Today, we started our day out by going to the Cat Lai Terminal to learn about the logistics of Vietnam. At this port, we wore hard hats and neon vests as we drove around on a tour. The port was absolutely massive, with giant shipping crates stacked on top of each other forming a maze-like…

Today, we began our day with our last lecture, this time it was centered on Buddhism. To start our lecture, we learned a little bit more about Vietnamese culture and traditions and their relationship with Buddhism and other religions like Confucianism. After that, we dug into Buddhism, starting with its history. I found the history…

Today, we got to start our day by getting back to our company visits with Coherent. Coherent develops many pieces of technology, from lasers to chips to so much more. Essentially, Coherent works to design and develop all the technology that will be in new products two years from now. Coherent’s products can also be…

Today we were treated on a day trip out of Ho Chi Minh City, to the Mekong Delta. The Mekong Delta is a critical region of Vietnam because it is essential to Vietnam’s fishing and rice industries. Throughout our time in Vietnam, we learned so much about this region and even had our own lecture…

Today, we started our day by touring a game development outsourcing company called GlassEgg. Since GlassEgg was the company my group worked to research before this trip, I was very excited to tour their facilities. GlassEgg works to design 3-dimensional vehicles, buildings, environments, and characters for games, as well as 2-dimensional concept art for games….

Today, we had the absolute pleasure of visiting Vina Capital in the morning. When we researched the companies, we would be visiting, Vina Capital interested me the most because of its healthcare-related work. From the start, I found the work extremely interesting and captivating. Vina Capital has many extremely amazing programs that are greatly helping…

Today, our first class was a lecture on sustainability in Vietnam, which was similar to what we learned at GreenViet yesterday. However, today we focused on learning about specific environmental issues and then later working to create solutions for these. Some specific topics that we focused on were working to reduce smog in Hanoi, increasing…

Today, we began our classes and company visits for the trip. In the morning, we attended a lecture on the development of the Mekong Delta region and another lecture on learning the Vietnamese language. During the Vietnamese lecture, we really got to spend time talking with the students here as they helped us learn pronunciation…

After thirty long hours of flying and waiting in airports, we had made it to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. We did not have the opportunity to explore and see the city because we arrived late at night. However, today we were greeted by what Vietnam offers in many ways. The first way that the…