...and culture. Vietnam affected much from globalization has some prominent changes in economic, and socio-culture. Firstly, the development of Vietnamese economic has changed rapidly due to the globalization. Until 1986, Viet Nam had operated as a centrally planned economy with significant inputs of aid from the Soviet Union. Viet Nam was closed to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) until the adoption of renewal policies. In 1987, the first foreign investment law was passed. Since then, the FDI legislation has been revised four times - in 1990, 1992, 1996 and 2000. The increased integration of the Vietnamese economy into the world economy during the 1990s has been accompanied by rapid economic growth and a reduction in poverty. The globalization has affected the countries in the Mekong Sub-region in different ways, Vietnam just very recently have started to open up the economy, and changed the tourism policy-both aspects that affect trafficking a great deal. In 2007, Vietnam joined in the World Trade Organization (WTO). This leads us to believe in that Vietnam is inclined to increasingly participate in this “flat world”. Secondly, Globalization is the system of interaction among the countries of the world in order to develop the global economy. Since 1986, Vietnam has been conducting a process of economic innovation. It has been steadily opening its economy to be able to integrate into the global marketplace more and more. During this time, Vietnam has greatly changed...
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...Wedding - Wedding in Western Countries By Uttoran Sen Wedding is a celebration in which couples begin their married life. Concept and customs of marriage varies between countries, religions, casts, cultures. Marriage also depends on economic condition of bride and grooms family. But both Eastern and western marriages has its own importance. Nuptial is the common adjective of "wedding" used in zoology. Wedding rings or wedding vows symbolizes the Western wedding, where as wedding chain symbolizes the Eastern wedding. There are many differences between Eastern and western wedding for example differences in wedding reception, wedding halls, wedding party and many other things. Wedding reception is very common in western wedding ceremonies. Sometimes receptions are arranged after wedding, some times before. Commonly receptions arrange in evening times. Dinner in reception is quite different from other dinners. Western wedding include dance, music, orchestras, poetry, prayer. Some traditions of Western wedding represents the bride's and her father's relationship and her relationship with new family. Some traditions symbolize the relationship between husband and wife. Modern couples are not giving importance to these traditions. Day by day these customs are vanishing. Wedding rings plays very big role in every western marriage. Wedding rings are the sign of expressing one’s love and affection to his beloved. It is the symbol of faith and confidence. The moment of exchanging...
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...In Paradise, the characters are embodied as the opposing political outlooks that dominated 20th century North Vietnam politics. Conflict between feminism and Confucianism is paralleled as conflict between Hang and her mother Que, ‘A kind of indifference had slipped into our relationship.’ Duong personifies ‘indifference’ as a physical obstruction, whereas in reality it is Que prioritising her nephews over her daughter. Que’s experience in a male-dominant society is shown by her bond with her brother, a manipulative communist cadre, ‘“He’s my brother. You can’t deny blood ties.” She wiped her nose and eyes.’ The imagery of her weeping combined with the finality of her resolution to submit to her brother highlights the irony of their one-sided relationship. Moreover, Hang’s inner thoughts allow readers to sympathise with her arduous family obligations, much...
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...They even killed intellectuals, merchants, Buddhist monks, former government officials and former soldiers, as they were all mostly believers of the “old society”. If that wasn’t enough, they killed over half of the Chinese living in Cambodia, Muslims, and Vietnamese people were killed or expelled. Anyone that survived all of the evacuation and murders was controlled by the Khmer Rouge, every aspect of their life was controlled. Soon, they outlawed money, private property, religion, jewelry, gambling, and most books. Next, they started to take children from their parents and forced arranged marriages. They even put rules about sexual relations, vocabulary and clothing. These rules were very strict. Next, the Khmer Rouge created a new name for the country, which was Democratic...
