Vietnam's economic policy since 1975, covering reunification, attempts at a command economy, and finally renovation under Doi Moi Policy. Further chapters cover the expansion of the private sector, interest in foreign investment, and the peculiarities of marketing and finance in Vietnam. As an edited volume with chapters written by Vietnamese scholars across economics, history, and business, this book is critical reading for researchers studying Vietnam and other Asian economies and for businesses interested in expanding into that market.
Vietnam Today by
Vietnam stands at a crossroads. Located in the geographical center of Southeast Asia, Vietnam is a complex mixture of the ancient and the modern. A Soviet-style legacy contrasts with an emerging Western-style market economy. Vietnam is faced with pressing political, social and economic challenges, and yet it is full of hope and potential. Here is a first look at Vietnam in the twenty-first century, a nation undergoing rapid change and opening up to the world. Dr. Mark Ashwill paints a broad picture of Vietnam, past and present, and explores todayâ??s defining issues. Readers come to understand how a two-thousand-year history of foreign invasion, occupation and war has deeply influenced the Vietnamese character. The Chinese, French and U.S. Americans have all left their imprint. Yet the struggle against oppression has infused the Vietnamese with a fierce spirit of nationalism and caution in their dealings with foreigners. Building relationships and trust as a prelude to doing business are critical to the Vietnamese, whether at home or abroad. Vietnam Today reveals the most prominent characteristics of the Vietnamese: their energy and drive, the dominance of group over individual and the paramount importance of maintaining harmony. In doing so, Ashwill and his Vietnamese contributor shed light on many sources of misunderstanding between Vietnamese and Western professionals. But for those who are prepared to take the time to get to know the people, to move at their pace, and to learn about their culture and history, Vietnam can be a land of promise and opportunity.
Skilling up Vietnam by
Host of the first gay pride in the Sinophone world, Taiwan is well-known for its mushrooming of liberal attitudes towards non-normative genders and sexualities after the lifting of Martial Law in 1987. Perverse Taiwanis the first collection of its kind to contextualize that development from an interdisciplinary perspective, focusing on its genealogical roots, sociological manifestations, and cultural representations. This book enriches and reorients our understanding of postcolonial queer East Asia. Challenging a heteronormative understanding of Taiwan's past and present, it provides fresh critical analyses of a range of topics from queer criminality and literature in the 1950s and 1960s to the growing popularity of cross-dressing performance and tongzhi(gay and lesbian) cinema on the cusp of a new millennium. Together, the contributions provide a detailed account of the rise and transformations of queer cultures in post-World War II Taiwan. By instigating new dialogues across disciplinary divides, this book will have broad appeal to students and scholars of Asian studies and queer studies, especially those interested in history, anthropology, literature, film, media, and performance.
This section provides useful links to the Vietnam social media.
Social Media
Vietnam National Administration of Tourism
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