1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:21,606 --> 00:00:24,606 [insects chirping] 4 00:00:27,634 --> 00:00:30,384 [ducks flapping] 5 00:00:37,329 --> 00:00:39,165 [wind whistling] 6 00:00:42,694 --> 00:00:44,834 [slow music begins] 7 00:00:55,097 --> 00:00:57,430 [helicopter whirring] 8 00:00:58,641 --> 00:00:59,963 [bomb explodes] 9 00:01:00,380 --> 00:01:01,603 - [Shareef] These fields 10 00:01:02,398 --> 00:01:06,007 have witnessed the horrors of humanity. 11 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:09,273 Ravaged by millennia of conflicts, 12 00:01:09,798 --> 00:01:10,822 [bomb explodes] 13 00:01:10,926 --> 00:01:17,058 Vietnam seemed perpetually consumed by war and instability. 14 00:01:18,570 --> 00:01:21,369 But remarkably, in the span of one generation 15 00:01:21,454 --> 00:01:23,303 since its reunification, 16 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:27,469 Vietnam has managed to overcome its existential struggles 17 00:01:27,605 --> 00:01:30,248 to rejoin the world stage. 18 00:01:32,104 --> 00:01:34,675 Known for magnificent landscapes, 19 00:01:35,444 --> 00:01:38,295 including the mystic waters of Ha Long Bay, 20 00:01:40,090 --> 00:01:42,208 limestone mountains of Ninh Binh, 21 00:01:43,733 --> 00:01:45,777 and rugged terrains of Ha Giang, 22 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:50,582 Vietnam now boasts dynamic cities 23 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:53,831 that rival metropolises around the world. 24 00:01:58,750 --> 00:02:02,737 Driving this resurgence, we find the Vietnamese people, 25 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:08,011 seventy percent of whom are under 35 years old. 26 00:02:09,495 --> 00:02:12,874 Thanks to the entrepreneurial spirit of a new generation, 27 00:02:14,345 --> 00:02:18,045 Vietnam now ranks amongst the fastest growing economies 28 00:02:18,130 --> 00:02:19,293 in the world. 29 00:02:27,270 --> 00:02:28,707 My name is Shareef. 30 00:02:28,918 --> 00:02:31,678 I'm an avid traveler on a quest to showcase 31 00:02:31,860 --> 00:02:34,563 positive developments in emerging countries. 32 00:02:35,305 --> 00:02:39,419 I'm fascinated by Vietnam's evolution over the past decade, 33 00:02:40,005 --> 00:02:42,883 and I'm eager to find out what's behind the energy 34 00:02:43,007 --> 00:02:45,070 and excitement of the Vietnamese people. 35 00:02:46,281 --> 00:02:47,956 I set out to explore the country, 36 00:02:48,872 --> 00:02:52,277 meeting people from exotic neighborhoods in sprawling cities 37 00:02:52,690 --> 00:02:55,598 to the most remote rice paddies and tea fields. 38 00:02:59,100 --> 00:03:01,079 Join me on this journey 39 00:03:02,043 --> 00:03:05,214 as we fast forward to modern day Vietnam 40 00:03:05,487 --> 00:03:08,091 to learn more and get inspired 41 00:03:08,190 --> 00:03:12,017 by remarkable people from all walks of life. 42 00:03:26,405 --> 00:03:28,247 [horn honks] 43 00:03:29,615 --> 00:03:32,475 - [Thu] So I'm Vietnamese American. I was born in Vietnam, 44 00:03:32,585 --> 00:03:34,096 and when I was ten years old, 45 00:03:34,336 --> 00:03:35,998 my whole family moved to the US. 46 00:03:36,759 --> 00:03:38,165 And so growing up in the US, 47 00:03:38,250 --> 00:03:41,050 I actually didn't know much about Vietnam at all. 48 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,665 And it wasn't until after I ran into the story of Ho Chi Minh. 49 00:03:46,363 --> 00:03:48,139 - [Shareef] It's the break of dawn, 50 00:03:48,878 --> 00:03:51,634 but I'm already dodging heavy scooter traffic 51 00:03:51,719 --> 00:03:54,878 as I meet Thu Nguyen, a thriving entrepreneur 52 00:03:54,963 --> 00:03:57,592 who takes me on a jog around Ho Chi Minh City. 53 00:03:58,269 --> 00:04:00,660 It's the most populous city in Vietnam 54 00:04:00,745 --> 00:04:02,889 with over nine million people, 55 00:04:03,330 --> 00:04:05,810 that's the size of London or New York City. 56 00:04:06,701 --> 00:04:08,311 Previously known as Saigon, 57 00:04:08,618 --> 00:04:12,848 in 1975 it was renamed in honor of Ho Chi Minh, 58 00:04:13,171 --> 00:04:17,901 leader of Vietnam's revolutionary movement for independence. 