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...1. In their article, "The Balance of Power in Dating and Marriage," Peplau and Campbell found which of the following to be true about power in African American and Chicano marriages? a. African American marriages tend to be more female dominated and Chicano marriages more male dominated than are white marriages. b. African American marriages tend to be more male dominated and Chicano marriages more female dominated than are white marriages. c. African American and Chicano marriages are more male dominated than are white marriages. d. There is no significant difference in power among African American, Chicano, and white marriages. I thought the answer was A?? The answer is D. A is what is thought it be true, but D is what was actually observed. Ah okay thanks! 2. According to Cancian, the "feminization of love" results from: (please answer): a. women's superior ability to love. b. men's inability to communicate or express their true feelings. c. a societal definition of love as expression and emotion, qualities associated with women. d. the feminist movement. Lecture Notes: Week 2 What is sociology? * Explains and analyzes important matters in our personal lives, our communities, and world. * Religion, love, Econ, business, poverty, war, peace, etc. * the ability to see and understand the connection between broad social forces and personal experiences - C. Wright Mills calls this the “sociological imagination” * explores “taken-for-granted”...
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...1954: The French delineated the borders and wrote the first national history of Laos. It was also the French who began restoring monuments and constructing a "national" literature. This work was continued by a small group of intellectuals under the RLG associated with the Literature Committee and by the Royal Academy. A nationalist movement was encouraged by the French during World War II, and became an independence movement, the Lao Issara. This movement is a claimed by both Communists and anti-Communists. The current regime claims to be the true nationalist heir, but it came to power and survived only with the military assistance of the Vietnamese. This reliance tarnished its nationalist credentials after 1975, but declining reliance on Vietnam in the 1990s boosted those credentials. More people of Lao ethnic origin live in Thailand than in Laos. Laos was almost absorbed into Siam and that has tinged Lao national identity with fears of disappearance. The fact that most ethnic Lao in the Thai northeast do not identify themselves with the Lao nation-state is a source of confusion, blurring the cultural boundary between Laos and Thailand. Although Lao and Thai languages are very close, central Thai is the key Tedesco 2 cultural marker of the difference. However, many Lao consider Thai to be more developed than Lao. Lao identity may have been more clearly demarcated when it had a monarchy of its own. Now, many Lao follow the itineraries of Thai royalty as if to fill a cultural absence...
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...For most countries there three main rules for social interaction: be friendly, respectable, and conform to society. While looking through my notes I noticed that in a lot of countries have a tendency to condone hyper masculinity. For example, women may be expected or allowed to hug, but men only shake hands proving that gender roles are a worldwide concept. In other extreme cases, women are treated like fragile objects; not to be touched or addressed without the owner, or man, present. The patriarchy especially affects third world countries, women are expected to tend to the house. Consequently, most girls drop out of schooling at a young age or receive improper, sexist education. Arranged marriages are a reality for some young females. From the presentations I realized it is obvious, the treatment of women directly correlates with the gap between the literacy rate for men and the literacy rate for women, leading to a lower average overall literacy rate. Looking back on history, it is apparent that eventually all countries will have a women’s right movement, just like the U.S did from 1848 to 1920. Hopefully the North American influence will speed up the push for equality. Personally, I feel extremely fortunate to live in our wonderful, developed country; everyone has fair shot in the United States of...
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...THE RELIGIOUS RITUALS OF A HINDU WEDDING Everywhere around the world, marriage is one of the most important rituals; it is the ritual to connect two people, and in Hinduism, it is believed that only through a relationship from previous births can two strangers be fated to marry. Particular regions always differ from another in terms of actual practices, but for the most parts, they follow the outlines and rules of Hinduism. In this paper, I will talk about the specific marriage traditions of the Arya Samaj community in north India. The marriage can be roughly divided into three parts - engagement, marriage, and consummation – which may be spread over the course of a year (Monger, p.153). All three parts need fixed rituals that involve many people from the two families, and then the marriage is concluded by the show of the bond between the bride and the groom, acknowledged by the people as well as the gods and goddesses of Hinduism. And the comparison in this piece will be made with modern Vietnamese Kinh wedding – my native culture. I. Finding the spouse It should be noted that the marriage is arranged by the parents and the elders. They take the responsibility of finding the “suitable” one for their sons/daughters; marriage is believed to be the continuation of bonds from previous lives. Suitability concerns family heritage, age, health, height, education, personality, etc. Usually the parents look at certain families, who they already know and wish to have future kinship...
