Week 9 - Vincent Dinh

Viet Nam Ao Dai

Week 6 - Vincent Dinh

China

Week 5 - Vincent Dinh

Korean Culture and Aesthetic

Week 4 - Vincent Dinh

Danish Design

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Military Japan

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17th Century France

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KPOP Sensationalism and the Korean Hallyu

Week 9 - Charles Miin

Self-determination and advancement is the strongest case a country has for getting ahead. Do for yourself what no one else will do for you. And what loyal citizen would pass up the chance to help give back to the country that gave them the life they live? Quite a few young and bright Vietnamese students who seek to move beyond the substandard educational infrastructure that they are provided by their government. Even with policy restrictions set in place against them and economic disadvantage, more and more students are seeking to depart the homeland and find better prospects abroad. Despite a lack of clear cut research, it is anecdotally said that many stay abroad in order to pay off education loans, gain valuable international experience, and just make higher wages in general. Even without data, one can determine with a priori knowledge that there are few reasons for a student to give up what they worked so hard to achieve. The best term for this would be to call it a brain drain, but following similar reasoning, wouldn't it be more accurate to call it more a brain circulation where foreign citizens maintain a fluid connection with the homeland? A connection of remittances, investment, and other general interaction. Vietnam has recognized the issue in multiple ways. Acknowledging that the current economic infrastructure might not be able to adequately support a force of highly educated workers, the government is trying to make it work. Establishing dedicated programs for overseas individuals while also helping to promote the fact that such options are even available. Partnerships are also being established with respected foreign universities who set up satellites in Vietnam to help retain students and grant them the ability to remain in country while also pursuing a lucrative education. With these efforts, Vietnam is beginning to shift its national aesthetic from one of lacking to a rapidly developing focus on advancement which can sometimes be more enticing than a long standing and wealthy country that has begun to stagnate. Is Vietnam going to be able to truly commit to investing in itself and strengthening the economic and educational systems it has?

Gribble, Cate. "National policies on skilled labour and the cross-border student market, with a focus on Vietnam." Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific. Springer Netherlands, 2011. 291-307.

Week 10 - Charles Miin

It can be objectively said that there is a lot left to be desired when it comes to Vietnam's national economy, even with it's robust agricultural production and broad open farms. Vietnam is trying to modernize and move forward to change it's national aesthetic from a primarily agrarian society to a technological one, but knows it cannot forget about one of it's largest exports. Coffee sits as the second largest export after rice and as such, any improvements to the methodology of coffee farming would vastly improve Vietnam's economy. However, before even advancing the methodology, much can be done to improve existing conditions. Many small landholders for example are uneducated about irrigation practice and over water their crops in the hopes of higher yields. Improving a small aspect like this will contribute to benefits in improving labor efficiency, water usage, and overall energy and equipment expenditure. As deals like the Trans Pacific Partnership are struck, not losing focus of the lifeblood of a society, like coffee is here, can have massively uplifting effects on society. An added benefit aside from the economic angle is support for green standards or environmental regulation which is increasingly becoming the forefront for all industries and countries in all practices. Countries like China are often scrutinized for unhinged industrial practice and entire national opinion can be catastrophically shaped by how mainstream media reports on environmental standard. Vietnam can improve is national aesthetic simply by targeting this as it improves it's coffee industry and cause improvement on all levels for itself. However, will it be able to in the face of deregulation and subservience to corporate interests with deals like the Trans Pacific Partnership?

Amarasinghe, Upali A., et al. "Toward sustainable coffee production in Vietnam: More coffee with less water." Agricultural Systems 136 (2015): 96-100.

