1 / 14

Vietnam

Vietnam. By Mariya Levenets. Introduction. Location: Southeast Asia Formal Name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam Capital: Hanoi Population: 83.5 million and grows by 1.04 percent. . Culture. Worship of ancestors Holidays There are eleven lunar holidays Tet nguyen dan (Lunar New Year)

lyle
Download Presentation

Vietnam

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Vietnam By MariyaLevenets

  2. Introduction • Location: Southeast Asia • Formal Name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam • Capital: Hanoi • Population: 83.5 million and grows by 1.04 percent.

  3. Culture • Worship of ancestors • Holidays • There are eleven lunar holidays • Tetnguyendan (Lunar New Year) • Tetthuongnguyen • Tettrungnguyen • Attitudes • Respect teachers and parents. • Dress • Special Occasion • Women • Men

  4. Customs • Formal Greeting: Shake hands • Other: Greet verbally and bow the head slightly. As well, maintain about three feet of distance. • Men are considered as the authority. • Women are supposed to take care of the children in the family.

  5. Prejudices • Vietnamese were not allowed citizenship in Cambodia and were removed from their place of residence. • About 200,000 out of 450,000 Vietnamese were murdered. • Many were forced to move to South Vietnam. • About 150,000 ethnic Vietnamese were forced to migrate to Vietnam.

  6. Injustices • During the Vietnam War many innocent children, women, and children were killed. • Innocent children and women were killed during the My Lai incident. • More than 500 women, children, and men were killed. • Some of the United States soldiers raped women and teenagers and then killed the victims.

  7. Stereotypes and Negative Images • Vietnamese are ‘gooks’. • Vietnamese are stereotyped as generalizing that they are people living in a third world country in Asia.

  8. Positive Images • Vietnamese are very respectful people. • The Vietnamese appreciate kindness and hard work.

  9. Taboos • Touching someone’s head • Waving index finger to get someone’s attention • Crossing index fingers • Using many hand gestures • Hands on hips or arms crossed on the chest

  10. Tips for Teachers • Be on time • Direct contact is not suggested • Respect personal space • No touching during a conversation

  11. Tips for Teachers • Provide notes to the student written in simple English. • Avoid taboos to prevent miscommunication. • Address the topic of the Vietnam War carefully. • Useful phrases: • Xinchao (Formal Greeting) • Co khoekhong? (How are you doing?)

  12. References • Brigham Young University & ProQuest Information and Learning Company. (2007). Asia and Oceania. Provo, UT: ProQuest Information and Learning Co. • Cookman, Claude. (2007). An American atrocity: the my lai massacre concretized in a victim’s face. Journal of American History, 94(1), 154-162. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/ogin.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=25498521 &site=ehost-live • Enhrentraut, S. (2011). Perpetually temporary: citizenship and ethnic Vietnamese in Cambodia. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 34(5), 779-798. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=59877112 &site=ehost-live

  13. References • Maguire, M., & Saris, Jamie. (2007). Enshrining Vietnamese-Irish lives. Anthropology Today, 23(2), 9-12. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost. com/login.aspx?direct =true&db=sih&AN =24596298&site=ehost-live • Juan, Karin Aguilar–San. (2009). Little saigon’s : staying Vietnamese in America. Retrieved from http://site.ebrary.com/ lib/molloy/docDetail.action?docID=10353992 • Vietnam. (n.d.). Retrieved April 1, 2012, from http://www.culturecross ing.net/ basics_business_ student _details.php?Id=7&CID=223

More Related