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Award of Recognition from Hanoi U of Ed

Monday, June 27th, 2011

The Hanoi University of Education (Dai Hoc Su Pham Ha Noi) presented Glocal Ventures, Inc. with an award recognizing its “many contributions to the process of creating and developing the Department of Special Education in the years 2001-2011.”

Hemingway’s Vietnam Diary

Thursday, May 27th, 2010
DOLISA meeting

Ernest H. never covered Vietnam, but another Hemingway did. Intrepid GVI volunteer and Elderly Care specialist Mark Hemingway gets close to the action and lives to write about his 3rd visit to Vietnam…

A Beautiful Song Brings Tears

Monday, May 17th, 2010
Penny reads an English story to children at SS3 Orphanage

- by Dinh Thi Lan Huong “Fun Day” is a new project that GVI has recently initiated at SS3 Orphanage to teach children basic English and to build closer bonds with the kids through English games and songs, and by celebrating birthdays and having fun with them. It is repeated every 2 months. We had [...]

Nothing Lost in Translation

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
Trang (middle row, 2nd from Left) relaxes with friends from Forefront at the Lao Cai-China border.

This is an essay written by one of our interpreters, Tran Thi Trang, to apply for a regional student conference, and it shows that our friends in Vietnam understand and appreciate what we do. Trang is a fourth-year university student and is an excellent interpreter.