Deceit and Desire in a Hot Place
At 9:00am, Lan, Howard, and I finished breakfast and left the dining room on the 2nd floor of Hotel Vissai. Lan and I were going to the Golden Smile Clinic on Ký Hoà Street...
Life & Culture / Southeast Asia / Vietnam
by Geoffrey House · Published April 1, 2020 · Last modified March 7, 2022
At 9:00am, Lan, Howard, and I finished breakfast and left the dining room on the 2nd floor of Hotel Vissai. Lan and I were going to the Golden Smile Clinic on Ký Hoà Street...
Life & Culture / Southeast Asia / Vietnam
by Geoffrey House · Published August 24, 2019 · Last modified March 7, 2022
At 9:00am, Lan and I finished breakfast and left the dining room on the 2nd floor of Hotel Vissai to go to the Golden Smile Clinic. It was on Ký Hoà Street in District...
Politics & Economics / Southeast Asia / Vietnam
by Geoffrey House · Published December 6, 2016 · Last modified March 7, 2022
In Vietnam, the workers who toil in the factories driving the nation’s rapid economic ascent belong to a single labor union: Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, or VGCL. As the only labor union in...
Politics & Economics / Southeast Asia / Vietnam
by Geoffrey House · Published November 28, 2016 · Last modified March 7, 2022
The prospects for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, in the United States do not look good, and Vietnam’s leaders are not happy. An expected rejection of the ambitious free trade accord by the U.S....
China / Politics & Economics / Southeast Asia / Vietnam
by Geoffrey House · Published October 4, 2016 · Last modified March 7, 2022
A taste for rare and exotic animals and a desire to flaunt newfound wealth have transformed Vietnam into the world’s largest trafficking hub for rhinoceros horn. Despite global protections the rhinoceros, which scientists classify...
Philippines / Politics & Economics / Southeast Asia / Vietnam
by Geoffrey House · Published May 1, 2016 · Last modified March 7, 2022
China is not only building commercial and military infrastructure on the disputed islands of the South China Sea. It is also trying to establish communities of Chinese residents there in a bid to strengthen...
Philippines / Politics & Economics / Southeast Asia / Vietnam
by Geoffrey House · Published April 17, 2016 · Last modified March 7, 2022
Fishing is becoming increasingly dangerous in the South China Sea. In the past it was piracy that struck fear in the hearts of fishermen off the coasts of the Philippines and Vietnam. Today it’s...
Politics & Economics / Southeast Asia / Vietnam
by Geoffrey House · Published April 4, 2016 · Last modified March 7, 2022
In Vietnam, the most direct route to modernization is tried and true: using other people’s money to build new factories and roads. Communist leaders are soliciting foreign direct investment (FDI) to transform the Southeast...
Politics & Economics / Southeast Asia / Vietnam
by Geoffrey House · Published March 28, 2016 · Last modified March 7, 2022
Vietnam’s communist leaders are intent on securing a free trade deal with the United States. They believe they can do so even if they choose to ignore US calls to provide their people with...