Sociology 33 2 April 2014 Culture Assignment “‘The sense of the dead is that of the final‚’ says a Vietnamese proverb‚ meaning that funeral ceremonies must be solemnly organized‚” as stated in the Vietnam Tourism website. The way a funeral is organized in Vietnam is strongly influenced by Chinese; as stated in the article “Culture of Vietnam‚” ones with various rites and activities. Most funerals in Vietnam consist of three stages. In the tourism website they also state that‚ “The date and time
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MARKET ANALYSIS Table of Contents Page 1.0 Company Overview 03 2.0 Business Segments and Company Products 03 3.0 Market Definition 04 3.1 Market Codes 04 3.2 Market Price and Greeting cards sales by category 04 3.3 Market Value 05 3.4 Market Forecast 06 3.5 Company Financials 07 3.6 Market Segmentation 07 3.7 Competitive Landscape & Market Share 09 4.0 Market Structure-Porter’s Five Forces 10 4.1 Bargaining Power
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Vietnam and largely took place during the second half of the 20th century. While Korean immigration has been fairly gradual‚ Vietnamese immigration occurred primarily post-1975‚ after the fall of Saigon and the establishment of restrictive communist policies in Vietnam. Whereas many Asian immigrants came to the United States to seek better economic opportunities‚ Vietnamese immigrants came as political refugees‚ seeking asylum from harsh conditions in their homeland. The Refugee Act of 1980 helped
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people choose their own marriage-partners based on love‚ and in consideration primarily to their own needs and wants. The traditional Vietnamese wedding is one of the most important of traditional Vietnamese occasions. Regardless of Westernization‚ many of the age-old customs practiced in a traditional Vietnamese wedding continue to be celebrated by both Vietnamese in Vietnam and overseas‚ often combining both Western and Eastern elements The Culture of Vietnam which is the agricultural civilization
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GREETING AND INTRODUCING YOURSELF AND OTHERS Greetings (more formal) * Good morning. * Good morning‚ Sir. * Good morning‚ Madam. * Good afternoon. * Good noon/day. * Good evening. * Goodnight.Greetings (less formal) * Hello‚ how are you? / how are you doing? Very well‚ thank you. What about you? * Hello‚ how are you today? Hello‚ I’m fine‚ thank you. And you? * How is everything? * How’s everything going? * How have you been keeping? *
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Being raised in a Vietnamese American household I was taught to value respect over everything else. This quote by Chinese philosopher Confucius helps to embody this idea‚ “Without feelings of respect‚ what is there to distinguish men from beasts.” However‚ having to experience this culture of formality firsthand as a child of two refugees‚ I discovered that not only is this completely false but that Confucius was nothing more than an old fool. The idea that a family‚ or society for that matter‚ must
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Vietnamese Education Problems In the process of development of country‚ education is always put on the priority. Nowadays‚ education in Vietnam meet a lot of problems need to be solved. Including‚ school fee‚ infrastructure and curriculum are three main problems make student’s difficulties and make quality of education not good at all. The first problem is school fee‚ which increases quickly in every year. When the development in every area does not balance‚ school fee is not a problem
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1. Activity Based Costing benefits businesses that are more complex in nature. In this case‚ Greetings. INC has added a new product line‚ Wall Decor‚ which permits them to grow without expanding their physical stores; however‚ they have significantly raised their overhead costs by multiplying their cost drivers. Not to mention the fact that they have incorporated a largely automated system into their product line‚ which we know calls for an ABC system. The main reason to move to ABC though‚ would
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Vietnamese school culture deeply values maintaining social and academic impeccability. The struggle to appear competent and successful in work life makes expressing vulnerability in personal life a taboo. In high school‚ this cultural expectation has even influenced relationships with my parents and close friends - my interactions even with my own mother have for years been formal and polite‚ even indifferent. For example‚ I have never quite felt present around the family dinner table‚ always feeling
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When greeting friends or strangers‚ one shakes hands and says Nasılsınız? (How are you?) or Merhaba (Hello). A typical response to Nasılsınız is İyiyim‚ teşekkür ederim (Fine‚ thank you). Greetings among friends are followed by polite inquiries about one’s health‚ family‚ and work. Unless they are conservative Muslims‚ close friends of the same (and sometimes the opposite) gender clasp hands and kiss on both cheeks when greeting. The hands of an older person may be kissed and touched to the greeter’s
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