Book description
Here is a look at Vietnam in the twenty-first century, a nation
undergoing rapid change and opening up to the world. Dr. Mark Ashwill
paints a broad picture of Vietnam, past and present, and explores
today's defining issues. Readers come to understand how a
two-thousand-year history of foreign invasion, occupation and war has
deeply influenced the Vietnamese character.
At last, an introduction to Vietnam that is about a country rather
than a war. Ashwill and Diep have built a cultural bridge you will want
to cross." Dr. Allan E. Goodman, President and CEO, Institute of
International Education "With great interest, I read your book from
cover to cover. I cried, I smiled." Nguyen Phuong Mai, reporter,
Sinh Vien Viet Nam (Vietnam Student News) "Pulsating with energy
and steeped in dream, Vietnam Today is an invaluable resource for
businesspeople, social scientists, academics and tourists all at once.
Ashwill has created a portrait of a misunderstood country and people.
Not only does he challenge common perceptions of Vietnam, its citizens
and its culture, but he also challenges the reader's own ways of looking
at the world." Christopher Brownlee, President and Co-Founder,
Vietnamese Adoptee Network. Mark A. Ashwill is managing director and
founder of Capstone Vietnam (link: www. capstonevietnam. com), a
Hanoi-based human resource development. From 2005-09 he served as
country director of the Institute of International Education in Vietnam.
Prior to moving to Vietnam, he was director of the World Languages
Institute, adjunct lecturer and Fulbright program adviser at the State
University of New York at Buffalo. In 2003 Dr. Ashwill became the first
U. S. citizen to be awarded a Fulbright Senior Specialists Grant to
Vietnam. Thai Ngoc Diep assisted in researching Vietnam Today. She
received her undergraduate degree in Vietnam and a master's degree from
SUNY Buffalo. She has worked for the U. S.-Vietnam Trade Council and
Ericsson in Vietnam.
