When listening to professor Minh talk about the future of sustainability in Vietnam he emphasized the point of making such sustainability profitable for businesses. This idea really resonated with me, as it is obvious we cannot hold corporations accountable to act in the best interest of the people or the environment when their number one…

While in Vietnamese class, learning the pronunciations of the letters and how to say very basic introductions, we were also given Vietnamese names, mine being Hùng. Learning to speak Vietnamese is very challenging as I must also learn how to speak a tonal language, meaning that different pitches determine the meaning of words. Trying to…

When arriving at UEF for the first time we were paraded up to the main room and given a wreath of flowers as well as a student to guide us through the day. They gave speeches about the honor of this program and how meaningful this relationship between Pitt and UEF is to the schools,…