One of Asia's most inflation-plagued economies, Vietnam, devalued its currency 8.5% Friday to help arrest mounting economic problems. But analysts say Hanoi's Communist policy makers instead risk triggering a new and potentially uncontrollable round of price rises. This was excerpted from a 14 February Wall Street Journal article. Back in December 2010, a Bloomberg article, quoting … Continue reading More Dong for Your Buck: Rough Road Ahead?
Month: February 2011
Triển lãm Cao đẳng Cộng đồng Mỹ/StudyUSA Community College Fairs in Vietnam
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4th Annual Education Conference: Cementing Cooperation & Overcoming Obstacles to U.S.-Vietnam Education Partnerships
The US Embassy in Vietnam and the Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF) have officially announced the Fourth Annual Education Conference to be held April 9, 2011 in Hanoi. The purpose of this conference is to bring together American and Vietnamese universities, colleges, companies and NGOs active in higher education in Vietnam to discuss how to increase … Continue reading 4th Annual Education Conference: Cementing Cooperation & Overcoming Obstacles to U.S.-Vietnam Education Partnerships
Vietnam’s Younger Generation & the Future
Vietnam is a "young" country. You can see it everywhere you look and in the statistics (median age: 27.4). It's what economists refer to as a "demographic dividend," which Vietnam is hoping to take advantage of. I recently spent a couple of mornings and afternoons conducting Skype interviews with young people, high school and … Continue reading Vietnam’s Younger Generation & the Future
If Vietnam were your home instead of The United States you would…
I recently came upon this site, which was created last year at first “as a way to show the magnitude of the BP Oil Spill. Through a number of conversations with visitors to the site, we realized that we had stumbled onto a very powerful concept. Representing large facts in relation to a person's own home is … Continue reading If Vietnam were your home instead of The United States you would…
Spring 2011 StudyUSA Community College Fairs in Vietnam
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What’s Hot
…in Vietnam’s English language media as it relates to education. Below is a sampling of articles that have recently appeared on English language newspaper websites here starting with the newest. Why I quit? (Low salary is not the only thing that urges state employees to quit. If they are just working for money, many excellent … Continue reading What’s Hot
“CSU” Reprise (aka The Other Shoe Just Dropped)
As I mentioned in my 24.1.11 post where can i buy an accredited overseas phd?, a request by the CSU owner, Zahid Yazdanie, to register California South University as a federal trademark was denied for obvious reasons. The most obvious is that it is in violation of section 89005.5 of the California Education Code, which provides … Continue reading “CSU” Reprise (aka The Other Shoe Just Dropped)
Internet Use and Top 20 Sites in Vietnam
Back in 1996, I remember going to one of the few Internet cafes in Hanoi, which featured exorbitant fees and very sluggish service. In 2000, there were an estimated 200,000 Internet users in Vietnam. As of December 2010, 26,784,035 people were online, according to the Vietnam Internet Network Information Center. That's 30% of the population (!). The estimated “reach” of … Continue reading Internet Use and Top 20 Sites in Vietnam
7k Strong Initiative?
Citing the strategic importance of the U.S.-China relationship, in November 2009, President Barack Obama announced the “100,000 Strong” initiative, a national effort designed to increase dramatically the number and diversify the composition of American students studying in China. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton officially launched the initiative in May 2010 in Beijing. The Chinese government … Continue reading 7k Strong Initiative?
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