Carl Lorenzo - Week 10

In the article Toward sustainable coffee production in Vietnam: More coffee with less water, Vietnam is the second largest coffee producer after Brazil and it also the second national export after rice. Vietnam’s dependence on coffee production is particularly high especially since it is becoming a national aesthetic. “Vietnamese coffee” is slowly being more widely known as good quality coffee. Vietnam focus now is on increasing output and this article proposes an irrigation plan during the crucial dry months from January to April. To do this it is proposed to find the CWU or the consumptive water use and irrigation water withdrawals in Dak Lak province. Results showed that induced water stress during these 3 months can provide higher green bean yield. Water supply from this crucial period is significant for an ensured yield increase. Irrigation is essential because rainfall provides only 25% total ETc between January and April. To achieve this farmers would need to be educated and given strict scheduling. This would need proper government backing as the greater population of farmers and public awareness to be achieved. To do this Vietnamese coffee should be labeled as form high class and the #1 vietnamese product

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Question: Can vietnamese coffee be personalized and become unique enough to be identified as Vietnamese coffee?

Week 10 Vincent Dinh

Vietnam is the world's second largest coffee producer, topped only by Brazil. Additionally, Vietnam is the sole largest producer of Robusta coffee, marking about 40% total of global Robusta production. In the article "Toward sustainable coffee production...", the study focuses on a region of the Central Highlands which accounts for 90% of coffee farming. This study in the Dak Lak Province analyzed water management techniques that could help bolster sustainability in Vietnamese branded coffee production.

In actuality, farmers without proper management information irrigate crops at twice the recommended level. With conventional training and provision of information, farmers can practice efficient irrigation practices that will not only preserve groundwater, but also increase net profits. If this practice can be established in other sectors of Vietnamese agriculture, then sustainability will be the Vietnamese method.

Is irrigation control only limited to coffee crop production?

Upali A. Amarasinghe, Chu Thai Hoanh, Dave D’haeze, and Tran Quoc Hung, “Toward Sustainable Coffee Production in Vietnam: More Coffee with Less Water.”

Week 10: Leslie Do

Leslie Do
ASA 189F, Dr. Valverde
5th March 2016

The Two Pillars of Viet Nam's National Image of Sustainable Development

In order to develop its potential nation aesthetic of sustainable national development, Viet Nam can implement various environmental policies in agricultural production, which includes collaborative efforts between the national government, industries, and people of Viet Nam. For instance, Viet Nam's is currently developing policies and industrial plans that reduce its greenhouse gas emission through adopting low carbon development plans, because the country's GHE rate is growing faster each year than countries that have high emission rates per capita -- such as China and Thailand (Lam, 68--70, 2016.) Fortunately, since Viet Nam advanced from its economic status of "poor" to "middle poor," the nation can also lower its GHE   by utilizing its "financial resources, technology, and capacity building from developed countries" (Lam, 67, 2016.) Additionally, overall trends in governmental policy indicate that Viet Nam is moving towards a green economy, because from from 2006 to 2010, the Government of Viet Nam has also ratified policies such as the National Strategy for Environmental Protection, the National Target Program for Energy Saving and Efficiency, the National Target Program to Respond to Climate Change (Lam, 68-69, 2016.) In terms of industrial contributions to decrease carbon blueprints and water usage, Viet Nam could also decrease the amount of water in its coffee production to support it's potential national image of sustainable national development (Amarasinghe, 96, 2015.) For instance, the national government could provide subsidies for coffee farmers to irrigate their crops starting in January, because the delay in irrigation will "break the dormancy of flower buds and intiate cherry development." This technique saves a month's worth of water, which can be used to nourish other crops or to increase coffee production (Amarasinghe, 100, 2015.) 

Sustainable vegetable farming system in Northwestern Vietnam - VTC10 Netviet - Sharing Vietnam

Questions

How can Vietnamese Americans environmental science post-doctorates (who were born in the US and receive their PhD at an American university) contribute to Viet Nam's GHE reduction projects and coffee production research literature while living overseas?

How can exporting more Vietnamese indigenous crops in the international market bring more recognition to Vietnam's national image of sustainable development?

Bibliography

Amarasinghe, Upali A., et al. "Toward sustainable coffee production in Vietnam: More coffee with less water." Agricultural Systems 136 (2015): 96-100.
Lam, Nguyen Tung. "Potential of Low-Carbon Development in Vietnam, from Practices to Legal Framework." Enabling Asia to Stabilise the Climate. Springer Singapore, 2016. 67-69.

