Dear Friends & Colleagues, Wishing all of you and your families a joyous holiday season and a New Year filled with peace, love and happiness! While Viet Nam is predominantly a Buddhist country, there are Christmas trees and decorations everywhere and many people get in the holiday spirit. This includes thousands of people milling around … Continue reading Season’s Greetings from MAA & Capstone Vietnam!
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Agent Orange, Exposed: How U.S. Chemical Warfare in Vietnam Unleashed a Slow-Moving Disaster
More than 10 years of U.S. chemical warfare in Vietnam exposed an estimated 2.1 to 4.8 million Vietnamese people to Agent Orange. More than 40 years on, the impact on their health has been staggering. Yes, this article is from 2017 but is still making the rounds and the damage wrought by this war legacy … Continue reading Agent Orange, Exposed: How U.S. Chemical Warfare in Vietnam Unleashed a Slow-Moving Disaster
My Starbucks Story: Made in Viet Nam
During my first year or so in Viet Nam, i.e., I emailed Howard Schultz, then CEO of Starbucks. I noticed that a number of coffee chains, including Trung Nguyen and Highlands, were charging Starbucks' prices for coffee drinks, snacks, etc. These cafes attracted Vietnamese of means who could easily afford a few dollars for a … Continue reading My Starbucks Story: Made in Viet Nam
The Importance of Showing International Applicants THE LOVE
Once upon a time, there was a Vietnamese transfer student in the US who was planning to attend one university and ended up accepting an offer from another. Here are the main reasons: 1. The other school has better communication with students, including sending them a note on their birthday and more frequent updates. … Continue reading The Importance of Showing International Applicants THE LOVE
Protected: From the Mayflower to Viet Nam: Confessions of a Native Son
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Catholicism in Viet Nam
About 6.6% of Viet Nam's population of about 97,000,000, or 6.4 million people, are Catholic. While most are in central and southern Viet Nam, there are still some in the North. Most Vietnamese identify themselves as Buddhist. This photo was taken in Hà Đông, an urban district in the southwestern part of of Hà Nội. … Continue reading Catholicism in Viet Nam
Air quality app under ‘coordinated attack’ in Vietnam amid heavy Hanoi smog
Sometimes, the truth hurts but it's also useful in solving problems, both individual and societal. You know the expression, "The first step in solving a problem is recognizing there is one." Here are two key paragraphs from this 7 October Reuters piece about Hanoi's recent and cyclical air pollution problem and some misguided attempts to … Continue reading Air quality app under ‘coordinated attack’ in Vietnam amid heavy Hanoi smog
