VIETNAM

TRADITIONAL CLOTHES

TRADITIONAL CLOTHES

• Rice/Reed/Dried grass hat
• Formal women's gown
• Formal men's robe

Rice/Reed/Dried grass hat

This is a hat that is worn in Vietnam and Thailand mainly, it is very lightweight, being made of straw or woven dried grass. It is wide-brimmed, keeping the sun off of the wearer's head AND shoulders. Being lightweight, it is mostly worn when picking in the rice fields and working, it will not strain your neck after hours of work.
The hat is very iconic thought out the world, the Auslan sign for Vietnam is even doing an outline of the hat above your head. The hat isn't necessarily a form of traditional clothing, but is worn throughout Vietnam.

Women's Dress

The traditional clothing for a woman in Vietnam is again, formal, colourful, and vibrant, but is also intricate, often having coloured lace or patterned material over a long white gown. It is sometimes paired with a hat, much like a bonnet, often matching the material or lace over the gown.

Men's Robe

The traditional clothing for a man in Vietnam is formal, colourful and vibrant. It is a long piece of material, often worn with a hat and pants underneath.

However, 'traditional' clothes in Australia are different in many ways. There is a cork hat that has small corks hanging from a wide brimmed hat that isn't worn much nowadays, but was originally designed to keep flies away from the person's face. As you walk, the corks would swing from the wide brimmed hat, which prevented flies to settle.

RELIGION

Religions in Vietnam

Buddhism = 54%
Non-Religious = 22%
Chinese = 15.3% (.3 is unable to be shown on pie graph)
Christian = 8%
Muslim = 0.7% (.7 is unable to be shown on pie graph)

This is an image found on http://3.bp.blogspot.com, representing religion distribution in Australia.

Most people in Australia follow Christian or catholic beliefs, as those were the religions of the Europeans when they came to Australia in 1789. Some people follow Islam or Muslim beliefs that probably came with refugees. Some people still follow Aboriginal beliefs, the traditional custodians of Australia. Many people are atheist, not believing in a God or following a religion.

EDUCATION

STAGES IN VIETNAM EDUCATION

• Pre-Primary
• Primary
• Intermediate
• Secondary
• Higher Education

Throughout these stages, children undergo 12 years of education.

Unfortunately, most Vietnamese schools focus more on discipline, and very occasionally have group discussions and share opinions, almost all work is individual.

Like Vietnam, Australian children spend 12 years in school on average, depending on whether they repeat or skip years. Most children attend a pre-school or daycare before they advance to kindergarten, the first year of Primary School. Primary School goes until the end of grade six, then High School begins. High School goes until the end of grade 10, and grades 11 and 12 are called college, but at most High Schools you can attend college after finishing grade 10. All students in grades 3, 5, 7, and 9 take an annual country wide test called NAPLAN, which stands for National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy. The tests take place on usually 3 days, with many tests such as punctuation, grammar, spelling, and numeracy.

FOOD

Lots of food in Vietnam is spicy and hot, as the vegetables grown there are often used in cooking. People grow a lot of their own food, as it's often cheaper than buying from markets.

In Vietnam, markets are everywhere. Everything from fish to fruit is sold, being an easy place to find anything you need. The market stall owners often form a bond with their customers, as some people will get all their food from one market stall.

HERE ARE SOME FOODS THAT ARE OFTEN SERVED IN VIETNAM

• Rice Paper Rolls
• Cold Soups
• Noodles
• Spring Rolls
• Stir Fries

Almost all foods in Vietnam are served with rice or noodles, as they are cheap, and plain, perfect to accompany any meal.

Many cooking shows and TV programs feature the host going to a different country, this has been done with Vietnam. Shows like Luke Nguyen's Vietnam, and Food Safari have visited the Vietnam regions. The link below is a section of one of Luke Nguyen's episodes, teaching you how to make Stir Fried Pork Neck with Pineapple, using local ingredients.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hEy8jLegmo4

Foods that are thought of as Australian food are meat pies, sausages, vegemite spread, and pavlova. In Australia markets are typically held on Sundays. Many markets and market stalls are devoted to a particular theme. Some markets are for crafts, some for jewellery, but many are food markets. These markets give farmers a chance to sell produce that they don't give to commercial companies such as Woolworths, Coles and ALDI. Most produce at markets are fresh as the markets are held weekly.

HOUSING

THERE ARE 3 TYPES OF HOUSING

• City housing, which is in skyscapers and motels, apartments.
• Country housing, which is self built and constucted
• Suburban, which is usually on city outskirts, and the construction is average.

City housing is often modern in Vietnam and often expensive too.

Suburban housing is smaller than city housing, and older too. The houses are more like small apartments stacked on top of each other.

Country housing is built by someone in the community, with straw or sticks for the roofing, and the frame and main part of the house is made out of wood, and interiors are often made using local materials.

In Australia, modern housing is now very popular flat roofs, right angles, square shapes and neutral colours are popular. It is becoming more easy to tell when houses were built, as newer houses are more modern, while older houses are made of visible brick.

In 1978 -1979 a company called "Mr Fluffy" installed insulation into homes in a cheap, easy and quick way. They would blow fibres around in the roof of the home, spreading it across the inside of the ceiling. Later, people discovered that the fibres were asbestos, which meant people with homes with the insulation installed by the company could be prone to suffering lung cancer later in life due to breathing in the fibres. Lately, the Australian government have been doing their best after a failed clean-up act, discovering that some homes still had asbestos in the walls.

POPULATION

Vietnam has a population of roughly 88.78 million, as recorded in 2012. It's the 13th largest population in the world.

As of 2012 the population of Australia is 22.68 million, growing rapidly everyday.

GOVERNMENT

The Prime Minister of Vietnam is Nguyễn Tấn Dũng.

The Prime Minister of Australia is currently Tony Abbott.

LANGUAGE

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WILDLIFE

Some of the animals found in Vietnam that are native to the country are various monkeys, elephants, deer, turtles and lizards. Many animals are introduced to Vietnam through zoos.

Australia's native animals include many snakes, dingos, Tasmanian devils, kookaburras, koalas, kangaroos, bilbies, and quolls. Quokkas are native to Australia only, and only live on Rottnest Island. 'Rottnest' means rat's nest, because when people first saw the quokkas they thought they were large rats.

LOCATION

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Vietnam's capital city is Hanoi, and Australia's is Canberra.

FLAG

Vietnam's flag is a yellow five-pointed star on a red background.

Australia's flag is set on a deep blue background. On the flag the southern cross is on the right hand side. The Union Jack is in the top left hand corner, representing our commitment to the commonwealth. Another seven pointed star is underneath the Union Jack.

CLIMATE

Vietnam is approximately on average 3 metres above sea level, at some points as low as 1. This is what makes the area so prone to flooding. The Vietnam regions have different season changes, the north of Vietnam has distinct season changes and a total of 4 seasons - Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter - while the south is much hotter, and only has a dry season and a wet season.

The highest point on the Australian mainland is Mount Kosciuszko, in New South Wales, at 2228 metres above sea level. The lowest point is the dry bed of Lake Eyre, in South Australia, which is 15 metres below sea level. Because Australia is such a large country, the northern regions experience only a dry season and a wet season. The southern regions experience 4 seasons - Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter - which go for a total of 3 months each.

THANKYOU FOR WATCHING!

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