59 00:04:18,830 --> 00:04:20,900 - [Thu] When he was 22, he left Vietnam. 60 00:04:21,171 --> 00:04:24,353 And, you know, he worked as a cook on a boat 61 00:04:24,438 --> 00:04:26,598 to go to Europe because he wanted to know 62 00:04:26,683 --> 00:04:31,060 what the hell these Westerners were talking about 63 00:04:31,145 --> 00:04:32,997 in terms of freedom and independence. 64 00:04:33,614 --> 00:04:36,466 And then eventually after 30 years he came back to Vietnam 65 00:04:36,805 --> 00:04:39,174 and fought for Vietnamese independence. 66 00:04:40,366 --> 00:04:42,581 So, when I read about that story, 67 00:04:42,666 --> 00:04:45,961 then I became more inspired to learn more about Vietnam 68 00:04:46,046 --> 00:04:47,502 and to ask the question: 69 00:04:48,700 --> 00:04:51,086 "How can I contribute to Vietnam?" 70 00:04:51,730 --> 00:04:56,117 That was when I started learning about Vietnam, 71 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:59,095 about Vietnamese people, how beautiful the country is, 72 00:04:59,180 --> 00:05:01,607 and how amazing and honest and kind 73 00:05:01,768 --> 00:05:04,523 and hospitable the people are outside of the big city. 74 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:06,955 In Vietnam, I think the statistic 75 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:10,435 is that about 50% of Vietnamese households 76 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:11,945 have small businesses. 77 00:05:12,030 --> 00:05:13,747 And that is how they survive, 78 00:05:13,859 --> 00:05:15,534 that's how they make their money. 79 00:05:15,700 --> 00:05:17,393 If you look back in history, 80 00:05:17,478 --> 00:05:19,872 Vietnamese have always been struggling 81 00:05:20,252 --> 00:05:22,315 and fighting for our independence, right? 82 00:05:22,539 --> 00:05:25,768 So that's naturally in the desire of Vietnamese people, 83 00:05:25,874 --> 00:05:28,544 I feel always. It's that we want to be independent. 84 00:05:28,629 --> 00:05:31,445 So that, being an entrepreneur you get to control, 85 00:05:31,768 --> 00:05:33,523 you get to be in the driver's seat, 86 00:05:33,706 --> 00:05:36,360 you get to do things on your own terms. 87 00:05:37,407 --> 00:05:40,639 I think that those who want to start a business, 88 00:05:40,724 --> 00:05:44,243 first of all, they want to do the things they like 89 00:05:45,184 --> 00:05:47,056 to satisfy their passion. 90 00:05:47,825 --> 00:05:53,651 They want to create their own career on their own feet. 91 00:05:55,081 --> 00:05:56,969 - Looking for some Vietnamese Zen, 92 00:05:57,135 --> 00:05:59,087 I visit a specialty tea house in Hanoi, 93 00:05:59,739 --> 00:06:02,516 founded by Tea Master Champion Hung Nguyen 94 00:06:02,907 --> 00:06:04,543 and his wife Hai Yen. 95 00:06:06,485 --> 00:06:10,274 - [Hung] Our tea path was very interesting 96 00:06:10,795 --> 00:06:12,618 There have been many failures 97 00:06:12,872 --> 00:06:14,995 but we got a thing. 98 00:06:15,476 --> 00:06:19,735 In the meantime we had a stronger urge, 99 00:06:19,820 --> 00:06:24,534 a desire to achieve what my mind envisioned. 100 00:06:25,544 --> 00:06:27,048 - We thought it's just in time 101 00:06:27,133 --> 00:06:30,813 because we also do believe in the magical things in life, 102 00:06:30,898 --> 00:06:32,567 it sounds a little bit invisible. 