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June 2016 Vietnam Strategic Recruitment Retreat
I’m pleased to announce that I will lead a Strategic Recruitment Retreat (SRR) in Phan Thiết, Vietnam from 17-19 June for colleagues whose institutions have targeted Vietnam as a high recruitment...
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The TPP & China
Below is guest post by Chuck Searcy, a US veteran who has lived and worked in Vietnam for over 20 years. The reporting on “trade” is actually pretty misleading, because the TPP does not have much to...
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Tips for Entrepreneurs
Thuan Pham, CTO at Uber Technologies, Inc. Photo credit: TheInformation Memo to entrepreneurs: read this, take it to heart, live it. Good advice from Thuan Pham, Chief Technology Officer of Uber,...
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“Tech, Communism & Commerce Coexist In Vietnam”
Not a bad article by Larry Magid, who writes about consumer technology for the WSJ. It was the result of a recent and very brief visit to Ha Noi, after participating in a trade show in Shenzhen,...
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Peace Corps Coming to Vietnam for First Time
I’m very happy to see this development. It’s yet another indication that Viet Nam is coming of age as a full-fledged member of the global community of nations because it reflects the government’s...
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“Extraordinary” Educational Achievements in Viet Nam
Vietnam’s achievements in primary and secondary education over the last two decades are extraordinary. Out of 65 countries, Vietnam ranked 17th in maths and 19th in reading – surpassing both the United...
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Happy Planet Index: Viet Nam Ranks 5th Overall & 2nd in Asia Pacific
Vietnam ranks fifth in the Happy Planet Index results, and second in the Asia Pacific region. This Southeast Asian country, characterised by its mountains and tropical forests, has a strikingly low...
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Enrollment of Vietnamese Students at US Universities & Colleges Up by 640%...
According to Open Doors data, the number of international students in the U.S. universities and colleges from 2001/02 to 2014/15 increased by 67% to reach nearly 975,000 students. That increase for...
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Viet Nam Briefing & Discussion with US Study Abroad Students
I spent part of last Monday morning speaking and listening to a group of 17 US students who are in Viet Nam for the spring semester under the auspices of a School for International Training’s (SIT)...
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Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vietnam_in_the_world_(W3).svg Source: Wikimedia Commons I occasionally speak to US students here in Viet Nam, a pre-COVID-19 memory, and in the US via...
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