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...ideas fresh, some topics are very OVER DONE - for example: "smoking is bad for you" - no kidding I think we would all agree with that. "everyone should go to college" - DUH you are preaching to the choir. "std's are bad you should protect yourself" - well there is a new idea. "drinking and driving could kill you or someone you love" - again no one would argue with that logic. So if you are going to pick a topic make sure you approach it in a fresh and exciting way - for example: "Barbie is a good role model" "Smoking Cigarettes are bad for you, so smoke cigars!" 1. same sex marriage 2. adoption 3. heaven and hell (careful to not preach to your audience) 4. abortion (overdone) 5. TV violence 6. gun control (overdone) 7. TV ratings 8. internet 9. profiling 10. Vietnam 11. immigrant laws 12. exercise 13. Ford vehicles 14. cloning 15. breast feeding 16. bilingual education 17. voting 18. red light cameras 19. salary caps for athletes 20. vegetarian lifestyle 21. organ donation 22. morning after pill 23. school dress codes 24. school standards 25. second hand smoke (overdone) 26. pit bulls 27. natural family planning 28. spay or neuter pets 29. divorce 30. doctor assisted suicide 31. sex education 32. Miss American pageant 33....
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...Family Diversity and Culture Catina Pierre Alexander, Ed.D. Walden University My childhood family adapted to the “The Standard North American Family” (SNAF). My family was a traditional African American family whereas they sought each other for the union of marriage. In Louisiana, most families did not practice arranged marriages and kinship marriages. In other words, boy meet girl and vice versa, fall in love and get married. Both parents were present in my childhood home along with my three siblings. My father was not the ultimate “breadwinner” of the family. My mother worked and contributed to the economic resources of our family too. Neither of my parents’ attended a four-year college. My father served four years in the Army and served two of those years in the Vietnam War. My mother earned an Associate’s Degree in Business from Delgado University. My parents held respectable and descent paying jobs. My father is a retired welder of 30 years from the Local Union 60. My mom is a retired customer service representative of 33 years of service from AT&T. They are now retired and enjoying life even more. Christianity is a very important characteristic of my family. We attended church almost every Sunday. I attended Sunday school, participated in the youth choir, and attended vacation bible school (VBS). Family bonds and values are important characteristics of my family too. My cousins and I grew up close as if we were siblings. We attended church...
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...|[pic] |[pic] |[pic] | |MALASIYA |SINGAPORE |THAILAND | |[pic] |[pic] |[pic] | |INDONESIA |LAOS |PHILIPINES | |[pic] |[pic] |[pic] | |BURMA |VIETNAM |BRUNEI | | [pic] | |CAMBODIA | MALAYSIA Facts and Statistics Ethnic Make-up: Malay 50.4%, Chinese 23.7%, indigenous 11%, Indian 7.1%, others 7.8% Religions: Muslim 60.4%, Buddhist 19.2%, Christian 9.1%, Hindu 6.3%, Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions 2.6%, other or unknown 1.5%, none 0.8%. Malay Culture...