103 00:06:33,087 --> 00:06:37,239 Like for example, the laws of attraction, 104 00:06:37,324 --> 00:06:40,476 like listening to the signs from the universe. 105 00:06:40,891 --> 00:06:42,252 [cymbals clang] 106 00:06:43,052 --> 00:06:44,477 - [Hung] Hello everybody, 107 00:06:44,688 --> 00:06:49,473 I will conduct a sharing session about the beauty of Vietnamese tea for you. 108 00:06:50,358 --> 00:06:53,140 And before starting the tea ceremony today, 109 00:06:53,269 --> 00:06:57,878 I will do a small treatment to balance your body and mind. 110 00:07:02,551 --> 00:07:05,634 [plays singing bowl] 111 00:07:31,732 --> 00:07:33,447 [insects chirping] 112 00:07:34,587 --> 00:07:35,865 [water splashing] 113 00:07:41,588 --> 00:07:44,545 - [Lien] In the morning, around 4:30, 114 00:07:45,111 --> 00:07:47,850 I wake up, drink a cup of boiled water, 115 00:07:47,968 --> 00:07:50,110 and exercise. [dogs barking] 116 00:07:50,194 --> 00:07:52,173 After that I lit up the fire. 117 00:07:52,382 --> 00:07:57,570 Cook for the pigs, the dogs, the chickens, and for me. 118 00:07:57,655 --> 00:07:58,660 [chicken clucking] 119 00:07:58,745 --> 00:08:01,848 That's the morning. Then I start gardening. 120 00:08:02,100 --> 00:08:08,379 Gardening, taking care of trees, working on the field. 121 00:08:09,715 --> 00:08:15,257 These tea plants... have been here for hundreds of years. 122 00:08:16,097 --> 00:08:19,972 But since I'm here, I always drink from this fresh tea. 123 00:08:20,558 --> 00:08:23,541 - Do you remember since when, what year was it? 124 00:08:25,395 --> 00:08:30,895 - I think... since I was a child, I have seen this tea plant. 125 00:08:31,316 --> 00:08:32,857 But this garden... 126 00:08:33,325 --> 00:08:36,878 we are from the Youth Union, we came here since 1972. 127 00:08:37,776 --> 00:08:42,086 I came here to dig this ditch, and like the elders, we cultivate. 128 00:08:42,503 --> 00:08:44,078 They grow plants. 129 00:08:44,287 --> 00:08:49,587 Then later I bought this land and I took care of them. 130 00:08:49,672 --> 00:08:51,211 - When did you take over? 131 00:08:51,672 --> 00:08:56,110 - When the agriculture reform took place, each household managed some land. 132 00:08:56,340 --> 00:08:58,993 I bought it from the family who managed the land here. 133 00:08:59,122 --> 00:09:02,364 In 1996 I came here. It was wide open. 134 00:09:02,602 --> 00:09:07,957 They abandoned it, it was widely vacant. 135 00:09:08,953 --> 00:09:11,754 - [Shareef] In 1975, the newly united 136 00:09:11,839 --> 00:09:13,765 communist government of Vietnam 137 00:09:13,850 --> 00:09:17,457 implemented a system of collectivized farm cooperatives. 138 00:09:18,062 --> 00:09:20,445 Over time, the country gradually moved 139 00:09:20,530 --> 00:09:22,812 to a system of individually owned farms, 140 00:09:23,250 --> 00:09:25,999 and Lien Nguyen used the agriculture reform 141 00:09:26,084 --> 00:09:28,730 to not only build a thriving tea farm, 142 00:09:29,199 --> 00:09:32,230 but also a lifestyle I personally wish for. 143 00:09:33,726 --> 00:09:36,953 - [Lien] I didn't decide to move here. 144 00:09:37,038 --> 00:09:39,960 I came here to build a farm, a business. 145 00:09:40,531 --> 00:09:45,257 I wanted to make money to provide for my family back home. 146 00:09:46,097 --> 00:09:49,288 I came here to plant trees but then I enjoyed living here more. 147 00:09:49,648 --> 00:09:53,124 Because I'm surrounded by nature. 148 00:09:53,663 --> 00:09:56,214 When we love trees, they love us back. 149 00:09:56,496 --> 00:09:58,550 When we love something, it loves us back. 150 00:09:59,558 --> 00:10:03,808 Living like this, it's peaceful. 151 00:10:04,163 --> 00:10:07,035 In here, it's quiet. 