Thang Nguyen 555

Cultures on Collision Course

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With some short-term relief work in Asia/Africa and long stint in Telecom, Thang also earned a B.A. at Pennsylvania State University. M.A. in Communication at Wheaton Graduate School, M.A. in Cross-Cultural Communication at Gordon-Conwell Seminary, Boston. In addition, he earned a CELTA – classes taken in Hanoi for cultural re-immersion.

Tag: Southeast Asia

  • Middle-Income Trap

    The phenomenon known as Middle-Income Trap is alive and well in SouthEast Asia. Not all boats rise with the water. Contentment sets in and gets in the way of progress. Countries like the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia are  in this trap. From a global perspective, they could do better if getting over the hump. Yet…

  • Brief shinning light

    TIME and Life’s Turbulent Years (60’s) has a picture of JFK just an hour before his  death. Presidential, Camelot and eternally youthful in that Dallas morning. Another picture shows after a dip in Santa Monica. What other President would do that today. Summer time. Pool is opened. Life guards and their whistles. Sun shades and…

  • This side of doom

    Doomsday prediction did not materiale. On this side of doomsday, Southeast Asia is no longer a war zone. It’s the new fun zone (with young and upcoming demographics). LinkedIn IPO gone through the roof while IMF Chief couldn’t check in at any hostel in NY (I did not mis-spell “hostel”). Whether you live in flood zone or…