he shop, where you walk around and choose whichever type of pastries that you want. They were delicious, and also cheap! We went to the Viet Capital Securities Company, which provides investment and asset management services. The site visit ended early, so we went to the Tax Center to do some more shopping for souvenirs. I got a couple t-shirts which were only about $2 per shirt. In the afternoon we had another site visit, this time to Ascenx Technologies. Ascenx is comissioned by other companies to provide engineering services for various products. The chairman, Tung Bach, also spoke to us about his personal story in regards to the Vietnam War and the Fall of Saigon and coming to America. His story was very interesting and he talked about life in Vietnam right after the war ended. His uncle found an opportunity to flee and was able to bring two other people with him to America. He chose to bring his nephew, and he is now one of many Vietnamese immigrants returning to Vietnam to start and/or join companies that have been established since Vietnam's drastic economic changes. Afterwards, he and his business partner invited us to have coffee downstairs. It was really nice of them to have coffee with us and ask even more questions. While I am a business major, not an engineer, I still found this visit and talking with Mr. Bach really interesting. He even recommended another American-esque restaurant for us, which we tried out that night and again later in the week, and were very happy to have burgers and fries.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Day 9
Instead of the normal rice, bread, eggs, and other Vietnamese dishes for breakfast at the hotel, a few of us decided to walk to a French bakery called Tous Les Jours. As I may have mentioned before, Vietnam is unique in Asia in that coffee and bread and pastries are popular, due to the influence of the French during its colonization. The picture posted is of the inside of t
he shop, where you walk around and choose whichever type of pastries that you want. They were delicious, and also cheap! We went to the Viet Capital Securities Company, which provides investment and asset management services. The site visit ended early, so we went to the Tax Center to do some more shopping for souvenirs. I got a couple t-shirts which were only about $2 per shirt. In the afternoon we had another site visit, this time to Ascenx Technologies. Ascenx is comissioned by other companies to provide engineering services for various products. The chairman, Tung Bach, also spoke to us about his personal story in regards to the Vietnam War and the Fall of Saigon and coming to America. His story was very interesting and he talked about life in Vietnam right after the war ended. His uncle found an opportunity to flee and was able to bring two other people with him to America. He chose to bring his nephew, and he is now one of many Vietnamese immigrants returning to Vietnam to start and/or join companies that have been established since Vietnam's drastic economic changes. Afterwards, he and his business partner invited us to have coffee downstairs. It was really nice of them to have coffee with us and ask even more questions. While I am a business major, not an engineer, I still found this visit and talking with Mr. Bach really interesting. He even recommended another American-esque restaurant for us, which we tried out that night and again later in the week, and were very happy to have burgers and fries.
he shop, where you walk around and choose whichever type of pastries that you want. They were delicious, and also cheap! We went to the Viet Capital Securities Company, which provides investment and asset management services. The site visit ended early, so we went to the Tax Center to do some more shopping for souvenirs. I got a couple t-shirts which were only about $2 per shirt. In the afternoon we had another site visit, this time to Ascenx Technologies. Ascenx is comissioned by other companies to provide engineering services for various products. The chairman, Tung Bach, also spoke to us about his personal story in regards to the Vietnam War and the Fall of Saigon and coming to America. His story was very interesting and he talked about life in Vietnam right after the war ended. His uncle found an opportunity to flee and was able to bring two other people with him to America. He chose to bring his nephew, and he is now one of many Vietnamese immigrants returning to Vietnam to start and/or join companies that have been established since Vietnam's drastic economic changes. Afterwards, he and his business partner invited us to have coffee downstairs. It was really nice of them to have coffee with us and ask even more questions. While I am a business major, not an engineer, I still found this visit and talking with Mr. Bach really interesting. He even recommended another American-esque restaurant for us, which we tried out that night and again later in the week, and were very happy to have burgers and fries.
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