Question: Do the Vietnamese think their country is in Northeast Asia (East Asia) and not Southeast Asia?
Answer: The majority of the Vietnamese know their country has frequently joined the Southeast Asian game “Seagame”. Recently, Vietnam become a host of the 31st Seagame in Hanoi City.
Vietnam’s supporters in the Hanoi Seagame 31
Timor Leste’s Athlete joined the Seagame 31 in Vietnam
The Thailand team took a visit around Hanoi
Indonesia
The majority of the people have well-known their region -Southeast Asia with many sports events has happened for years. Singapore, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Phillippines, Brunei, Malaysia, together Vietnam are members of the ASEAN organization and Timor Leste, the Youngest state in Southeast Asia will soon join the ASEAN shortly. No doubt that Vietnam is in Southeast Asia, not Northeast Asia (China, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, North Korea, Mongolia) spite sharing a lot of cultural similarities with many Northeast Asian countries.
Sapa pagoda, Vietnam
The people tend to have a positive view toward Southeast Asian countries because of the friendships has been built for years.
I am an attorney in the Washington DC area, with a Doctor of Law in the US, attended the master program at the National School of Administration of Việt Nam, and graduated from Sài Gòn University Law School. I aso studied philosophy at the School of Letters in Sài Gòn.
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I have worked as an anti-trust attorney for Federal Trade Commission and a litigator for a fortune-100 telecom company in Washington DC.
I have taught law courses for legal professionals in Việt Nam and still counsel VN government agencies on legal matters.
I have founded and managed businesses for me and my family, both law and non-law.
I have published many articles on national newspapers and radio stations in Việt Nam.
In 1989 I was one of the founding members of US-VN Trade Council, working to re-establish US-VN relationship.
Since the early 90's, I have established and managed VNFORUM and VNBIZ forum on VN-related matters; these forums are the subject of a PhD thesis by Dr. Caroline Valverde at UC-Berkeley and her book Transnationalizing Viet Nam.
I translate poetry and my translation of "A Request at Đồng Lộc Cemetery" is now engraved on a stone memorial at Đồng Lộc National Shrine in VN.
I study and teach the Bible and Buddhism. In 2009 I founded and still manage dotchuoinon.com on positive thinking and two other blogs on Buddhism.
In 2015 a group of friends and I founded website CVD - Conversations on Vietnam Development (cvdvn.net).
I study the art of leadership with many friends who are religious, business and government leaders from many countries.
I have written these books, published by Phu Nu Publishing House in Hanoi:
"Positive Thinking to Change Your Life", in Vietnamese (TƯ DUY TÍCH CỰC Thay Đổi Cuộc Sống) (Oct. 2011)
"10 Core Values for Success" (10 Giá trị cốt lõi của thành công) (Dec. 2013)
"Live a Life Worth Living" (Sống Một Cuộc Đời Đáng Sống) (Oct. 2023)
I practice Jiu Jitsu and Tai Chi for health, and play guitar as a hobby, usually accompanying my wife Trần Lê Túy Phượng, aka singer Linh Phượng.
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