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Vietnam College TABLE of CONTENTS college 17-25 March 2006 North to South Vietnam College TABLE OF CONTENTS Schedule……………………………………………............................................................. 5 Faculty………………………………………………............................................................. 9 Attendees……………………………………....................................................................... 19 College Committee…………………………….................................................................. 2 First Timers………………………………………................................................................ 26 Socials………………………………………....................................................................... 31 Off-Sites…………………………………............................................................................ 33 Shopping & Dining Guide……………….......................................................................... 41 Destination Guide............................................................................................................ 44 Member Indexes: Area Index………………………………................................................................... 48 Company Index………………………..................................................................... 50 Upcoming Events Index……………....................................................................... 5 YPO Chapter Index………………………................................................................. 54 Notes………………………………………………….............................................................. 55 - - SCHEDULE Schedule as of 22 February 2006. Please refer to on-site newsletters for most current agenda information. THURsdaY, 16 MARCH SatURdaY, 18 MARCH SC All Day Arrivals 6:30-8:00am Breakfast H ED Hospitality Committee Spices or Le Beaulieu U Restaurant LE 10:00am-12noon Registration Metropole Hotel 12noon-2:30pm Hospitality Committee 6:30-7:30am Sunrise Walk Briefing and Luncheon Hoan Kiem Lake 3:00-5:00pm Hospitality Committee 7:30-11:00am CEO Information Desk Old Quarter Walking Tour 8:30-8:45am Opening Remarks 7:00-9:30pm Hospitality Committee Shad and Ann Khan Dinner Wild Rice 8:45–9:45am Education Plenary David Lamb Vietnam Now FRidaY, 17 MARCH 10:00-11:00am Education Plenary All Day Arrivals Bill Hobdell Airport Pick-ups (Hanoi Visual Overview of Vietnam Airport) Metropole Hotel check-in 11:15am-12:15pm Education Plenary Lady Borton Morning Breakfast Ha Noi: Capital of Capitals Spices or Le Beaulieu Restaurant 12:15-1:30pm Buffet Lunch Metropole Hotel Spices Garden Terrace Metropole Hotel 10:00am-3:00pm CEO Registration/ Information/Off-Sites Desk 1:00-5:30pm Off-Sites 1:00-4:45pm Old Quarter Walking/Lunch 12noon Hospitality Committee 2:00-4:0pm Hanoi Hilton Lunch 2:00-5:00pm Insider’s Look at Vietnamese Art Cha Ca La Vong 2:00-5:00pm Temple of Literature 2:00-5:00pm Vietnam’s Museum of 6:00-7:00pm Education Plenary Ethnology Vice Minister Le Van Bang 2:00-5:0pm Highlights of Hanoi Q&A Session 7:00-9:30pm Dinner 7:00-10:00pm Dinner Spice Garden Terrace Hanoi Opera House Metropole Hotel - 5 - SUndaY, 19 MARCH 1:00-5:30pm Off-Sites 6:30-8:00am Breakfast 1:00-4:45pm Old Quarter Walking/Lunch LE 1:45-:0pm Discovery Photography with U Spices or Le Beaulieu Restaurant Bill Hobdell ED 2:00-4:00pm Silk Design with Alan H Metropole Hotel 2:00-4:0pm Hanoi Hilton SC 2:00-5:00pm Temple of Literature with Lady 6:00-7:30am Off-Site Borton Photography with Bill 2:00-5:00pm Insider’s Look at Vietnamese Hobdell Art with Suzanne Lecht 2:00-5:00pm Vietnam’s Museum of 7:30-11:00am CEO Information Desk Ethnology 2:00-5:0pm Highlights of Hanoi 8:30-9:30am Education Plenary Panel Sandy Northrup (moderator), 4:00-6:00pm Shipping Desk Alan Duong, Henry Nguyen, Chien Bach Ngoc, Hung 6:30-10:00pm Dinner Pham Ba Vietnam History Museum Vietnam’s Next Generation 9:45-10:45am Education Breakouts MondaY, 20 MARCH Suzanne Lecht Contemporary Art in Vietnam You have two options today. You may either visit Halong Bay or Spend a Free day in Hanoi. Henry Nguyen The Economic Engine of Halong Bay Option: Vietnam 6:30am Breakfast Spices or Le Club Bar 11:00am-12noon Education Breakouts Metropole Hotel Lady Borton 7:00am Depart for Halong Bay Ho Chi Minh: How Did He via van Lead? 10:30am Arrive Halong Bay Dana Sachs & Mai Bui Hoai Understanding Vietnam 10:30-3:30pm Cruise on Junks Through its Language Lunch onboard 12noon-1:30pm Buffet Lunch 3:45pm Depart for Hai Phong Spices Garden Terrace Airport Metropole Hotel via van 5:50pm Arrive Hai Phong Airport For charter flight to Danang 8:30pm Arrive Furama Resort Social Surprise - 6 - Free Day in Hanoi Option: Andrew Hardy & Tien Dong Nguyen SC 6:30am Breakfast The Political Economy of Spices or Le Club Bar Eaglewood & Culture of H ED Metropole Hotel Ancient Champa U LE Afternoon Lunch on own 11:15am-12:15pm Education Breakouts Mike Eiland 3:30pm Depart for Hai Phong Aspects of the History of Airport Da Nang via van Peter Zinoman 5:50pm Arrive Hai Phong Airport Eastern Religions 101 For charter flight to Danang 12:15-1:30pm