One of the many things I had heard about Vietnam was how good their coffee is. Many people know that Brazil is the number one coffee exporter in the world, but the not as common knowledge is that Vietnam is the second largest. This morning, I had the pleasure of walking to one of the many bakeries nearby called Merci. All the pastries and croissants especially looked amazing, along with some of there cakes. I tried vietnamese milk coffee which was an iced drink, and it was as good as expected. The flavor was more real instead of the  more processed coffees we have in the U.S. 

This was a great way to start off the day before going back to the University to hear another lecture from Professor Minh. Unfortunately, this was our last time with Minh, but he was so good at teaching and had such insightful teachings on how companies avoid risks in the supply chains and during their production/manufacturing of their products. We had more interactions with students, and it has been nice to get to know different students each day because we all mix up who we sit with. This has helped me gain a variety of perspectives from a bunch of different students and interactions with each student is a learning experience.

For lunch we went to a restaurant where we got steak. Overall, it was really good when mixed up with everything, but I think this was the weakest and a less authentic Vietnamese restaurant. However, they did have one of the best dishes on the trip so far with whatever pasta shrimp they had. The spice was so good on it and the flavor was perfect.

After lunch we went to our second company visit of the trip. This was somewhat a last minute switch from the company Shopee to Dien Quang. This was our first experience where we had a translator with us on the trip, so it was just a different way of gaining information than the other places. The company is a large lighting producer that uses heavy automation in its factory that we saw during the tour. A surprising part was the lack of air-conditioning for most of the rooms especially in the hot a humid Vietnam. However, most of the rooms of the factory had no people in them so it would definitely cut costs a bit and align with some of their sustainability goals. They have customized their lighting options to fit to the needs of their buyers whether that is in the fashion industry or at home systems. 

We went to a Korean BBQ where we cooked our all you can eat selection on the grills in front of us. This was a delicious selection of meats and sauces, and the exotic try of the day was… pig tongue. Not a bad flavor but it was super chewy. To end our night, we got to hang out with the UEF students again and we spent some time at Vincon Center which was a nice mall and then explored the surrounding area for some amazing pictures with all the city lights.