The two charts below were published by Harvard's Michael Porter, arguably the top mind in business and economics, in a presentation on Vietnam's Competitiveness in December 2008: The graph labeled Labor Force Utilization shows that Vietnam is amongst 1st world countries in labor participation. 55% of the working age population in Vietnam is apart of its labor force. This is … [Read more...] about Vietnam: Hard Workers but Low Producers, not quite a Tiger Yet
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Twitter Used to Raise Money for Schools in Vietnam
Tim Ferriss, a NY Times best selling author, is using Twitter to raise money for public schools in the U.S. and Vietnam. Follow Tim on Twitter (http://twitter.com/tferriss) and he and an benefactor will donate $3 to DonorsChoose.org. This concept has been used before and has raised $250,000 to fund literacy throughout the world. For more information about Tim Ferriss and his … [Read more...] about Twitter Used to Raise Money for Schools in Vietnam