Mai Vang Week 10

In Amarasinghe article, Toward sustainable coffee production in Vietnam: More coffee with less water, we are introduce to Vietnam’s aesthetic of sustainability through coffee. Second to Brazil, Vietnam is introduced as the largest producer of coffee. In Vietnam, irrigation plays an important role in the growth and production as it “address the groundwater issues but also reduced the cost of production, increase profits and economic water productivity.”  Through this article, we see that Vietnam has stride toward a country that is able to reduce irrigation CWU and produce more coffee.  Irrigation is critical at the start of January up until april as this is consider the dry season in Vietnam. By bringing out the awareness of how effective and beneficial irrigation is this will lead to a better Vietnam. Through the people’s contribution, if the irrigation works, it is possible coffee won’t be the only major production that Vietnam has globally.

In America, we see coffee produced from Vietnam at many grocery stores. However, Vietnamese stores are sure to carry this product and sale it to the customers. It is impossible for this product to not be  bought. America is the biggest consumer of coffee.  Therefore, coffee is always in demand.

Question: Through irrigation,can Vietnam move up to being the top Producer instead of Brazil?

Upali A. Amarasinghe, Chu Thai Hoanh, Dave D’haeze, and Tran Quoc Hung, “Toward Sustainable Coffee Production in Vietnam: More Coffee with Less Water.”

Ralph Imatong - blog week 10

Agriculture in Vietnam

It is clear in the research paper by Amarasinghe et. al that Vietnam is a place with so much potential in agriculture business by supplying and producing coffee. The authors’ suggestions for the sustainability of coffee production could serve as a model for other agriculture countries that produces crops. If these suggestions are enforced and are supported heavily by the government, countless Vietnamese people can benefit from it. Sustainable coffee production might become a symbol for Vietnam. If Vietnam has the capacity to grow and harvest high quality coffee, it means that its fertile environment could potentially grow other quality crops for the livelihood of many Vietnamese. This, then, suggests that the Vietnamese government should find solution in saving the soil that was damaged by Agent Orange. Vietnam should consider allocating addition budget for finding a solution or for the clean-up of soil that was contaminated by Agent Orange.

Considering the agreement that Vietnam signed for their involvement to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), I hope that Vietnam will not risk this opportunity of having a sustainable national product to Western companies. The TPP agreement has plenty of loopholes that Western companies can potentially exploit. In addition, I hope that the Vietnamese government imposes regulations for corporations such as Monsanto for producing chemicals that could possibly damage their land or crops.

In addition to the suggestions given by the authors of the research paper, I think that finding a natural coffee variant that is resistant to drought is also a good solution for excessive water consumption. Finding a coffee variant, without genetic manipulation is just like finding a needle in a mountain of haystack but if ever that this natural variant exists, it could definitely help more people and will eventually help the whole nation.

Questions:

Are there any efforts by Vietnamese government to find natural coffee variants that are resistant to drought? Has there been actions by the government to enforce the suggestions in the paper?

References:

Amarasinghe, Upali A., Chu Thai Hoanh, Dave D'haeze, and Tran Quoc Hung. "Toward Sustainable Coffee Production in Vietnam: More Coffee with Less Water." Agricultural Systems 136 (2015): 96-105. Elsevier. Web. 5 Mar. 2016.

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Thinking about the audience (Ryan Tom - Week 10)

In reading Amarasinghe's article about water conservation in Vietnam made me realize the importance of fit when creating options for rebranding in many of these countries. For example, while the farmers are no achieving maximum yield--because having a water supply that large is not economically feasible--they can maximize what is available within their means. Even if it is counter intuitive, they can achieve higher yield by watering less. Furthermore, achieving maximum yield does not guarantee more profit. To have more yield means a greater supply, which means lower demand and lower prices.

