It's a Living: Work and Life in Vietnam Today

Through 67 interviews and 59 photographs, It's a Living reveals the energy and struggle of the world of work in Vietnam today. A goldfish peddler installing aquariums, a business school graduate selling shoes on the sidewalk, a college student running an extensive multi-level sales network, and a promotion girl intent on moving into management are just a few of the people profiled.

Based on frank and freewheeling interviews conducted by students, the book engages a broad range of Vietnamese, both living in Vietnam and abroad, on their feelings about work, life and getting ahead. By providing a ground-level view of the texture of daily working life in the midst of rapid and unsettling change, the book reveals Vietnam today as a place where ordinary people are leveraging whatever assets they have, not just to survive, but to make a better life for themselves.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: NUS Press
Published: 07/01/2013
ISBN: 9789971696986
Pages: 350
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d

Review Citations: Choice 03/01/2014