Buffet Luncheon 8:30pm Arrive Furama Resort Indochine Restaurant Social Surprise Furama Resort TUesdaY, 21 MARCH 1:30-5:00pm Leisure Activities/Free Time 6:00-7:30am Marble Mountain Exercise 2:00-5:00pm Hoi An Walking/Shopping 6:30am Breakfast on own Tour Departures Indochine Restaurant 5:30pm Depart for boat ride to 7:00-8:00am Yoga on Beach Dinner Meet at Hoi An Waterfront 7:00-9:30am Discovery Photography in Hoi An 6:30-9:00pm Dinner Full Moon Towns Restaurant 7:30-8:30am First Timer Focus Group 8:00–9:45am CEO Information Desk WednesdaY, 22 MARCH 8:30-8:45am Welcoming Remarks 6:00am-2:00pm Off-Sites 6:00-:0am Marble Mountain Exercise Walk :0am-5:0pm Hue with Peter Zinoman 8:45-9:45am Education Plenary 8:00-11:00am Marble Mountain Peter Zinoman 8:00-11:0am Walk and Shop Hoi An Walking History of Indochina Tour 8:00am-12:0pm Cham Ruins at My Son 10:00-11:00am Education Breakouts 8:0am-2:00pm Miss Vy’s Cooking Class Samantha Coomber 10:00am-12noon Cham Museum Hoi An: International Influences Past and Present 6:30-8:00am Breakfast on own Indochine Restaurant 7:30–9:00am CEO Information Desk - - 12noon-1:30pm Buffet Luncheon 11:00am Depart for Danang Airport Indochine Restaurant 1:30pm Flight to Ho Chi Minh City LE U 1:30-4:00pm CEO Information Desk 2:30pm Arrive Ho Chi Minh City ED H 2:00-3:00pm Education Breakouts 3:30-5:00pm Tour Reunification Palace SC Spencer Koerner, MD Telemedicine 4:30-5:00pm Check-in at Sheraton Phuong Le Thi Hoai & Chi Tran Hong with Sandy 5:00-7:00pm CEO Information Desk Nothrop Portraits of Progress: The 5:00pm Free Night Stories of Phuong and Chi 3:15-4:15pm Education Breakouts FRidaY, 24 MARCH Mike Eiland Environment, Science and 6:00am Breakfast on own Technology Issues in Vietnam Saigon Café, Sheraton Saigon Dr. Jane Lindsay Hot Tubs and Hypertension: 7:00am-4:15pm Off-Sites Medical Myths and Muddles :00am-4:15pm Mekong Delta 9:00am-:00pm Cu Chi Tunnels 4:30-5:30pm Education Plenary David Lamb Afternoon Free Time Is Iraq America’s New Vietnam? 4:00-6:00pm Shipping Ship packages home 7:00-10:00pm Social China Beach Party 6:30-9:30pm Closing Social Furama Resort Beach Miss Saigon Dinner Sheraton Rooftop THURsdaY, 23 MARCH SatURdaY, 25 MARCH 6:30-8:00am Breakfast on own Indochine Restaurant 6:00-8:00am Breakfast on own Saigon Café 8:00–9:00am CEO Information Desk 8:00-9:00am CEO Information Desk 9:30–10:30am Education Plenary Samatha Coomber 9:45am Cambodia Post Academy Ho Chi Minh City: The Fall Departs and Rise of Saigon All Day Departures to HCMC Airport - 8 - FACULTY Lady Borton NOTE: In Vietnam, the polite form of address Box 94, International Post is to append “Mr.” or “Ms.” to a person’s first Office name, not his or her family name. Surnames Hanoi, Vietnam precede first names as in the following T : 84.4.82.5229 example: [email protected] Mai Bui Hoai. Bui Hoai is a surname. Mai is a first name. So you would address him as Mr. Mai Lady Borton has been involved with Vietnam for nearly 40 years and is the only American to For the purposes of this booklet, we have written have lived and worked amidst all sides. She is co- the names with first name first and surname last. editor of the bi-lingual series, Frequently Asked fac Questions About Vietnamese Culture, translator of General Giap’s memoirs, and author of the recently U published biography, Ho Chi Minh: A Journey. lt Y Chien Bach Ngoc TOPICS Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ha Noi: Capital of Capitals Chu Van An Ho Chi Minh: How Did He Lead? Hanoi, Vietnam Temple of Literature & Ho Chi Minh Home Tour T : 84.090.2.16 [email protected] Mai Bui Hoai 25/45 Kim Nguu Hanoi, Vietnam Chien Bach Ngoc has devoted his career T : 84.91.59.29 to sharing an “in touch,” progressive and [email protected] internationally-conscious Vietnam with the world. Educated in Melbourne, Australia at Monash University, Bach Ngoc began his career as an Mai Bui Hoai, a graduate of the Hanoi Fine English instructor at Hanoi Open University and Arts College, has exhibited his paintings and later served as a tour operator for the Vietnam photographs in Vietnam, Europe, and the United Veteran Tourism Service. In 1996, he joined States. For the book Two Cakes Fit for a King: Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and has Folktales from Vietnam, which he collaborated on represented Vietnam since then as Press Attaché with Nguyet Cam Nguyen and Dana Sachs, Bui and Press Officer both at home and at the Hoai created a series of original paintings on rice Vietnamese Embassy in the United States. paper, which were inspired by Buddhist pagoda paintings and the traditional folk art of Dong Ho TOPIC: Village in the Red River Delta. As a recipient of a Vietnam’s Next Generation (Panel Discussion) Rockefeller Foundation grant, Bui Hoai recently completed the documentary film, “The Rain on the River,” which explores the ways in which residents of two central Vietnamese villages have learned to survive despite the grief and trauma caused by war.
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