152 00:10:07,304 --> 00:10:10,234 I protect the environment. 153 00:10:10,710 --> 00:10:16,148 When I'm tired, I just look out the flower garden with the birds and butterflies. 154 00:10:16,470 --> 00:10:19,953 It makes my body feel comfortable. 155 00:10:20,468 --> 00:10:23,589 When my mind is clear, I work more efficiently. 156 00:10:25,002 --> 00:10:27,668 - This already splits, one bud into two leaves. 157 00:10:28,730 --> 00:10:31,783 This branch will continue to grow. It will grow two branches. 158 00:10:34,677 --> 00:10:37,927 [playing singing bowl] 159 00:10:46,263 --> 00:10:48,257 [machine whirring] 160 00:10:50,054 --> 00:10:52,339 - Every day I drink four or five cups per day. 161 00:10:52,940 --> 00:10:55,761 I feel like really hard for me, you know, to stop it 162 00:10:55,846 --> 00:10:58,825 because I think I got a bit addicted with coffee. 163 00:10:58,910 --> 00:11:01,980 So I fell in love with coffee when I was like four years old 164 00:11:02,405 --> 00:11:05,402 but my great-grandparents were the first generation 165 00:11:05,487 --> 00:11:07,277 that led us to love coffee. 166 00:11:07,375 --> 00:11:08,426 - Why coffee? 167 00:11:09,132 --> 00:11:12,957 - Since like 1980, the coffee become more popular, 168 00:11:13,113 --> 00:11:16,519 so, you know, a lot of farmers started to cultivate coffee, 169 00:11:16,750 --> 00:11:20,121 especially in our area we have like 99% growing coffee. 170 00:11:20,777 --> 00:11:24,047 In general, like coffee globally in Vietnam is the second largest. 171 00:11:24,777 --> 00:11:26,148 - [Shareef] That's right. 172 00:11:26,233 --> 00:11:28,184 Over the last 30 years, 173 00:11:28,617 --> 00:11:32,293 Vietnam went from producing very little coffee at all 174 00:11:32,910 --> 00:11:36,418 to becoming the second largest coffee producer in the world. 175 00:11:38,566 --> 00:11:41,344 Rolan Colieng and her brother Du Lick Moul 176 00:11:41,492 --> 00:11:44,687 are part of a growing movement of farmers in Vietnam 177 00:11:45,055 --> 00:11:47,746 who specialize in premium varieties of coffee. 178 00:11:48,473 --> 00:11:51,013 - We only grow Arabica coffee so for this coffee is 179 00:11:51,101 --> 00:11:53,726 preferred high elevation, also cool climate, 180 00:11:53,855 --> 00:11:56,371 compared to Robusta coffee growing in low elevation 181 00:11:56,496 --> 00:11:58,723 and warmer climate as well. 182 00:11:58,815 --> 00:12:02,322 Most coffee grown in Vietnam is Robusta coffee, which is more than 95%, 183 00:12:02,465 --> 00:12:06,019 but Arabica coffee is only 3 to 5% so it's premium quality. 184 00:12:06,115 --> 00:12:07,507 -Arabica coffee? -Yep. 185 00:12:07,641 --> 00:12:09,957 The flower lasts three to five days 186 00:12:10,047 --> 00:12:12,912 and then it becomes a tiny berry like this as you can see. 187 00:12:13,014 --> 00:12:16,381 It takes the berry eight months for it to grow from green to red, or 188 00:12:16,466 --> 00:12:19,369 from green to yellow depending on different varieties too. 189 00:12:19,619 --> 00:12:20,925 So this is cascarati, 190 00:12:21,010 --> 00:12:25,186 the first layer of the cherry outer skin, we use this part to make a tea, cascarati. 191 00:12:26,616 --> 00:12:28,746 - [Shareef] Oh, okay. One bean. 192 00:12:28,900 --> 00:12:31,119 - [DuLick] We have to prepare 200 grams of the green bean 193 00:12:31,204 --> 00:12:34,463 and when the bean is already dry so actually very hard like a rock 194 00:12:34,548 --> 00:12:37,420 so you don't have to worry you're going to break the bean. 195 00:12:37,604 --> 00:12:39,555 Going to sort all defective bean, 196 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:41,924 the broken bean, also the bean is very small. 