Thanks to a UTS BUiLD travel grant, I'm in Hanoi for 17 days., observing the work of the Bloom Microfinance organisation while observing all that goes on in the bustling Vietnamese capital.
Before coming on the trip I got some background on the country, the people and Hanoi in particular from a couple of great books that I thoroughly recommend. Hanoi Stories was written by Pam Scott, an Australian who lived and worked in Hanoi through the 90s, witnessing the sweeping economic and social transformations of that time firsthand. Vietnam: Rising Dragon was written by former BBC reporter Bill Hayton, and it gives a more journalistic account of the country's economic and political systems.
This blog will be my own account of contemporary Life in Hanoi, with a focus on the work of the bloom Microfinance organisation.
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