Vietnamese culture

Andrew Lam’s book, Perfume Dreams: Reflection on the Vietnamese Diaspora, is a collection of personal essays that documents Lam’s quest and struggle in finding the right identity as a Vietnamese American. At the age of 11, Lam fled with his family to America, during the ending years of the Vietnam War, as war refugees. This sudden exposure to a new environment, tore Lam’s past perception of who he was , created the identity dilemma that Lam struggled through his lifetime. Throughout the book,…

eat a local Vietnamese restaurant. During dinner, I decided to interview him about his experience in the Vietnamese l culture. I interviewed him because he could offer a unique perspective. You see, my father left Vietnam in 1979 at the age of 19 to escape fighting for the Communist party. As such, his life experience includes a multitude of cultures; French-Vietnamese, Communist, and American. As our conversation evolved, we spoke of pre and post-communism; compared to Western culture. Some of…

very popular Vietnamese dish that describes my cultural identity perfectly. Spring rolls are made up of a mixture of meat and vegetables wrapped in a rice paper. Both of my parents came from Vietnam and raised me around the Vietnamese culture. However, being raised in Hawaii, I view things differently from my parents. Like the meat and vegetables in the spring rolls, I am too mixed. The rice paper wrap is my cultural identity because it holds my Vietnamese culture and Hawaii culture together.…

Literature enlightens one’s mind; it opens a gateway to another dimension it captivates our thoughts and takes us to and fro into other cultures, writes Gurjyot Singh. A ustralia is one of the most multicultural countries in the world. This multiplicity of cultures brings with it diversity and differences. Literature thoroughly discusses these key components and makes us re-think our thought process about multiculturalism. Therefore, literature should be studied to its full potential because…

An Effective Approaches to Parenting. There are many different cultures in the world, and every culture has its own view about parenting. For example, Vietnamese parents in particular, and Asian parents in general are always known by their strictly parenting approaches; American’s parents, conversely, are popular with their scientifically parenting method without placing any unnecessary pressure on their children. Each country has its own advantage. Comparing between two approaches of parenting…

Cabramatta is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Vietnamese community in Cabramatta developed following the acceptance of refugees from Southeast Asia following the Vietnam War. The refugees had suffered greatly prior to their arrival in Australia. Many had fought, and witnessed the deaths of family members, Upon arrival they struggled to settle into Australian society. Cultural Integration, language barriers, racism, economic hardship, high…

aspects, they can also be very similar, seeming to blend all together into one unique culture. But to show some distinctions among the civilizations that have been discussed, the most that contrast but have also shown some similarities would be the Polynesians, the Vietnamese and the Mayans. These civilizations are all separated and are located in different parts of the world that they have each created separate cultures but interestingly enough, they also show some resemblances…

An Effective Approach to Parenting There are many different cultures in the world, and every culture has its own view about parenting. For example, Vietnamese parents in particular and Asian parents in general are always known for their strictly parenting approaches; American parents, conversely, have a bias in favor of scientific parenting methods that do not place unnecessary pressure on their children. Each parenting style has its advantages. Contrasting between two approaches of parenting…

new country, they will have their own culture, and it can change after time is passed over, but it is not completely change. It just meshes with another culture. According to the book, “East Eat West”, by Andrew Lam, he said, “the theme of hybridity is central to a global society, and a large part of that entails accommodating one’s tongue to the delectable world’s zests and zings.” He mentions how cultures can mesh together as one, which are language, cultures, food, and other things. In other…

intercultural communication contexts, self and face across cultures, cultural dimensions in the intercultural communication, Vietnamese communication values: a Confucian perspective, understanding Vietnamese communication behavior in intercultural contexts, Vietnamese motivational concerns in intercultural communication contexts, Vietnamese acts of imposition in intercultural communication and toward effective communication with Vietnamese in intercultural workplace. Of all the mentioned issues,…