Author Archives: Kelly F.

Can Vietnam develop in more ways than one?

One of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals is to achieve universal primary education, and this past week we learned a couple of the reasons why this (and reaching the other goals) has been so hard in Vietnam. The class was lucky enough to meet with the esteemed researcher Christophe Robert, (more…)

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Rain, rain go away

This morning I woke up to wet paths and puddles. Here in Hoi An it’s been threatening to rain since we arrived on Monday. But aside from the not so pretty weather Hoi An is a beautiful, sleepy little town. So far while walking around at night it seems to be that (more…)

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Xin chào from Vietnam

Three days into our trip and I feel like I already know just how amazing the rest of it will be. Arriving several hours early to Hanoi, and settling in I was happy (albeit very sleepy) to see the rest of the group and start to get to know them. So (more…)

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