I had my first article published in print this month, in ‘The Word’, a popular Vietnamese English language magazine.
Follow this link for a PDF copy of the magazine:
http://wordhcmc.com/images/printmag/Word_Vietnam_August2013.pdf
My article is called ‘Salary Gap’and is listed on the contents page, under national.
Very exciting!
Note:
Exchange rate as follows –
33,000 Vietnamese Dong to 1 British pound
21,000 Vietnamese Dong to 1 American dollar
An Overdue Adventure 
Hi! I stumbled upon your blog while searching for fellow Hanoi bloggers and wanted to say hello. Congrats on the published article, you are a great writer! I look forward to seeing more!
Hi Ruth! So nice to hear from a fellow Hanoi blogger! I will definitely be keeping up to date with your posts. Thank you for the lovely comment. Hope you are enjoying living in Hanoi and managing to stay safe from the storm!
Siobhan
Great article 🙂 Enjoyed reading that. It’s a touchy subject with teachers here too – I’ve got friends that were told to keep their salaries quite because it’s much higher than the locals. Think the key point you brought up is all about the image, parents love to see the native even though a vietnamese (or other nationality) teacher might well have a much srtronger grasp of things like grammar rules etc etc
Thanks for the comment Will. Yes, it’s a bit of a touchy subject. You wouldn’t get away with the blatant request for a certain colour of skin in most countries! But here, it is normal… I completely understand that native speakers are often more adept at speaking English than Vietnamese teachers but I don’t know if it justifies the huge difference in salary? It’s an interesting topic and I wonder if it will change as time goes on…
Siobhan
Congrats on the published article! Very cool, and a great read.
Thank you!
I was very excited to see my name in print. Such a great feeling.
Siobhan x
Congrats!! Am sure this is the beginning of much more to come!
Thank you! I certainly hope so, fingers crossed – so exciting!
Siobhan x
Congratulations, I hope it is the first of many for you!
Thank you very much!
I hope so too!
Siobhan