Ever seen Mount Rushmore? In Vietnam, a monument quite similar towers 18 meters tall over the many visitors who come to visit this all-female monument. The lady in the middle is known as “Mẹ Thứ” (Mother Thu), and depicts Nguyễn Thị Thứ (along with other honoured women) who passed away in December 2014. She was
When our field manager Vinh told us that we were going to do a boat race ourselves today, images of the first race we had seen in the Old Town flashed through my mind. I was half excited, half nervous to see how our race would turn out. Around 4 pm we were led down
Coming from a country of not even 6 million people, 62.000 people feels like quite a large number. However, here in Vietnam the ethnic group of the Ka Tu (or Cơ Tu) people is just a drop in the ocean of 54 minorities. This week we got the chance to meet and interview some of
After last week’s unusually cold weather, the sun finally decided to come out! We’ve been soaking up the warm rays since Wednesday, and have been on An Bang beach as much as possible. The study center there is equipped with a house, several hammocks, beach chairs and everything you need to play volleyball, so it’s
My name is Dana, I’m 23 years old, from Denmark, and I’m on the last year of my bachelors degree in Food Science at Copenhagen University. This is my first semester with Kulturstudier, and I choose Development studies in Vietnam because I plan to work with development countries in the future, and to do research
Our experiences from the first week here have been a fusion of sounds, smells and colors so different from what we’ve been used to. Everything from communist flags, communal karaoke, beautiful lanterns, brilliant colors, early morning roosters and a symphony of honking scooter-horns have been flooding our senses. There’s a buzz in the city because
Vietnam My name is Dana, I’m 23 years old, from Denmark, and I’m on the last year of my bachelors degree in Food Science at Copenhagen University. This is my first semester with Kulturstudier, and I choose Development studies in Vietnam because I plan to work with development countries in the future, and to do
På fredag hadde vi vår siste forelesning. Ord kan ikke beskrive hvor deilig det egentlig er å være ferdig med alle forelesningene i utviklingsstudier, men det er også litt trist med tanke på at eventyret snart er over og at vi snart drar hver vår vei. Det har faktisk regnet en del her i Hoi
Denne helgen har jeg ikke gjort noe spesielt. Flere har vært på helgetur til både Hue og Cham Island, mens jeg bare har vært hjemme. Det gjorde egentlig godt med rolighelg uten noen som helst form for planer, men jeg kjenner jeg begynner å bli litt rastløs i og med at jeg alltid har gjort
Hei! Denne uken har også gått utrolig fort, og tiden har bare flydd fra oss. Føler jeg skriver det på hvert innlegg, men det er virkelig sant! Vi har nemlig hatt langhelg, så vi har hatt fri fra og med onsdag. Det var så utrolig deilig med et avbrekk fra alle forelesningene for å få
