Bharatbook added a new report on “Vietnam Plastic Card Market Forecast to 2013”, our latest research report, the total number of cards issued in Vietnam nearly doubled during 2008-2010. Vietnam’s payment card market has been growing rapidly for the past few years with a constant increase…

Day 12 begins with a visit to my mom's aunt, who looks like a splitting image of my long-departed grandmother. That night, I met up my cousin's friend who had been working in Vietnam for some six years or so. My cousin worked in Vietnam for some five years before becoming quite the world trave…

Day eleven starts off with a tour of the Mekong River Delta. At this point, seeing a house boat is no cause to pull out my camera. Until I see A DOG on the boat. And then I'm all *click* *click* *click* *click*. It's like a real life version of Pokemon Snap. Because, DOG ON A BOAT. The firs…

We're on the last leg of the trip, flying into Saigon in the morning. Saigon is where my mom grew up. While her family is originally from Hue, they moved to Saigon, and so her older siblings speak with a Hue (central) accent while my mom speaks with more of a Nam (southern) accent. We started the…

We start off the morning meeting my cousin up for coffee. Vietnamese people love their cafes and my cousin says he goes here for an hour every morning with his friends to shoot the breeze before going off to work. Seems like a pretty nice lifestyle. Throughout our stay in Hue and during the lo…