This is my final blog post for Vietnam. Today we visited a port, got a nice presentation about their operations, and a tour of the active facilities. The scale of the visit was staggering. Massive cargo ships, and container cranes were impressive to see up close. Facilities like this are what make our globalized economy…
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Day 10: The Inevitable 2: Electric Boogaloo
My fellow peers will be writing about their day trip to the Mekong, but I couldn’t go, so this is what I did instead. Today is the second part of getting sick and recovering in Vietnam. I started the morning by sleeping in (because I wasn’t going to the Mekong Delta). Followed by a cream…
Day 9: Buddism and the Inevitable
This day in Vietnam started with a lecture on Buddhism. We covered the origins of the religion, the philosophy of Buddhism, and then how the practice came to dominate Vietnam. This lecture was fairly interesting as it covered Buddism in Asia and how the history of Vietnam led it to be influenced by the Chinese…
Day 8: Hi-Tech Park in Saigon
For our tour today we visited multiple tech companies in an industrial park called “Saigon High-Tech Park”. Our first and most interesting company we met with is a company called Coherent. They are a large publicly traded material science company based in Saxonburg, PA. For our visit with them we were treated to a presentation…
Day 6 and 7: Jesus Statue in Vung Tau and Chu Chi Tunnels
For this blogpost I’m more free to talk about my weekend as a whole. OnSaturday, we took a two hour bus ride south to the beautiful costal city ofVung Tau. Vung Tau is a weekend getaway beach town for the residents of Ho ChiMinh City. Even the ride was interesting because I was able to…
GreenViet visit: Green Consulting in Vietnam
GreenViet is a green building consultant working for clients constructing across Vietnam. They are hired to conduct simulations to ensure minimal energy waste in new projects. This also includes integrating solar panels and other sustainable practices into large buildings. The company’s Co-founder Mr. Do Huu Nhat Quang, gave a two-hour long presentation that extensively covered…
Day 4 in Vietnam: An Inspiring Humanitarian Message
Visiting with Rad Kivette, the CEO of Vinacapital Foundation, was one of themost powerful experiences I have ever had. Mr. Kivette is a seventy-seven-year-oldAmerican from North Carolina who has been working charitably in Vietnam fornearly thirty years. Even though he has been living abroad in Vietnam for anextended period of time he kept his southern…
Day 3: PECC2 Energy Consultant Visit
For this day in Vietnam, we started our day off with a lecture regarding Vietnam’s clean energy initiatives and future goals. This lecture was presented by a professor with over thirty years of industry experience. He extensible covered his work experience and education with several pictures of him with important people like John Carey. I…
Day two in Nam: TTT Factory Tour
Today we toured the facilities of a company called the TTT Corporation. They design and manufacture customer furniture for high-end clients. We were shown 3-D renderings of many hotel suites they have designed around Vietnam. Many famous brands such as Hilton are clients of theirs. Their furniture is not truly custom by American standards of…
First Day in Vietnam
Wow, I can truthfully say this has been one of the most unique days of my life. The amount of content I could write about what was new and interesting is truly endless. While I could go on about nearly every aspect of Ho Chi Minh City, I’ll try to keep it concise. The first…
Introduction: Ethan Ritter
Hello, I’m Ethan Ritter, a freshman business student at Pitt, leaning towards majoring in finance. I am from Doylestown, Pennsylvania, which is located somewhat outside Philly. My favorite hobbies include practicing Jiu-Jitsu, fishing, and perfecting my golf swing. Although my ability to practice these hobbies has been limited in Oakland. Since arriving at Pitt, I’ve…