The Vietnam Weekly Podcast

Dec 08 2024 41 ep. 34 mins 20
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Every week, Ho Chi Minh City-based journalist Mike Tatarski sits down with a guest doing unique, important work in - or about - Vietnam to get a panoramic view of this dynamic, increasingly important country.

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Community Development, Forest Preservation, and Vietnamese Gin

Dec 08 2024 31 mins  
Today’s guest is Daniel Nguyen, the founder of Sông Cái Distillery.We discussed his background in community development in the United States and rural Vietnam; Sông Cái’s mission as a case study for adding value to agriculture unique to Vietnam; the relationship between ethnobotany, land value, and forest preservation; creating value for smallholder farmers through grains a

Rice's Role in Vietnam's Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Dec 01 2024 29 mins  
Today’s guest is Katie Nelson, a climate change researcher at the International Rice Research Institute - or IRRI - in Hanoi.We discussed the role of agriculture - and particularly rice farming - in Vietnam’s greenhouse gas emissions, the importance of reducing methane emissions to reach international climate change goals, efforts to mitigate methane production in the country�

China's Influence on Fashion-Making in Southeast Asia

Nov 03 2024 34 mins  
Today’s guest is Wessie Ling, a Professor of Transcultural Arts and Design at London Metropolitan University and Director of The Centre for Creative Arts, Cultures and Engagement, or CREATURE.We discussed China’s influence on fashion-making in Southeast Asia, from the fabric supply chain through design and sales; how fashion designers in the region feel about this influence and

Vietnam's Climate Tech Ecosystem

Oct 06 2024 24 mins  
Today’s guest is Jason Lusk, Managing Partner at Clickable Impact and co-author of the recently released Vietnam Climate Tech Funding Ecosystem Report 2024.We discussed why Clickable Impact and New Energy Nexus created this first-of-its-kind report, what ‘climate tech’ means in the Vietnam context and why funding for it has lagged behind the country’s other tech sectors, ar

What's Going on in the East Sea?

Sep 29 2024 34 mins  
Today’s guest is Greg Poling, director of the Southeast Asia Program and the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington D.C. He’s also the author of the 2022 book ‘On Dangerous Ground: America's Century in the South China Sea.’We discussed the current situation in the East Sea, which tensions between China and t

Making Vietnamese History Accessible

Sep 22 2024 50 mins  
Today’s guests are Yen Vu, Assistant Professor and Major Coordinator in Literature at Fulbright University Vietnam, and Kevin Pham, Assistant Professor of Political Theory at the University of Amsterdam. Yen and Kevin also host the excellent Nam Phong Dialogues, “a podcast with the purpose of making history (especially about Vietnam) accessible.”We discussed the creation of N

Building Vietnam's Sustainability Community

Sep 15 2024 37 mins  
Today’s guest is Kelly Vo, Founder & CEO of Dear Our Community and co-founder of Map Me - both of which you’ll hear about in this episode. I’ve known Kelly for a while and she’s a vital part of the sustainability community here in Vietnam - it took a while to schedule this discussion, a testament to how busy Kelly is with her various endeavors, but I’m very glad it happen

Special Episode: Responding to Typhoon Yagi

Sep 13 2024 24 mins  
Today’s guest is Skye Maconachie, co-CEO of Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation. I sat down with Skye at Blue Dragon’s busy office in Hanoi to discuss the organization’s ongoing response to Typhoon Yagi, which killed at least 262 people; the needs of flood-hit communities in the capital; the difficult situation in mountainous areas ravaged by deadly landslides; the importance

Working to Save Vietnam's Wildlife

Sep 08 2024 31 mins  
Today’s guest is Trường Trần, Captive Manager of the Cúc Phương Carnivore and Pangolin Conservation Program for Save Vietnam’s Wildlife, or SVW. He’s been with SVW since 2017 and is deeply involved in their conservation work, particularly their pangolin and Owston’s civet captive breeding programs.We discussed these breeding programs, SVW’s anti-poaching work, res

Washington State Senator Joe Nguyễn

Aug 18 2024 25 mins  
Today’s guest is Washington State Senator Joe Nguyễn, whose district covers West Seattle and neighboring areas. Senator Nguyễn is Chair of the state senate’s Environment, Energy & Technology Committee, and one of the few Vietnamese-Americans in a state-level elected office. We discussed the state trade mission to Vietnam he joined in April and his takeaways on renewable ene