It is important to think of sustainability as 3 pronged: economic, social, and environmental. It is neither environmentally wise nor economically wise to reach maximum yield. Also, multiple cogs must be working together in order to achieve results. If there was greater yield and greater quality without an increased demand--then the efforts of farmers are lost in the price of the coffee. One part of the puzzle, Amarasinghe did not explain was how to drive up demand--hopefully with a stronger aesthetic demand can increase It is like a egg or chicken situation--what came first, agricultural product quality or an attractive market for agricultural products?

Amarasinghe et al. (2015). Toward sustainable coffee production in Vietnam: More coffee with less water. Agricultural Systems. 136. 96-105.

Anonymous. (2015). Rainy days and milk cans; Saving water in Vietnam's coffee fields. Nestle. Retrieved from: http://www.nestle.com/media/newsandfeatures/saving-water-in-vietnam-coffee-fields

Kevin Lee- Week 10 Blog Post

            Coffee is an important product in Vietnam because Vietnamese coffee defines Vietnam’s national aesthetic. Upali A. Amarasinghe, Chu Thai Hoanh, Dave D’haeze, and Tran Quoc Hung’s article, “Toward sustainable coffee production in Vietnam: More coffee with less water,” talks about the importance of irrigation water to the process of growing coffee beans. Second to Brazil, Vietnam is one of the largest coffee producers and exporters in the world; the production of coffee is important to the growth of their country and their economy. This paper mentions the importance of managing water so that the right amount of water goes towards to what really needs the water. The paper mentions that Vietnamese farmers have wasted a decent amount of water watering other crops, such as cherries, which in turn has harmed their coffee production because the amount of water used for coffee production is far less than what is needed. This paper strives to improve water management so that coffee production will continue to strive and to be the national aesthetic of Vietnam. If Vietnam wishes to keep their national aesthetic, they should stick to what is really important to them and stop wasting the limited resources they have. If Vietnam were to follow the findings of this study, their coffee production and exportation would skyrocket, and they would be able to keep their national aesthetic as being the second largest coffee producer in the world, or become the top coffee producer with the strategies found in this study. Vietnam has much more work to do in order to keep their national image, as well as working on their resource-wasting problem.

Question: For what reason would Vietnam prioritize the use of water for the production of other crops over coffee production?

If Vietnam really did care about their national aesthetic, why would they waste resources on products that don’t contribute to their national aesthetic?

Work Cited:

Amarasinghe, Upali A., Chu Thai Hoanh, Dave D'haeze, and Tran Quoc Hung. "Toward Sustainable Coffee Production in Vietnam: More Coffee with Less Water." Agricultural Systems 136 (2015): 96-105. Web. 3 Mar. 2016.

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Week 10 - Chloe Shiau

"Toward sustainable coffee production in Vietnam: More coffee with less water" focused on the process of growing coffee and the importance of irrigation water to this plant because it is a national aesthetic to Vietnam.  Globally, Vietnam is one of the largest coffee producers and exporters, which means the production of coffee beans if very important to their country and their economy. They must need enough amount of water to grow, but the dispersion of irrigation water has to go to other important crops such as cherries in Vietnam. That is why this paper strive to improve the water management options, much so that coffee exports and production can still be huge in Vietnam. By estimating the average amount of water used in coffee production, gross and net income of coffee, and productivity, the paper finds the high times of when rainfall comes to Vietnam, and starts irrigation supply early to break dormancy of other plants and fruit production. The findings of this study showed that there is a potential to reduce irrigation CQU and increase coffee production by inducing water stress, which in return means there needs to be more management of scheduling irrigation. This study is important because coffee is Vietnam's national aesthetic and it wants to be kept as one. With this study, Vietnam will be able to keep their country as one of the biggest coffee producers and exporters.

Question: How important are the other crops that the irrigation water distributes to in comparison to the coffee production?




Amarasinghe, Upali A., Chu Thai Hoanh, Dave D'haeze, and Tran Quoc Hung. "Toward Sustainable Coffee Production in Vietnam: More Coffee with Less Water." Agricultural Systems 136 (2015): 96-105. Web. 3 Mar. 2016.

