Living and Working in Vietnam

Why Living and Working in Vietnam?  Vietnam has one of the oldest and richest cultures in South East Asia.  Since moving from a centrally planned economy Vietnam has made vast improvements in its market by expanding businesses and reducing poverty.  A complex culture with a unique way of life, understanding Vietnamese business culture and etiquette is imperative for anyone looking to live and work in Vietnam.

An international assignment in Vietnam can be a challenging and stressful experience and a failure to adapt to a new set of cultural rules and behaviours can cause frustration and misunderstanding.  Communicaid’s Living & Working in Vietnam courses are designed to respond to the needs of international assignees by providing practical information and advice on the various aspects of living and working in Vietnam, as well as conveying an understanding of the underlying elements that shape Vietnamese culture inside and outside the workplace.

Benefits

A Communicaid Living and Working in Vietnam course will provide you with:

• A comprehensive insight to Vietnam and its historical, social and economic development
• An understanding of  Vietnamese culture or ‘way of doing things’
• Key communication tools and skills to understand—and respond to— business and social subtleties and nuances of Vietnamese culture while living and working in the Vietnam
• An awareness of culture and country “shock”—and ways of surviving it
• Essential practical information to improve  your experience of living and working in Vietnam

Who should attend
           
A Communicaid Living and Working in Vietnam programme will be of benefit to you if you:

• Are about to relocate or have just relocated to Vietnam for business purposes
• Work on short-term assignments or projects  in Vietnam and spend periods of time in Vietnam

Course Content

All our Living and Working in Vietnam training courses are designed to meet the specific needs of our clients depending on their personal/organisational requirements and existing skills set.   A Living and Working in Vietnam course typically includes:

• An overview of Vietnamese culture including Confucianism, collectivism and harmony
• Vietnamese people and Vietnamese society
• Practical information on living and working  in Vietnam
• Social and business etiquette
• Working with the Vietnamese: building relationships
• Attitudes and values in Vietnamese business culture
• Management and negotiation styles in Vietnam
• Effective business communication
• Tips and strategies for successful living and working in Vietnam
• Working practices and business etiquette in Vietnam

Approach

Living and Working in Vietnam courses are available seven days a week, 365 days a year, either at one of our training centres in London, Paris, Frankfurt and New York or at your offices in any location worldwide.  We usually recommend a one or two day course but can also offer a more flexible format to suit your schedule.

Suitably tailored materials will be used throughout your course and your trainer will provide a balance of structured input and discussion of case studies and scenarios relevant to your own particular context.

The most appropriate training format, content and approach for your Living and Working in Vietnam course will be discussed during your diagnostic consultancy (please click here to read more about our approach).

Living and Working in Vietnam Course Trainer

Your trainer will be assigned to you following the results of your diagnostic consultancy according to your objectives and areas of focus.  Detailed below is a sample profile of a member of our Vietnamese cultural training team.

SW

SW is a Senior Research Fellow at London Metropolitan University. She wrote her PhD on culture shock at the University of Warwick, which was partly inspired by her experience of social and cultural dislocation in her native East Germany following the collapse of communism.

SW has experience of project management in the Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, Vietnam and Indonesia. She was the research manager of a European Commission-funded AUNP project, which involves partners in Vietnam, Laos and Indonesia.

Previously she was the project manager on the European Commission’s Asia-Urbs project between the London Borough of Hackney and the People’s Committee of Hai Duong in northern Vietnam.

For the last four years she has been working in close partnerships with Vietnamese businesses and local authorities. Her research interests focus on cultural differences and their consequences in different business settings.