197 00:12:42,034 --> 00:12:44,592 - Like a broken bean, these are gone, the small bean 198 00:12:44,677 --> 00:12:46,725 so you are hand picking all of these off. 199 00:12:46,813 --> 00:12:49,630 - So those beans, low quality, will go to instant coffee. 200 00:12:49,897 --> 00:12:52,451 - Next time you drink instant coffee, you know that, 201 00:12:52,807 --> 00:12:55,752 that's instant coffee right here. 202 00:12:55,911 --> 00:12:59,772 - [DuLick] So the more you roast coffee, some flavored coffee will get burned, 203 00:12:59,857 --> 00:13:01,830 so darker roast is more bitter. 204 00:13:02,608 --> 00:13:05,588 And this is medium roast, balanced acidity and bitterness, 205 00:13:05,672 --> 00:13:07,595 so people prefer medium roast more. 206 00:13:07,899 --> 00:13:09,540 It's good for like Espresso, 207 00:13:09,630 --> 00:13:10,959 American or French Press. 208 00:13:11,044 --> 00:13:13,748 And this one is light roast, this keeps the most flavor 209 00:13:13,833 --> 00:13:16,545 of your coffee and easy to tell how good is your coffee 210 00:13:16,633 --> 00:13:19,204 if you roast it light than a medium or darker roast. 211 00:13:19,631 --> 00:13:22,409 - [Rolan] So actually, six years ago this area 212 00:13:22,494 --> 00:13:24,710 was completely with the coffee plantations 213 00:13:24,795 --> 00:13:26,952 so we were so excited to continue work, 214 00:13:27,037 --> 00:13:29,659 so we worked so hard, like all day and night 215 00:13:29,744 --> 00:13:32,843 we're working really hard to help this area grow up, 216 00:13:32,932 --> 00:13:35,507 especially keeping all of this coffee alive. 217 00:13:35,714 --> 00:13:37,143 With our cooperative, 218 00:13:37,702 --> 00:13:40,694 I am actually the one who controls the quality 219 00:13:40,843 --> 00:13:43,972 and helps the farmers how to do the process. 220 00:13:44,265 --> 00:13:46,956 But me, I followed my dad since I was four. 221 00:13:47,237 --> 00:13:51,374 So, to be here, to work with this cooperative 222 00:13:51,467 --> 00:13:53,870 and this organic coffee is my dream, 223 00:13:54,015 --> 00:13:57,706 and I think that God really complete me with this dream. 224 00:13:58,519 --> 00:14:01,769 [playing singing bowl] 225 00:14:09,895 --> 00:14:11,961 [crickets chirping] 226 00:14:13,250 --> 00:14:14,512 - This is the actual rice 227 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:18,194 that they put in the mud before and grow, and then when they come back, 228 00:14:18,780 --> 00:14:23,000 each one of these is what has to go in the rice fields 229 00:14:23,820 --> 00:14:25,113 to plant the rice. 230 00:14:26,430 --> 00:14:29,527 - How many bags of rice can you get every season? 231 00:14:31,500 --> 00:14:32,977 - One season? 232 00:14:33,062 --> 00:14:37,160 This place can give ten bags. 233 00:14:37,785 --> 00:14:41,246 One bag is about 30 kilos. 234 00:14:41,679 --> 00:14:44,562 - So about 300 kilos of rice in just this field. 235 00:14:44,647 --> 00:14:45,656 - Just this field. 236 00:14:45,793 --> 00:14:51,446 - [Farmer] For me, this is tradition, from when I was 12 years old. 237 00:14:52,607 --> 00:14:57,232 My daughter just got married, we held the wedding last month. 238 00:14:57,915 --> 00:14:59,422 - She's pregnant for how long? 239 00:14:59,507 --> 00:15:00,517 - Seven months. 240 00:15:01,924 --> 00:15:04,204 - [Shareef] So when I look, I just see women. 241 00:15:04,725 --> 00:15:05,794 Where are the men? 242 00:15:06,934 --> 00:15:09,008 - Normally, only women work. 243 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:15,771 If men understand, they work far away. If not, they just stay at home and drink. 244 00:15:16,817 --> 00:15:18,802 - You still use a hand sickle? 245 00:15:18,887 --> 00:15:21,997 - [Farmer] Still use a sickle, farmers here still use a sickle. 