Week 10 Alaina Cagalingan

The article ‘Toward sustainable coffee production in Vietnam’ showed through research and studies that there is a great potential for Vietnam to have a sustainable production of coffee, maximizing water usage and implementing efficient irrigation systems. The country had been successful in the production of coffee, producing 40% of total global Robusta production, with Brazil producing Arabica coffee. In order to efficiently produce a good sum of coffee beans, farmers must follow precautions in handling the harvest each year. If soil is not maintained or water consumption not watched over, this could decrease the optimal coffee produce.

Just like Vietnam, the Philippines is also facing issues in maintaining and maximizing its agriculture resources. In fact, the Philippines is also experiencing some problems with their agricultural aspect such as soil erosion, water pollution, and groundwater depletion, which could harm other species and also diminish biological diversity. In order to deal with this problem, the Department of Agriculture, a government established agency, helps facilitate any movement within the field. They focus on providing programs to educate farmers and fishermen away from risks and damages, but rather to maximize production of the agri-industries. In line with their goal, they also attempt to a increase farm income and also generate work opportunities for other farmers, fishermen, and other rural workers. The department resolves problems within its field before handing over to the government. This demonstrates a 'divide and conquer' way of leadership, which is productive in finding solutions immediately. Within the department of agriculture, there are other bureaucracies such as Bureau of Agricultural Research, Bureau Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Bureau of Plant Industry, and 18 others. My concern arises: Since corruption is prevalent in the country, if given a budget to improve resources of the Department, I fear that the value of the project would diminish every time it is handed down to a smaller department due to dishonest leaders. This is one type of problem that I imagine coming from the process of divide and conquer. My question is: which leadership should be more efficient in successful promotion of an aesthetic, one that involves more bureaucracy or one with less?

The image above depicts the beautiful Banaue Rice Terraces, recognized as the "8th Wonder of the World". Some locals still plant rice and vegetables up to this date. It is certainly beautiful and should be promoted more by the government.

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Work Reference:

Upali A. Amarasinghe, Chu Thai Hoanh, Dave D’haeze, and Tran Quoc Hung, “Toward Sustainable Coffee Production in Vietnam: More Coffee with Less Water.”

Kurt Romero: Week 10 Blog

For this week’s readings, it talks about the redevelopment or rebranding of the country Vietnam. The national aesthetics of Vietnam has continue to become a bit more apparent along the years of its upward economic success in sustainable coffee and the controls of emissions of Greenhouse Gas. These types of investment will make the country seem more sustainable and natural ever since the Vietnam war and the large doses of Agent Orange in nearby villages. For lower emissions of carbon, Vietnam has to be using solar panels as a source of energy than having to use gas. Solar panels uses the sun’s rays as a source of energy and if the government can invest more into it, they do not have to rely on gasoline and oils to run factories. Vietnam “is the second largest coffee producer after Brazil” because the coffee beans are one of the largest crops grown in the country after rice. It is a long process that requires a whole year because they rely on rainwater to irrigate the plants. If the government can invest into recycling water, it would make the process much easier.

Question: In what other ways can Vietnam become a much more sustainable country?

Work Cited

Amarasinghe, Upali A., Chu Thai Hoanh, Dave D'haeze, and Tran Quoc Hung. "Toward Sustainable Coffee Production in Vietnam: More Coffee with Less Water." Agricultural Systems 136 (2015): 96-105. Web. 5 Mar. 2016.

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Week 10 - Viet Nam's Vision - Andrew Tom

Viet Nam's vision of a modernized developed power can, and will, look very different than the development of Western nations.  Viet Nam is pressured by developed nations to develop in sustainable ways that limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) in the atmosphere.  To this end, developed nations are willing to invest both academic knowledge and financial incentives to promote the strengthening of forestry in the tropics (Lam, 2016).  Viet Nam can benefit from these contributions, by applying resource conservative techniques to produce larger ag commodities at a lower cost.  By forging strategic partnerships, Viet Nam can continue to improve upon their infrastructure, workforce education, and quality exports.