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...Cambodia is a South East Asian country formerly known as Kampuchea, it shares borders with Vietnam, Laos and Thailand. In Cambodia during 1975-1979 a political regime known as the Khmer Rouge took control of the country. During this time it is estimated that around 2 million people perished, over a quarter of the population, from torture and execution or from starvation and untreated illness (Fawthrop & Jarvis, 2005). Although the regime ended with defeat by the Vietnamese over 30 years ago, the effects from this reign of terror continues to have an impact on Cambodia. The countries social coexistence, peace building process and the aftermath of the annihilation of so many of its people has affected the current population make up in terms of age, gender ratios and has left many with mental health problems (Bockers, Stammel & Knaevelsrud, 2011). There is some international debate as to whether the deaths are considered to be genocide, and why the men responsible for these senseless mass murders have not been brought to justice. The definition of genocide is the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group. This definition clearly explains the mass murders undertaken under the direction of pol pot and the Khmer rouge party. It is a very difficult task to prosecute people under genocide charges as they are usually protected by a government of group of followers. Cambodians believe it would somehow diminish the offence if the...
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...University of Phoenix Material Week 4 Worksheet As you read this week’s required materials, complete this worksheet. This is a multipage assignment; double-check that you completed each page before submitting. Part I: Fill in the Blanks Fill in the blanks to complete the following sentences. Ming-Dynasty China a. The population of China approximately doubled between the start of the Ming dynasty in 1368 and its collapse and replacement by the Manchus in 1415 in North China . This population increase, along with a reduction in government regulation, led to China’s Commercial Revolution, which lasted from 1500 and 1800. Economic advances during this time, which extended into the Qing era, included the so-called putting out system for textile manufacture, trade with the Qing empire through the port of Manila, expansion of private banks from Shaanxi into other provinces, flourishing intermediate market towns, and trade in staples like grain and cotton. b. The late imperial system of political control relied on a large, well-funded, and powerful central government staffed by dedicated officials who competed for positions by passing examinations ; the central authority of the government ; and the support of the new wealthy, literate working class. c. Early Ming-dynasty foreign policy...
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...Assignment 1: BUSINESS LAW Nguyen Viet Anh ( anhnvgh12604) Content: I Introduction II Analysis I: Introduction Nowadays Law always goes with life. It begin from everything example in work, if don’t understand about law people can’t open company, if don’t pay tax for government follow law of this country people will punish by police. And if one people can know all thing connection with law they will never scare anything even they can squeeze through law loopholes II: Analysis LO 1. Understand the essential elements of a valid contract in a business context Task 1 Explain and apply the importance of the essential elements required for the formation of a valid contract 1.1: Explain the importance of the essential elements required for the formation of a valid contract Law means rules were setting in one country and every one must comply with it. And as people know almost people in the world work base on contract and contract must comply with law. If one contract want effective it must require 5 elements: 1 Offer and acceptance; 2 Intention to create legal relations; 3 Consideration; 4 Capacity; 5 Privity of contract 1 Offer and acceptance: It means in one contract always exist 2 parties one people give offer and another people will accept with this offer or they can offer back and if they offer back first people will have accept or no. Example: A want buy one car of B with 10000 USD, but B think it not fair 10000 to small and he will talk “I don’t want sell...
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...March 8, 2013 Building a Foreign Business Venture in Iraq Table of Contents Natural resources and Environmental Sustainability 3 Socio – Cultural Forces 6 Economic and Socioeconomic Forces 9 Competitive and Distributive Forces 13 Political Forces 16 Appendix 19 Bibliography 21 Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Iraq is located in Western Asia in an area known as the Middle East. It is bordered by six countries as follows; Turkey, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Syria. It doesn’t have a very long coastline but it does border the Persian Gulf for a stretch of thirty-six miles. Iraq consists of 169,235 square miles which is mostly made up of desert but also has mountain regions in the northern part of the country between Iran and Turkey but also has some marsh lands in the southern part of the country along the borders. The climate is fairly similar to that of the high desert region in California where the mountainous regions have colder winters that drop down to 39 degrees and in the summer months the desert averages 111 degrees. The capital city of Iraq which is also the largest city in the country is Baghdad and has a population just exceeding thirty million people. There are really only two major natural resources that are found in Iraq which are petroleum and natural gas. Iraq has the second largest reserve of oil in the Middle East following Saudi Arabia, amounting to 112 billion barrels...
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