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Vietnam - Culture Smart! The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

Vietnam - Culture Smart! The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

by Geoffrey Murray (Author)

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    Paperback 2005

    $10.60
Synopsis

Don't pack anxiety in your suitcase! By reading Culture Smart! Vietnam before you go, will ease your travel, help you to make friends and avoid confusion. Culture Smart! Vietnam will help you to understand local manners, customs and laws. Culture Smart! Vietnam goes the extra mile to help you brush up on your cultural small talk and will make you confident in leaving your comfort zone far behind. Walk hand in hand with a Culture Smart! guide and avoid misunderstandings that could cost you valuable time, money and enjoyment...With Culture Smart! Vietnam you will learn about daily living, historical perspectives, taboos, business etiquette, eating and drinking and much more, allowing you to experience the country like a native. Be responsible, be Culture Smart! Culture Smart! provides rare insights, and practical guidance, into cultures. The values, behaviour and customs of peoples have been formed over centuries which is why the unique information in Culture Smart! guides do not date in the same way as ordinary travel guides. Culture Smart! enables you to step into a world untouched by other guidebooks.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 168
 Edition: Reprinted edition
 Publisher: Kuperard
Published: 27 Oct 2005
ISBN 10: 1857333330
ISBN 13: 9781857333336

Media Reviews
Culture Smart! has come to the rescue of hapless travellers, Sunday Times Travel - ...the perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries, Global Travel - ...full of fascinating, as well as common sense, tips to help you avoid embarrassing faux pas, Observer - ...as useful as they are entertaining, Easy Jet Magazine - ...offer glimpses into the psyche of a faraway world, New York Times.
Author Bio
GEOFFREY MURRAY has worked in Asia for more than forty years as a journalist, author, and teacher, including long stays in China, India, Japan, and Singapore. So far, he has published fifteen books on a wide range of business and socioeconomic issues, mostly about China, but also including Vietnam: Dawn of a New Market and Simple Guide to the Customs and Etiquette of Vietnam, both in 1997. He has closely followed developments in Vietnam ever since he served as a news agency war correspondent with the Australian army in the mid-1960s, winning the Australian government s Vietnam Logistic and Support Medal. He is officially listed as a Vietnam War veteran by the Australian government.