OUC, 2019年 12月 8日

Advanced English II

WHAT DO YOU
KNOW ABOUT
VIETNAM?
 1. General introduction

2. Culture

Agenda a.

b.
Mindset

National custom

c. Transportation

d. Main industry

3. Value and belief

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 Vietnam has an officially
Where is name being the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam. It is
Vietnam the 15th most populous
located? country in the world.
Vietnam shares its land
borders with China to the
north, and Laos and Cambodia
to the west.
The population is more than
97 million people in 2019.
Its capital city is Hanoi, while
its most populous city is Ho
Chi Minh City

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54 ethic
groups

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MINDSET

COLLECTIVISM

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Family’s
meals

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NATIONAL
CUSTOM

ÁO DÀI

Introduced the first time in 40 AD

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Development
of ao dai from
19th century
until now

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TRANSPORTATION MOTORBIKE

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The second
largest coffee
producer in the
world
AGRICULTURE

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MAIN
LANGUAGE

Vietnamese

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Vietnamese
language

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Value and belief
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Belief
Religion, supperstition

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Religion Vietnamese folk
religion or nonreligious
7%
8%

12% Buddhism
73%

Roman Catholicism

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Superstition

In dialy life

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Superstition
The first buyer
You should not be the first person of a
local shop when they just open the door
In business if you have not decided to buy.

Flip the fish

You should not flip the fish on the
dish because it is a bad portent for
people who is working as a sea
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 Sweeping away good luck

Superstition Sweeping the floor during the

first 3 days of the year is swiping
all your money out of the house.
It’s a bad thing.

In Luna New Year ▪ The first visitor of

(Tet holiday) ▪ the year indicates luck

Most family must choose the first-

footer who usually, a person of
good temper, morality, and success
will be the lucky sign for the host
family and be invited first into the
house.
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 Kalmusky, K. (2019). 9 Vietnamese Superstitions
People Still Believe. [online] Culture Trip.
Available at:
https://theculturetrip.com/asia/vietnam/ar
ticles/9-vietnamese-superstitions-
people-still-believe/ [Accessed 8 Dec.
2019].

En.wikipedia.org. (2019). Vietnamese language.

References [online] Available at:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese
_language [Accessed 8 Dec. 2019].

Itourvn.com. (2019). What You Should Know About

Vietnamese Superstitions. [online]
Available at:
https://www.itourvn.com/blog/what-you-
should-know-about-vietnamese-
superstitions [Accessed 8 Dec. 2019].

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