246 00:15:22,082 --> 00:15:24,993 Do they sell rice to other people or just for this village? 247 00:15:25,078 --> 00:15:27,286 - [Interpreter] It's just for their families. 248 00:15:27,371 --> 00:15:29,583 -This is just for their families? -Yes. 249 00:15:29,668 --> 00:15:30,864 - Oh, okay. Wow. 250 00:15:31,522 --> 00:15:33,032 Psychologists believe 251 00:15:33,239 --> 00:15:36,681 that the backbreaking labor required to cultivate rice 252 00:15:36,919 --> 00:15:40,282 has produced a distinctive work ethic in countries 253 00:15:40,564 --> 00:15:42,208 that traditionally produce it. 254 00:15:43,579 --> 00:15:47,306 In Vietnam this rice culture also extends to the sea, 255 00:15:47,900 --> 00:15:50,114 where fishermen struggle for a living 256 00:15:50,204 --> 00:15:52,067 in independently operated boats. 257 00:15:53,622 --> 00:15:57,653 Sometimes, I depart at 4 or 5 pm this evening 258 00:15:59,290 --> 00:16:02,099 I can return by 4 or 5 am tomorrow. I anchor at the dock. 259 00:16:02,531 --> 00:16:05,547 So about almost 12, 13 hours, or 12, 14 hours. 260 00:16:05,929 --> 00:16:08,786 And then he comes back and sells everything to the market. 261 00:16:08,871 --> 00:16:11,032 So you built this boat yourself? 262 00:16:11,575 --> 00:16:16,337 - [Fisherman] I bought it from someone else in Hoian... brought it here. 263 00:16:17,289 --> 00:16:20,664 When I first bought it, I fished with clap net. 264 00:16:20,817 --> 00:16:21,950 [engine whirring] 265 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:26,867 Then I found it was not profitable, not suitable for my wife. 266 00:16:27,387 --> 00:16:28,707 So I changed to this job. 267 00:16:29,505 --> 00:16:32,089 I saw this job, catching small shrimp is right. 268 00:16:32,434 --> 00:16:35,572 I started to stick to it. Follow this path. 269 00:16:36,615 --> 00:16:38,633 Are you planning on having another boat? 270 00:16:38,797 --> 00:16:42,094 Or this is your boat and you're going to retire now? 271 00:16:42,750 --> 00:16:45,025 Yes, after this... because I am quite old now. 272 00:16:45,113 --> 00:16:48,835 More than 50 years old. I cannot do it anymore. 273 00:16:50,352 --> 00:16:53,250 I've been putting out to sea since I was 13 years old. 274 00:16:53,672 --> 00:16:57,383 At that time, it was not an option due to my family's financial difficulty. 275 00:16:57,891 --> 00:16:59,557 I left school to help my family. 276 00:17:01,060 --> 00:17:03,535 - [Van] I think the main reason for people 277 00:17:03,620 --> 00:17:05,043 at the moment to work hard 278 00:17:05,128 --> 00:17:06,907 because they need to survive. 279 00:17:07,219 --> 00:17:11,418 I understand that Vietnamese people, especially women, 280 00:17:11,503 --> 00:17:13,067 they are very hard working, 281 00:17:13,317 --> 00:17:16,835 they do many different jobs to survive, to take care of their children, 282 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:21,071 take care of their families, and even their parents too. 283 00:17:21,817 --> 00:17:24,255 - [Shareef] Van Dang is a technology entrepreneur 284 00:17:24,340 --> 00:17:26,180 based in the capital city of Hanoi. 285 00:17:26,739 --> 00:17:30,160 In 2017, she was recognized by Forbes 286 00:17:30,368 --> 00:17:33,145 as one of 15 Global Leaders To Watch. 287 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:40,575 - So, I was born in a small town in the north of Vietnam. 288 00:17:41,610 --> 00:17:43,469 They are very poor over there. 289 00:17:44,114 --> 00:17:47,817 When I was seven years old, I normally sell peanuts in the market. 290 00:17:48,516 --> 00:17:50,747 The reason that I do that because 291 00:17:51,012 --> 00:17:52,618 I think we need to survive. 