businessman in the making

We spoke to many businessmen throughout our stay in Vietnam. Most of them said that they went to Vietnam because they found that it had lots of potential to grow and thus they went there to maximize their business opportunities.

They said that for anyone to be successful in a foreign land, we must be sincere about helping the country develop through the business we are doing. Only then can we be successful rather than just wanting to earn the country’s money and escape when times get tough.

Another emphasis is on being daring enough to strike out and go to other countries for work when the chance arises. This is interesting as working in a foreign land brings a lot of difficulties so it wouldn’t be very appealing to me unless the rewards are high.

However they agreed that Vietnam would not be the top destination when our time comes as it would become too developed and not experience such exponential growth. It would not be that interesting for us to work here anymore. Instead, they recommended that we go to other SEA countries such as Laos and Myanmar where they are less developed and thus can experience the growth that Vietnam has currently.

I will keep in mind their words of wisdom.

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