Travel, Teach, Live in Asia
Vietnam is known to many people as a country of wars but she is a peace lover. Many American people wonder when visiting Vietnam if they are unfairly treated? This issue should be seen fairly, almost Vietnam people would rather look forward the future than look back damages by the war, thus there is no prejudice against American people.
Vietnam is seen as a safe destination, this means you should not worry much about your security when visiting our country. What you should take into consideration is to make well preparation for your trip with full information. It is best if you can share with someone who ever visited Vietnam, they are reliable information resources for your trip. It is hard to imagine that Australia Prime Minister, Mr. John Howards ever walked comfortably around Hoan Kiem Lake with Hanoians in an early morning without serious security measures, and Post USA president Bill Clinton did the same when visiting Vietnam.
Vietnam is on rapid move, this results in improvement of Vietnam people life but causes some problems to Environment. Vietnam government has been taking some tough measures to minimize bad influences on environment, avoiding the same problems of some developing countries in the world for they only focus on developing without measures to protect environment. Fortunately, many areas and sites have been well preserved with the help from governments, organizations and individuals all over the world. In addition, almost tourists are well aware of environment protection. However, unsustainable development results in some big challenges which Vietnam must take effective and quick responses.
Vietnam people are considered to be clever, hard-working and tolerant especially women. Despite rapid change and development, beauty of traditional features is being preserved and strengthened.
Family plays a very important role in Vietnam society, family education especially education of traditional values has been taken into consideration. It is not difficult to find a family in which 3 to 4 generations live with each other even in some big cities. This derives from the way people lived thousand years ago and it exists until today. In the countryside, community activities have often been held to strengthen the unity as well as relation among members in the villages, this is really important because if your family has a big event like wedding or funeral, the community will help you with almost your work and preparation. Although Vietnam is on the move, traditional family values have been preserved. Hopefully, people especially young ones will do better in the coming time during globalization and modernization.
Vietnam is seen as a poor country with low standard life, this becomes more serious after storms, floods and draught etc...Therefore, Vietnamese people have a positive look forward their future. For them, opportunities mean future, future means opportunities and becoming a member of WTO brings them more opportunities than challenges, they will do best to grasp this one.
You should compile as much information as possible before your trip, this will help you understand more about Vietnam and people. In addition, you will have more options when visiting Vietnam for you can take a short tour to Cambodia or Laos or China or Thailand or some other countries in South East Asia. It can not be said that Vietnam is the ideal destination but you will have unforgettable experiences when visiting our country.
By Mr. Nguyen Phuc Thinh
