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		<title>Top Markets of Saigon: Parkson Hung Vuong</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2010 16:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phong Quan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today on our tour of Saigon markets, we venture out into District 5. Frenzied, bustling District 5 has historically been the Chinatown of Saigon and full of wonderfully exotic and incredible traditional markets. We&#8217;ve covered some of them, such as An Dong 1, previously, and will cover even more in the weeks to come. Today, however, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Markets of Saigon: Parkson Saigon Tourist Plaza</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phong Quan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today on our tour of Saigon markets we finally make it to that glittering paragon of Western modernity in Saigon: the Parkson department store. While Diamond Plaza may have been the first real department store, Malaysia-owned Parskon is what people think of when you say mall or department store in Saigon. Located on Le Thanh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Markets of Vietnam: Diamond Plaza</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phong Quan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, on our tour of Saigon markets we move from the traditional to the modern and take a look at the city&#8217;s first Western-style shopping center: Diamond Plaza. Built by Korean contractors and opened in 1999, Diamond Plaza is a massive, department-store style shopping center. Located in the heart of District 1 right by Notre [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Markets of Vietnam: An Dong 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phong Quan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today on our tour of the top markets of Vietnam, we finally venture a little further outside of the District 1 bubble of Saigon to An Dong market. Located in District 5 (basically the Chinatown of Saigon), An Dong is a shopper&#8217;s paradise. The first thing you need to learn before venturing out to An [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Markets of Vietnam: Saigon Square</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phong Quan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we continue our tour of Vietnamese markets with Saigon Square. The mecca of fashion boutiques and designer knock-offs, Saigon Square is a located in District 1 between Ben Thanh market and the Saigon Opera House. It used to be located near the embassy on Le Duan street, and many websites and tourist maps still list its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Markets of Vietnam: Ben Thanh Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phong Quan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, we begin a series on the top markets of Vietnam for those of you planning a trip to the country this summer. We start with the economic capital of the country and the place many of you are most likely to visit: Saigon. So what&#8217;s one of the first things almost every tourist in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State of Intellectual Property and Copyright in Vietnam</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 16:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phong Quan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hard to tell sometimes, but Vietnam has come a long way in protecting intellectual property. To join the World Trade Organization, Vietnam was required to meet international standards of IP protection. It passed the new IP Law in 2006 and adopted the Berne Convention on copyrights, for example. The result is that today Vietnam has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting that Job in Vietnam</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phong Quan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, one of our writers wrote about what to do after getting a job in Vietnam. This week, I&#8217;m going to work backwards a little and talk about what it takes to get a job in Vietnam. Now that&#8217;s of course a very broad topic and successful strategies for getting a job in Vietnam [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Graduate Schools: Getting into Law School Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 23:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phong Quan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After my first article on getting into law school I received some requests from readers to talk more about diversity (yes you can contact me about my articles!) in law school. I&#8217;m glad to talk about it, but before I go on let me give one disclaimer: unfortunately, GPA and your LSAT score are hands-down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Graduate Schools: Getting into Law School</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phong Quan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doctor, lawyer, engineer&#8211;the three dream jobs every Vietnamese parent has for their children. Today, I’m going to talk about lawyers, and specifically the long path towards law school that begins right about now for many students across the nation. The great thing about law school is that it doesn’t require any specialized undergraduate degree. Sure, there’s a ton [...]]]></description>
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