Today we had a cultural class on the Mekong Delta. The presenter went into detail about the types of people who live there, the livelihood, and the structure of the delta. The delta is very important to Vietnam because it depends a lot on agriculture for the economy and the delta provides the correct environment to grow rice, cocoa, coffee, and many other tropical foods. Then in language class we mostly just reviewed old material and learned how to say months and days. Our teacher also talked about some of the Vietnamese culture and how it connects to the language.
Our company visit was to ACDI/VOCA which is an ngo. It provides support for the agricultural economy of Vietnam as well as other countries around the world. Currently in Vietnam, they are working on the SUCCESS Alliance project which provides training and sometimes equipment to help cocoa farmers improve their skills or provide new jobs for unemployed citizens.
Tonight we went to karaoke with a few UEF students. It was a lot of fun, you rent out your own private room and they had a good selection of english songs which was great.
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