Guidebook to vietnam bureau of educational and cultural. Vietnams overall human rights record remains very poor, including relating to religious freedom. For every really interested traveller going to a foreign country, especially an exotic one. This handbook provides basic reference information on vietnam, including its geography, history, government, military forces, and communications and transportation networks. Accu rate numbers of religious adherents in the country are difficult to ascertain, but the majority of vietnams 90 million citizens are buddhist. In all honesty it took me 2 days to get over the culture shock of being in vietnam. According to world banks 2010 data, vietnam has a population of over 88 million, of which roughly 85% is ethnicvietnamese, followed by 3% ethnic chinese who live mostly in the cho lon district of ho chi minh city. When youre done, you can download your vietnam travel guide to your phone or tablet, or print it as a pdf. Are there any differences in teacherstudent relationships in vietnam versus the us.
Do you have a funny or memorable experience of culture shock. Pdf cultural risk management of foreign corporations entering. Janice hocker rushing 1983 has argued, for example, that an enduring myth in u. They have spent the last several years working toward this goal and it is finally happening.
You accept both cultures and follow the values of the home culture outside of your work place. There is at the outset a very obvious and almost facile connection between the war in vietnam and the struggle i and others have been waging in america. Vietnam is a singleparty state run by the communist party, which has controlled north vietnam since 1954, following a war of independence against french colonial rule, and the entire country since 1975 when the u. Understanding and overcoming culture shock culture shock is a physical and psychological reaction that comes from changes to your everyday routine. Understanding these cultural and historical contexts can help to reduce confusion and. Analyze them one at a time and throw out the ones that seem unreasonable. Phan was unsuccessful in procuring aid from the japanese. Culture shock might occur after you have been onsite for a sufficiently long enough period to see some of the elements of the regioncountrys culture, and begin to feel the difference between this new culture and your home culture. Vietnam is a mustread for anyone who wants to visit or make his home in this intriguing and exotic country.
Here are 11 things you should know to understand some of the nuances of this beautiful culture. A clinicians guide to vietnamese language and culture. There are many reason to have culture shock when you arrive in vietnam from the western world. The vietnam veterans memorial is now the most widely visited monument in washington, d. Halong bay hanoi ho chi minh quang binh hue da nang nha trang phan thiet mekong delta vo thanh huy by a story of vietnam sapa. No matter whether you call it crosscultural adaptation stress, intercultural adjustment disorientation, displacement anxiety, or culture shock, the anxiety that results from losing all our familiar signs and. Students will use the gsprite technique to annotate text. Use this guide to help you keep track of the of architects, fighting forces, and battle sites of the vietnam war. Sit down and list your expectations of the united states on paper.
Stages of culture shock michigan technological university. As a western company entering vietnam an eastern market, unilever has. A journey through time and continents, catfish and mandala is a search for. The culture shock adaptation inventory csai kristin a, juffer, ph. Students will show through their annotations, discussion and graphic organizers that they can think critically about vietnam. Information agency when a person goes abroad and enters a new environment, cultural cues that have been taken for granted as simply part of the fabric of life no longer are assessed accurately. There are several reasons why reentry shock can sometimes be so much more intense than culture shock. A story of vietnam and japan 1911 1906 phan asked okuma shigenobu served prime minister of japan for financial assistance to fund the activities of vietnamese revolutionaries. Vietnams transitional political economy and changing social norms present new opportunities, but also generate new risks and deepen existing vulnerabilities. A few years ago there was a shining moment in that struggle.
The japanese government did not want to damage its own relationship. The historical and cultural context of vietnam vietnam is a multiethnic and multilingual country located in southeast asia with an area around 326 000 km2 and a population of approximately eighty million. Students will read and annotate a lengthy chapter about the vietnam conflict. Such people often remain ethnocentric and miss out on the opportunity to be bicultural or even multicultural. Vietnam is an evolving political economy and marketing system. It is a natural process and nothing to be ashamed of. Eighteen years old, 1965, october, usmc bootcamp, lbjs buildup to staff the war. The asia foundation works to support vulnerable populations across vietnam, to ensure greater opportunities for womens participation in the countrys social, political. Vietnams main cities are hanoi, ho chi minh city formerly saigon, hue, and danang. Compared to other countries in southeast asia, vietnam is a relatively easy country to both travel and live in. International students from melbourne describing their cross.
What are the cultural sensitivities in dealing with patients from different populations. Pdf in a global, multicultural and interdependent market today, the success of large corporations apart from the. Biggest culture shock areas in vietnam and laos southeast. Embarking upon a work or study abroad experience is an exciting opportunity. Followed by the number of people, how everyone seems to live and eat outside, horns, agressive markets, and more. For some people, they experience culture shock symptoms right from touchdown at the airport, and then maybe not again until a month later when they are trying to buy feminine products at the corner market and the man behind the counter yells at them. According to world banks 2010 data, vietnam has a population of over 88 million, of which roughly 85% is ethnicvietnamese, followed by 3% ethnic chinese who. The last chapter also contains an amusing cultural etiquette quiz. All you need to know on two highres pdf pages, absolutely free. Having an open mind and a sense of humour will certainly help new arrivals to reduce the impact of culture shock in vietnam.