292 00:17:53,035 --> 00:17:56,004 It might be strange for other people in the modern countries 293 00:17:56,089 --> 00:17:58,809 that a seven year old girl has to do that kind of work, 294 00:17:59,258 --> 00:18:02,235 but for us many children in Vietnam, 295 00:18:02,328 --> 00:18:04,993 especially in the countryside, it's very normal work. 296 00:18:05,571 --> 00:18:08,426 So, some people told me that I got entrepreneurship myself 297 00:18:08,511 --> 00:18:09,973 since I was small. 298 00:18:10,910 --> 00:18:12,615 - [Shareef] When Van was fourteen, 299 00:18:12,700 --> 00:18:16,164 her father bought a computer to rent out to the local villagers, 300 00:18:16,555 --> 00:18:20,145 which gave Van a chance to fall in love with computers 301 00:18:20,230 --> 00:18:21,403 at a young age. 302 00:18:21,868 --> 00:18:25,275 - So come back to when I was younger, 303 00:18:25,360 --> 00:18:26,823 I wanted to be a scientist, 304 00:18:27,559 --> 00:18:29,864 so I studied computer science 305 00:18:30,004 --> 00:18:32,910 and I believed that computer science would bring me 306 00:18:32,995 --> 00:18:36,188 a lot of opportunities to learn the new things. 307 00:18:36,403 --> 00:18:38,094 When I graduated high school, 308 00:18:38,219 --> 00:18:42,242 I was about to apply to four universities and my dad told me that, 309 00:18:42,410 --> 00:18:45,129 you need to apply at least one teaching school 310 00:18:45,399 --> 00:18:47,805 so I can become a teacher like my mom. 311 00:18:47,922 --> 00:18:49,145 [laughs] 312 00:18:49,672 --> 00:18:52,005 He really wanted me to become a teacher 313 00:18:52,090 --> 00:18:54,407 so I can have time for my kids. 314 00:18:54,930 --> 00:18:58,082 He said that I'm a girl, I don't need to study hard. 315 00:18:58,167 --> 00:18:59,399 [laughs] 316 00:18:59,871 --> 00:19:02,778 - Just become a teacher and a housewife, you're good to go. 317 00:19:02,863 --> 00:19:06,825 - But in four uni that I applied, there's none about teaching school. 318 00:19:06,910 --> 00:19:07,934 - Wow. 319 00:19:08,019 --> 00:19:09,813 - Because I didn't like it at all, 320 00:19:09,898 --> 00:19:13,035 I don't want to be like my mom, she worked so hard 321 00:19:13,120 --> 00:19:16,004 and she still hasn't got many things that she wants. 322 00:19:16,750 --> 00:19:19,470 - [Huong] One day I talked to my mother and asked her, 323 00:19:19,555 --> 00:19:23,129 how could you raise us up by yourself being a farmer? 324 00:19:23,469 --> 00:19:25,410 So I think we're empowered 325 00:19:25,495 --> 00:19:28,563 and we have the role model of our older generation. 326 00:19:28,953 --> 00:19:30,532 I think as a woman, 327 00:19:30,617 --> 00:19:33,668 I always wanted to have my own family, that's the first thing. 328 00:19:33,753 --> 00:19:36,305 The second thing is I want to create a bigger impact 329 00:19:36,390 --> 00:19:37,391 in the community. 330 00:19:37,476 --> 00:19:39,754 We try to also create an ecosystem 331 00:19:39,844 --> 00:19:41,353 to support young entrepreneurs 332 00:19:41,438 --> 00:19:43,516 but also women in particular. 333 00:19:43,703 --> 00:19:44,707 [soft music begins] 334 00:19:44,792 --> 00:19:46,900 - [Shareef] As reported by the World Bank, 335 00:19:46,985 --> 00:19:50,996 Vietnam has 73% female workforce participation, 336 00:19:51,325 --> 00:19:52,905 a rate that surpasses 337 00:19:52,990 --> 00:19:55,188 many of the world's leading economies. 338 00:19:57,101 --> 00:20:00,226 Huong Dang is a passionate social entrepreneur 339 00:20:00,311 --> 00:20:03,773 working on the front lines of this social impact movement. 340 00:20:04,527 --> 00:20:07,749 - So, Koto is a social enterprise in Vietnam. 341 00:20:07,834 --> 00:20:09,322 We run a training program 342 00:20:09,407 --> 00:20:12,363 for two years in hospitality operations. 343 00:20:12,746 --> 00:20:15,628 We have two restaurants, one in Hanoi and one in Saigon. 