In refining their national aesthetic, Viet Nam is capable of collaborating with the developed world for an economically viable, flourishing economy if they take advantage of all the resources available to them.

This video demonstrates an example cited in Lam's paper, referencing the partnership between Norway and Brazil in an effort to mitigate global greenhouse gas emissions.


Amarasinghe, Upali A., et al. "Toward Sustainable Coffee Production in Vietnam: More Coffee with Less Water." Agricultural Systems 136 (2015): 96-105. Print.

Lam, Nguyen Tung. "Potential of Low-Carbon Development in Vietnam, from Practices to Legal Framework." Enabling Asia to Stabilise the Climate. Ed. Nishioka, Shuzo. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2016. 67-89. Print.

Week 10 Tosha Hanford

Romania is a country that has tried a variety of methods to create a successful image and the nation brand. The focus of the Romanian nation brand seems to focus on tourism.  One example was their first promotional campaign launch in  2001 called, "Romanian, Simply Surprising." This campaign targeted traveling Europeans between the ages of 30-55, and hoped to encourage the to travel to Romania for their holidays. Although this campaign was very criticized for its high cost (estimated to be $20 millions dollars) it did get Romania to a variety of people across Europe. Another example of an attempt to create a successful nation image promoting tourism was the study ordered by the National Authority of Tourism. This study was aimed at trying to help Romania discover it's image as a tourist destination. On the foreign front, many attempts were made to promote Romania as a great place for foreign investment. On example of this can be found in an explanation by the Romanian Agency for Foreign Investments elaborating on foreign investor's  perception of Romania:

“Romania’s image as a host country for foreign direct investments has improved in last years due to objective changes: a) the macroeconomic stability increased as reflected by the ratings given to Romania by agencies such as Standard&Poor’s, Moody’s, Japan Credit Rating Agency, b) negotiations for Romania’s accession to European Union have been finalized illustrating a higher economic stability, c) Romania’s accession in 2005 to the OECD Declaration for foreign investments and transnational companies - Romania is not a OECD member, but it is an observer on committees and working groups, d) a decrease of the inflation rate resulting a lower financing cost and others."

This explanation also goes on to examine the negative areas that are still present in Romania-bureaucracy and corruption. However the point was made that this negative perception was actually changed once those investors actually became involved with and entered the realities of Romanian market. Such that the profits were higher than expected, etc...

References:


Nicolescu, Luminita, Cristian Paun, Irina Popescu, and Alina Draghici. "Romania Trying to Be a European Brand." ROMANIA TRYING TO BE AN EUROPEAN BRAND (n.d.): n. pag. 2005. Web. 2012.


I have more to add about Viet Nam but computer is dying.... Will edit later tonight...

Week 10- Vietnam III (Julian Merino)

Coffee is a product consumed all over the world, paired with morning wake up calls or late night studying for a final the next day. A beverage known internationally, coffee comes in a wide variety of flavors, preparations, mixtures, and even gatherings. However no two coffee production industries make their recipes alike. What makes Vietnamese coffee so prominent around the global is their methodology in coffee making. Groundwater is a vital component in Vietnamese coffee making because it assists in the irrigation of coffee crops. In the realm of national aesthetic, this method of coffee making is the essence of Vietnamese coffee. It is what differentiates the Vietnamese from the Brazilians who slightly leading from the Vietnamese in coffee production. The article, “Toward Sustainable Coffee Production in Vietnam: More Coffee with Less Water,” also discusses the management of these crops by farmers which can make more sustainable efforts for this industry. What I question is if the Brazilians are using original recipes to make their production so bug?

Works Cited:

Upali A. Amarasinghe, Chu Thai Hoanh, Dave D’haeze, and Tran Quoc Hung, “Toward Sustainable Coffee Production in Vietnam: More Coffee with Less Water.”

