This weekend throughout Vietnam people are celebrating "Tet Trung Thu" or the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is often referred to as a children's holiday and is associated with harvest time and set by the lunar calendar always with the full moon. Families … [Read more...]
I’d like to teach Vietnam to . . . .
Do you remember the old Coke commercial? "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" produced by Billy Davis and sung by the Hillside Singers, for Coca-Cola as a 1971 TV commercial. A few days ago we tweeted about the fact that … [Read more...]
Cham peoples celebrate Ramadan and Ramuwan
The Cham peoples of Vietnam are part of the remnants of the former Champa kingdom found throughout Southeast Asia. Differing reports of this group show their population in Vietnam as between 100,000 and 160,000. The Joshua Project lists two … [Read more...]
Cost of Living
A recent article from VietNam Net Bridge reported that the Vietnamese spend the largest proportion of their income on food. That article stated: "The increasingly high proportion of monthly income spent on food shows that the living standard of … [Read more...]
Yesterday, Tomorrow, Today
The majority religion in Vietnam is ancestor worship. It is pervasive throughout the culture. Sacrifices of incense, food, ceremonial money or luxury items (in paper form) are all sacrificed or offered to the spirits of dead ancestors. This is … [Read more...]
What do the Vietnamese people fear?
Cimigo, a consumer and marketing research firm with offices in Vietnam released some findings from a survey of 1,000 respondents in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The focus of the survey was in measuring the reported fears of the Vietnamese … [Read more...]
Hung Kings Festival
Traditionally, Vietnamese hold their origin as a nation / people to be with Emperor Hung Vuong some fifty centuries ago. The Hung Dynasty reportedly lasted for some 3,000 years with at least 18 identified Hung Kings. Procession of worshippers … [Read more...]
Lonelier in a Busier Society
Unattached young men and women attend a singles party in Ha Noi. Dating services are growing in popularity with busy professionals in the country's major cities. A recent article from Vietnam News centered on the rise of online dating and other new … [Read more...]
The Drive to Learn English in Vietnam
BBC News Magazine has an interesting article, "Is English or Mandarin the Language of the Future". About two-thirds through the article, however, are a few paragraphs that give perspective on the popularity of English in Vietnam: That part quoted … [Read more...]
Stacking for Jesus
Certainly I did not consider myself an expert. My fine motor skills simply were not that refined. But after spending an afternoon with four new friends playing Jenga, I began feeling at least moderately adept at the stacking game. Advancing my … [Read more...]
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