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Planning A Business Trip: Ten Things To Think Of Before You Go

If you want to export or do international business, be prepared to travel and realize that it will involve both time and money.  Despite this, visiting an export market is the single most effective method for determining a city or a country's potential but this is only true if the visit is properly planned and you do your research in advance. >>> Read more.......

 

Executive MBA Trips to Asia

“Why Should You be a Medical Tourist?

For most people needing medical care, the last thing on their minds is travel but a growing number of American medical tourists are setting out for India, Thailand and Latin America for everything from dental work to breast implants to major heart surgery  >>> Read more.....

 

THAILAND, LAOS AND CAMBODIA: TRAVEL OFF THE BEATEN PATH

Most travelers to SE Asia rarely leave Singapore, Bangkok or the major cities.  This is very much a shame as generally the cities of SE Asia, whether it be Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City or even Phnom Penh or Singapore are not as scenic, nor is the air as clear or the people as friendly as once you step off the beaten path and enjoy Southeast Asia’s rural beauty.  >>> Read more...

 

Growing Business in Vietnam for Home Stays

Vietnam is a long and scenic country, which differs greatly from North to South and East to West and in elevations from coastal white sand beaches to high mountains with scenic vistas.  Many westerners would like to see more of this plus also to get off the beaten paths and either hike, mountain bike, trek in four wheel drive or other conveyance or maybe even try a kayak or canoe trip down one of the many rivers.  >>> Read more...

 

History of Vietnamese Traditional Medicine & the FITO Museum in HCMC

Vietnam has a long-standing medical tradition that has served its people well for thousands of years. From ancient times when the country was established, people gathered into groups to live. These groups or tribes used their experience to form a body of knowledge on folk Vietnamese medicine derived from their experience in the fight for survival and against accidents and natural disasters and diseases.  >>>  Read more.....

 

Trip Journal: From HCMC, to the Mekong Delta, Central Vietnam and ended up in the North

Just after Tet, I visited Vietnam to speak with businesses throughout the country.  I travelled over the course of one week from HCMC, the Mekong Delta to Central Vietnam and ended up in the North.  Being involved in Vietnam since the late 1960s and making these trips yearly since the early 1990s has given me insights on the country which I will share below. >>> Read more.....

 

Siem Reap Town – the gateway to the Angkor Archaeological Park

This town has colonial and Chinese-style architecture in the Old French Quarter, and around the Old Market. In town, there are Apsara dances, craft shops, silk farms, rice-paddy countryside, fishing villages and a bird sanctuary near the Tonle Sap Lake. Almost all hotels are located in or near Siem Reap Town. The entrance to the park lies about 3km north of the town center.  >>> Read more.....

 

Social Work in Asia: Doing Good, While Doing Well

Many of the business groups, MBA and other University programs I work with want to be more engaged in Vietnam.  They see the energy of the people, the strong work ethic, the national cultural and family orientation and the rise in development, and they want to get involved and be a part of this vibrant society.  They also see, however, that Vietnam remains firmly a developing country and although millions have been lifted out of poverty by the business growth and investment of the last 10 years that much of this development remains centered around the major cities.  In rural areas and in the less prosperous areas of major cities like Ho Chi Minh City much remains to be done to give all sectors access to education and the skills to ensure their own prosperity.   >>> Read more......

 

International Collaborative Service Learning Program with Vietnam University and Microcredit Fund Project in Vietnam

Rider University's 2010 International Collaborative Service Learning Program with Vietnam University and Microcredit Fund Project in Vietnam

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A Tale of Three Cities

A Tale of Three Cities - Insight on a Business Trip to Three Cities in Asia
Bangkok, Thailand | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | HCMC, Vietnam >>> Read more....

 

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