Today will be my last blog of this trip since tomorrow is our last day. This morning we went the Cat Lai terminal where we visited the company Tan Cang – STC. I was shocked to find out when got there of how big of an operation they have got going on in the terminal….
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Vietnam Day 8
This morning we all took a class on the religion Buddhism. What I found interesting about the Buddhism religion is that they believe when you pass depending on how good you were in this life depends on what you get reincarnated into in the next life. Right after the class we took a trip down…
Vietnam Day 7
Today we visited the manufacturing company Coherent. Things they manufacture are different electrical parts used to manufacture lasers. Some examples would be computer chips, optical lenses, and temperature cooling material. Coherent is a company that was founded in the United States, but have expanded their operations to several other countries like Vietnam, Singapore, and China…
Vietnam Day 6: Mekong Delta
Today we started the day extra early as we traveled down to the Mekong Delta for the day. On the way down there during the long bus ride the whole group was singing karaoke. Everyone on the bus was singing American music like Baby by Justin Bieber or Shape of You by Ed Sheeran. Eventually,…
Vietnam Day 5
Today we visited Glass Egg, a company that develops designs for video games. The video game industry is extremely competitive, there are a ton of companies who are all looking to work on the next big game. I believe that Glass Egg’s key to success in this tough environment is there employee retention rate. During…
Vietnam Day 4
This morning we visited the Vina Capital Foundation. The goal of the foundation is the help the people in poverty get out of poverty. Vina Capital believes the best way to do that is to help the woman and mother break the standard norm of what is expected of them. Part of one of their…
Vietnam Day 3
This morning we had a lecture about the air quality issue in Vietnam. In cities like Hanoi have a huge issue with smog as it covers the city and was rated the city with the lowest air quality. We talked about the possible solutions Hanoi was doing to manage this like launching electric vehicles that…
Vietnam Day 2
Today we had Vietnamese language class where they taught us the alphabet and how to say different greetings like “hello”, “goodbye”, and “thank you”. We also took part of the class to learn our Vietnamese names and the name I got was Vân. In the afternoon we did a site visit to Green Viet which…
Vietnam Day 1
Today was my very first day in Vietnam and throughout the day I got to try some really amazing food and drinks. To start out my day I had breakfast at the hotel and ate at two different restaurants for lunch and dinner. Somethings I did notice about the cuisine is that the kind of food…
Intro to Plus3 Vietnam: Evan Liddle
Hello, my name is Evan Liddle, and I am currently a first-year student at the College of Business Administration studying finance but, considering double majoring in another business related major as well. A little bit about me personally is that I am from Collegeville PA which is just outside Philadelphia for those who do not…