It's a living : work and life in Vietnam today / edited by Gerard Sasges ; images by Mai Huyen Chi ; with a foreword by Andrew X. Pham.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sasges, Gerard, editor.

Mai Huyen Chi, illustrator.

Pham, Andrew X., writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnam--Social conditions--1976-.

Vietnam.

Vietnam--Economic conditions--1976-.

Vietnam--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 PDF (xxiii, 313 pages) :) color illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : NUS Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Through 67 interviews and 59 colour photographs, 'It's a Living' reveals the energy and struggle of the world of work in Vietnam today. A goldfish peddler installing aquariums, a business school graduate selling shoes on the sidewalk, a college student running an extensive multi-level sales network, and a girl doing promotions but intent on moving into management, are just a few of the people profiled. Based on frank and freewheeling interviews conducted by students, the book engages a broad range of Vietnamese, both living in Vietnam and abroad, on their feelings about work, life and getting ahead. By providing a ground-level view of the texture of daily working life in the midst of rapid and unsettling change, the book reveals Vietnam today as a place where ordinary people are leveraging whatever assets they have, not just to survive, but to make a better life for themselves, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Contents:

Growing

Feeding

Building

Moving

Making

Selling

Managing

Investing

Protecting

Repairing & recycling

Cleaning

Grooming

Playing

Teaching & learning

Caring.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9971-69-761-0

OCLC:

865246055