Vietnam
By Jin Jang
Self introduction
Trương Huỳnh Hiển (Jin)
10/22/2002
Journalism and Mass
Communication
Hobby: photography, music
Languages: Vietnamese,
English, Chinese, and French
Geography
• Located in SouthEast Asia
• 311 699 km2
• Population: 98.4
million people
Social Republic of
Vietnam
Shares land borders with China to
the North, Laos and Cambodia to the
West; shares maritime borders with
Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia
Capital city: Hanoi, largest city:
Ho Chi Minh City
Festival
Can you name some festivals in Taiwan?
1. Lunar New Year
(Tết Nguyên Đán)
•
The biggest festival
•
Based on the lunar
calendar
•
An occasion of family
reunions
•
Symbols: red color,
flower, bánh chưng, bánh
giầy
2. Mid-autumn festival
(Tết Trung thu)
• Has another name: Tết thiếu nhi (The
Children’s festival)
• Is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month
of the Lunar calendar
• Food: mooncake
• Activities: lantern parade, dragon dance, lion
dance
Cuisine
Have you ever heard
of any Vietnamese
food before?
More
than just
“phở”
Street food?
There’s
A LOT
Bánh mì
Some suggestions
武鼎越豐
110台北市信義區永吉路30巷167弄2號
Costume
Traditional vs modern
Áo dài
• Áo translates
as shirt
• Dài means
long
Áo dài
• The national costume of
Vietnam
• Has a long history of
2000 years
• Is modernized during the
French colonization
• Worn by both genders,
but most commonly by
women
• People wear áo dài on
formal occasions
Then
And now?
What do Vietnamese
students wear in school?
High school uniform
When culture is reflected in daily life
Travel destination?
Throughout the country
• Vietnam has 63 provinces
(including 5 municipalities 自治市；
市政府)
• Vietnam is a country with 54
ethnic groups (Kinh people is the
largest one)
• With a coastline of 3260 km
• A tropical country
Basic information
Hội An 會安市
• A city in Quang Nam province
• A well-preserved example of a
Southeast Asian trading port (15th –
19th century)
• A combination of Vietnamese,
Chinese and Japanese architecture
• UNESCO World Heritage since 1999
Welcome to Vietnam!!!
1. North:
Hanoi 河內市
Ha Long Bay 下龍灣
2. Central:
Ninh Binh 寧平省
Hoi An 會安市
Hue 順化市
3. South:
Da Nang 峴港市
Ho Chi Minh 胡志明市
Nha Trang 芽莊市
Phu Quoc 富國島
Alphabet