Vietnamese culture

would spend with my grandma. I learned how to speak Vietnamese fluently, and she also taught me about our culture and values. She made me eat every grain of rice so that I would never be wasteful. Respect, compassion and family are the utmost important values in my culture. I will bring these values with me to the Chancellor’s and Powers-Knapp community. With these values in mind I will join the student unions and add in my own Vietnamese culture, for example traditional recipes and music along…

difficulties, hypertension, diabetes, cancer and one diagnosis that is becoming increasingly diagnosed in their culture is dementia (mental illness). (Chu, (2011) Any type of education on these diagnosis has been proved to be very little, when speaking with Vietnamese patients. (Chu, (2011) Having free pamphlets, both in English and Vietnamese on these diagnosis would possibly help with explaining and possibly prevent an illness from happening or becoming worse. Lastly, checking for birth…

Western powers, namely France and America. Under the Chinese rule, assimilation was inevitable that, like many other Asian countries, the culture of Vietnam is considerably influenced by its Chinese counterpart, as reflected in many aspects of life such as educational system, literature and social norms (Nguyen, 2002; Le, 2011). Huyen (2002) reported that Vietnamese culture clearly reflects a blending inheritance of Confucian ideologies, Taoism and Buddhism (as cited in Le, 2011). In Vietnam, a…

completely different ways of life with customs that may seem bizarre to one another. For example Vietnamese men and women usually live with their parents until marriage. In the United States most children pack their bags and leave soon after they turn 18. It is simple to see that different geographical locations create incredible contrast from culture to culture. It may be easier now to picture the clash in culture between the Natives and the Europeans. In a world before social media was around…

When I was 5 years old, my identity was rooted by my vietnamese culture, and my lifestyle had yet to be tainted by American assimilation. I was a miniature reflection of my parents and manifested our cultural heritage through my everyday actions. However, unlike my parents, i wasn’t born into a life in which kids were afraid to play outside due to gangs or getting bitten by wild untreated dogs. Instead I was born into a two story suburban home that was kept unlocked during the day, without even…

the age of 20. Shortly after arriving, Tina met and married her husband. She moved into the same neighborhood as her husband’s family, who is also from Vietnam. Interview When Tina came to the US she had a difficult time assimilating into our culture. She did not…

process of teaching me the Vietnamese language and some of its traditions. Traditions such as Vietnamese New Years and the proper way to greet my elderlies. I was already accustomed to the Vietnamese cuisines because my mother knew how to cook Vietnamese food and our family went down to Charlotte almost every weekend, where my grandparents would cook for us. Once school came around, I dropped our Vietnamese culture and desired only to be affiliated with the American culture. I pushed away the…

festivities occurring on December 31st and January 1st. However, while Vietnamese-American families celebrate this holiday, they also celebrate their own unique holiday based on the lunar calendar. Due to my relationship with Gabrielle Nguyen, I have been able to experience the New Orleans Vietnamese community’s rendition of some of the events of Vietnamese New Year’s, or Tết, firsthand. Centuries ago when the Vietnamese culture became independent from the Chinese, they took with them some of…

besides parents and friends. As a Vietnamese, I choose my country for my journey, which is one of the best tourist attractions in the world. There are many reasons why I choose Vietnam to travel but the most common are delicious foods, beautiful landscape, and special culture. Firstly, the most special that attracts foreign visitors to enjoy and remember it. Vietnam has many special dishes with secret recipes. Food was the pride, and the cultures of my country. Vietnamese cuisine mixes meats,…

example, if a doctor was not familiarized with the values, beliefs, or behaviors of a Vietnamese American, could the doctor really provide the proper etiquette to the patients? Bio-cultural Variations and Cultural…