Pdf what practical issues can arise when doing business in vietnam. Education children who are deaf, blind, and physically handicapped qualify for special education services. Biggest culture shock areas in vietnam and laos hey, my girlfirend and i are travelling for 1 month through vietnam and loas. If you narrow the gap between expectation and reality, your culture shock will diminish quickly. More than six million are catholic, vietnams second largest religious group. Attitudes towards foreigners in vietnam expats living in vietnam often find. These can be avoided by an awareness of the cultural background of the. This information is intended to familiarize military personnel with local customs and area knowledge to assist them during their assignment to. What makes reentry shock more difficult than culture shock. But certainly the history and culture of vietnam the country encompass much from several days spent in ho. The authors in this qualitative study examined international students cultural and social experiences using data collected through case studies and semistructured, indepth, informant style interviews. International students cultural and social experiences in. This article is a simple description of the authors personal experiences as a foreign student at the alaaccredited library school of pratt institute, a prestigious private college located in.
These user guides are clearlybuilt to give stepbystep information about how you ought to go ahead in operating certain equipments. An introduction to vietnamese etiquette the dos and. O3 loses a patrol ambush on hill 689, 27 june, 1967 meantime, oscar company was conducting patrols and civic action work while fortifying their positions against the inevitable conflict. These longtime practices often lead to a small, and sometimes pleasant, culture shock for many asians in the united states for the first time. Ive discovered 4 big differences between educational systems so far, but below i provide 5 common, yet unexpected cultural surprises that i have experienced. Since the implementation of doi moi, the 1986 policy to invoke a shift from central economic planning to a more marketoriented. We also have many ebooks and user guide is also related with vietnam inc pdf, include. All you have to do is select the type of places youd like to include restaurants, museums, etc. Almost everyone that moves to another country will experience some culture shock. The full name in vietnamese is cong hoa xa hoi chu nghia viet nam. Vietnam shares its borders with china in the north, laos and cambodia in the west and the pacific ocean in the east.
Vietnams extensive coastline supports fishing and other maritimerelating to the sea industries. A quarter of vietnams population lives in highlandor mountainousareas. Oberg cultural shock adjustment to new cultural environments. Sreb readiness courses transitioning to college and. We want to base our trip on culture, natural landscapes and adventure. The honeymoon when your student first arrives at college they may experience the honeymoon phase. Students will add significant information to the vietnam timeline. Though you may have your flight, accommodations, work or study abroad expectations and sightseeing wish list in order, you may have not planned how to acclimate to your destinations culture. Guidebook to vietnam promoting mutual understanding. Problems caused by seafood toxins in vietnam dao viet ha institute of oceanography, 01 cau da, nha trang, viet nam. Cultural adaptation, unilever, vietnamese culture, hofstede. Culture shock is often the result of the difference between what you think will happen and what really happens. This one infuriates business people all the time, because they come to vietnam with their.
Participants were all international students n18, mostly postgraduate from asian and far. Johnson and secretary of defense robert mcnamara told the american public there was an attack. Vietnams relative youth is the result of a postwar baby boom. Vietnam inc pdf vietnam inc are a good way to achieve details about operating certainproducts. Lin continues to work successfully as a sculptor and designer in the u. Nov 25, 2008 there are many reason to have culture shock when you arrive in vietnam from the western world.
Center for international programs page 5 from the overseas experience with prejudices and stereotypes unchanged. Vietnam is home to an estimated 88 million people, with around 28 percent of the population under 15 years old and only 5. O3 loses a patrol ambush on hill 689, 27 june, 1967. There are also several coping mechanisms you can utilize to help you move from the low part of the u curve, back up again. For every really interested traveller going to a foreign country, especially an exotic one, the cultureshock book is a real mustread. Get a printable copy pdf file of the complete article 707k, or click on a page. Expats moving to vietnam will need to make some adjustments to their lifestyle and behaviour to take into account the nuances of the local culture, as they would when moving to any new country. Many products that you buy can be obtained using instruction manuals. International students cultural and social experiences in a. July 1954 geneva accords provisionally divide vietnam at the 17th parallel into northern vietnam under ho chi minh and southern vietnam under ngo dinh diem with elections to reunify the country scheduled for july 1956. In retrospect i think it was the constantness of everything people, cars, motorbikes, noises, smells. Sanitation falls behind water provision, but vietnam has recently domestic private sector participation. Its likely the first thing that will hit you is the shock of the motorbike culture. The giving of gifts is a common occurrence throughout vietnam and they are given on.
Mountain ranges run from north to south, separating vietnam from laos and cambodia. It is a sovereign and reunified independent country. Center for international programs page 1 what is culture shock. Observe, listen and learn, show respect, learn from mistakes and apply the knowledge acquired through them in future situations.
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