WEEK 10 William Chan- Viet Nam Solutions

In both article's, my interpretation I got is that Viet Nam can create sustainability and can reserve a lot of money if Viet Nam was to slow down and cut back on energy use. In the article, Toward sustainable coffee production in Vietnam: More coffee with less water, by Upali A. Amarasinghe a, *, Chu Thai Hoanh a , Dave D’haeze b , Tran Quoc Hung, they spoke about how coffee is the 2nd largest crop to be exported and Viet Nam is the 2nd highest producer of coffee. This alone is very important to Viet Nam's national aesthetic and only if they were to reduce the water use, it would actually increase the yield. The authors had a great 4 step process to making action for Viet Nam. I also believe if they were to open a center where it cleaned and purified used water into reusable water it would be very helpful to the authors ideas. There can be a way that the irrigation system can be set up and linked directly from the coffee fields to the purification system and run that in a cycle where it waters the plants with reusable, purified, clean water.
In the article, Potential of Low-Carbon Development in Vietnam, from Practices to Legal Framework, by Nguyen Tung Lam, my interpretation I got was that green house gases need to be considered and needs to be lowered. My idea would be to use solar panels and create this into more sustainable uses. The solar panels would receive the energy straight from the sun which would reduce the use of energy that creates carbon. If the government or regulators would consider the use of solar panels, then it would reduce the energy consumption from gases, oils, fuels, and creating less green house gases to worry about. Both of the articles consider different ways to recreate Viet Nam in the long run, and it envisions that Viet Nam has the potential to skyrocket in terms of reserving energy and money, which can ultimately help the country of Viet Nam financially, economically, and the well-being and health of the people.

Question: What outside sources or outside countries would be willing to help fund or collaborate with Viet Nam to help them succeed in lowering their energy usage and increasing their entire countries well-being without exploitation?



Works cited:

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Nguyen Tung Lam. “Potential of Low­Carbon Development in Vietnam, from Practices to Legal  Framework.”

 Upali A. Amarasinghe, Chu Thai Hoanh, Dave D’haeze, and Tran Quoc Hung, “Toward  Sustainable Coffee Production in Vietnam: More Coffee with Less Water.”

Week 10 Blog - Winnie Chen

Bringing in Vietnam’s people and culture into the rethinking of what Vietnam means, we now look into where Vietnam future is headed. With that we need to think about Vietnam’s vision and how the development process with allow Vietnam to mobilize upwards. Vietnam’s ultimate vision is to have its national aesthetic to rebrand Vietnam’s image, whether it is through sustainable coffee production or low carbon development programs. Given these developmental projects that Vietnam has implemented, Vietnam wants to be redeveloped and reinvented into a sustainable nation, because the challenges and the destruction of Agent Orange sprayed during the Vietnam War has put a silence on the nation for too long of a time; now, it is time to stand up and face those challenges to protect the nation, the people, the economy, and most importantly, the land. What better way is there than to reverse the challenges by recreating itself as a sustainable nation. Sustainability can be defined in various ways. Through coffee production, Vietnam can sustain itself by exporting its coffee for revenue for the economy, which is an effective method because it was unbeknownst to me that coffee production is the second largest in Vietnam after rice production. As Vietnam has been colonized by multiple powers – China, France, the United States – throughout their entire history, Vietnam has always resisted and taken back control of the nation. This speaks a whole lot about how well Vietnam can sustain itself without any help from any other nations because other nations have failed to provide any effective help to Vietnam. Giving Vietnam a sustainable image is a good step to take in rebranding its national aesthetic. By incorporating the people, the government, and the economy into this development process, Vietnam can easily achieve maximum national aesthetics.

Question: Other than coffee production and low carbon development programs, what are other methods that Vietnam has approached in rebranding the nation, outside of sustainability and agriculture?

Works Cited: 

Amarasinghe, Upali A., Chu Thai Hoanh, Dave D'haeze, and Tran Quoc Hung. "Toward Sustainable Coffee Production in Vietnam: More Coffee with Less Water." Agricultural Systems 136 (2015): 96-105. Web. 3 Mar. 2016.

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