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Day 1
DAILY MOTTO
玉石越磨越亮,黃金越練越純。
“The more jade is polished, the brighter it becomes,
For nearly five decades, Ho Chi Minh spearheaded the movement for
Vietnamese independence from colonial powers, and is considered one of the
most prominent revolutionaries of the 20th century. A founder of the
Indochinese Communist Party in 1930 and the League for the Independence
of Vietnam (Viet Minh) in 1941, Ho Chi Minh also served as the president of
the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) from 1945 until his
death in 1969.
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HO CHI MINIH CITY INDEPENDENCE PALACE
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The Saigon Central Post Office was constructed from 1886-1891 and depicts
classic element of Gothic, Renaissance and French colonial design. While some
erroneously credited Gustave Eiffel, the famed designer of the Eiffel Tower in
DAILY MOTTO
KNOWLEDGE:
“Human civilization is born of rivers and rivers are the cradle of civilization.”
The Vietnam Association of Craft Villages counts more than 5,000 craft
villages in the country with various skills producing a wide range of products
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BEN TRE MARKET
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SAMPAN is one of the authentic and traditional boats that the Mekong people
used to have for the markets, floating markets, traveling around, loading goods
DAILY MOTTO
既然你無法做你想做的所有事,那就想你能做的事吧。
“Since you can't do everything you want,
KNOWLEDGE:
Vietnamese art has a long and rich history, the earliest examples of which date
back as far as the Stone Age around 8,000 BC. With the millennium of
characteristics. By the 19th century, the influence of French art took hold in
What kind of hands on job did you learn during the services learning event?
What did you prepared for your services learning on teaching session?
Sharing lunch with Vietnamese students.
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LOCAL SCHOOL VIETNAMESE ART & CULTURE
Services learning Conical hat painting
Animal craft stuffing
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Buddhism. Family is highly valued, and the elderly are revered and respected.
Vietnam has a rich tradition of ancestor worship, with families offering prayers
AILY MOTTO
在授人以魚不如授人以漁
“You better to teach someone to fish than to give him a fish.”
KNOWLEDGE:
Throughout Cambodia's long history, religion has been a major source of cultural
Cambodian culture and belief system from the syncretism of indigenous animistic beliefs
and the Indian religions of Buddhism and Hinduism. Indian culture and civilization,
including its languages and arts reached mainland Southeast Asia around the 1st century
AD. It is generally believed that seafaring merchants brought Indian customs and
culture to ports along the Gulf of Thailand and the Pacific en route to trade with China.
The Kingdom of Funan was most probably the first Cambodian state to benefit from this
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FISHING IN MUD FOOD APPRECIATION
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As the dry season draws near, the fish burrows into the mud. A slime secreted
by the skin mixes with the mud to form a cocoon in which the fish lies dormant
(estivates, meaning “summer sleep”) until the next rain. Where the mouth
AILY MOTTO
世界是一本書,不旅行的人只讀了其中的一頁。
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”
KNOWLEDGE:
A cottage industry is a small manufacturing operation and is often run out of
lifting people out of poverty. It only requires very small investments to get off
the ground.
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LEAVE BLESSINGS TO VIETNAM
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You can share your experience of this trip with your parents, classmates and