344 00:20:15,843 --> 00:20:17,305 Over the last two years, 345 00:20:17,390 --> 00:20:20,125 we trained about nearly 1000 street kids 346 00:20:20,210 --> 00:20:21,485 and disadvantaged youth 347 00:20:21,570 --> 00:20:25,949 who are now the CEO of a travel agent, restaurant owners, 348 00:20:26,034 --> 00:20:27,804 entrepreneurs, trainers. 349 00:20:28,105 --> 00:20:31,660 100% of our trainees get jobs in five star hotels 350 00:20:31,745 --> 00:20:34,445 and in restaurants after two years in the program. 351 00:20:34,582 --> 00:20:37,574 Apart from that, I also started a social project 352 00:20:37,659 --> 00:20:38,847 called Hope Box, 353 00:20:38,932 --> 00:20:40,839 so it creates jobs for women 354 00:20:40,924 --> 00:20:42,960 who have escaped from domestic violence. 355 00:20:43,281 --> 00:20:46,972 I want to help other women who have less opportunity, 356 00:20:47,105 --> 00:20:49,167 not just focusing on creating jobs 357 00:20:49,252 --> 00:20:51,011 but also raising awareness as well. 358 00:20:51,675 --> 00:20:55,269 We were born in a country that everyone knows about, 359 00:20:55,433 --> 00:20:57,940 the number one thing they know is about the war, 360 00:20:58,472 --> 00:21:01,133 and the second thing they know is about pho the food. 361 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:06,660 But us women we are empowered by the old generation, 362 00:21:06,918 --> 00:21:09,176 our grandmother, our mother. 363 00:21:10,310 --> 00:21:11,863 - When I finished high school, 364 00:21:12,094 --> 00:21:15,274 I got a chance to go to Australia to study, 365 00:21:15,852 --> 00:21:17,160 and when I come to Sydney, 366 00:21:17,348 --> 00:21:19,258 I talked about I'm from Vietnam 367 00:21:19,551 --> 00:21:21,295 and still many people didn't know 368 00:21:21,380 --> 00:21:22,969 where Vietnam is on the map. 369 00:21:23,054 --> 00:21:24,076 [laughs] 370 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:26,840 And I studied the first semester 371 00:21:26,925 --> 00:21:28,887 in Hanoi National University before, 372 00:21:29,317 --> 00:21:32,074 which for me is very big university already, 373 00:21:32,199 --> 00:21:34,594 and the number one uni in Vietnam 374 00:21:34,754 --> 00:21:37,910 but when I told my friends in Sydney about my uni 375 00:21:37,995 --> 00:21:39,699 but no one know about my uni. 376 00:21:39,813 --> 00:21:40,947 [epic music begins] 377 00:21:41,032 --> 00:21:43,745 Why Vietnamese people when I think 378 00:21:43,830 --> 00:21:47,031 they are very hard working, they are very smart, 379 00:21:47,417 --> 00:21:51,278 but they haven't been recognized in other countries. 380 00:21:53,758 --> 00:21:57,926 And that question go with me for a long time 381 00:21:58,011 --> 00:22:00,278 when I stayed there, and even when I come back 382 00:22:00,363 --> 00:22:05,195 I still want to prove that we can do the best, 383 00:22:05,379 --> 00:22:07,637 we can do a lot much better than they think. 384 00:22:09,215 --> 00:22:10,676 - [Shareef] True to her word, 385 00:22:10,770 --> 00:22:12,703 Van returned home to Vietnam 386 00:22:12,922 --> 00:22:15,801 where she founded an international technology company 387 00:22:16,004 --> 00:22:18,160 that employs Vietnamese engineers 388 00:22:18,387 --> 00:22:20,095 to build enterprise software 389 00:22:20,180 --> 00:22:21,918 for businesses around the world. 390 00:22:23,008 --> 00:22:26,297 - For me, I don't think tech is hard as many other industries 391 00:22:26,477 --> 00:22:28,692 but people think that tech is hard. 392 00:22:29,012 --> 00:22:31,416 So I really want to send a message 393 00:22:31,501 --> 00:22:35,211 that tech is not hard at all once you have fallen in love with it. 394 00:22:35,578 --> 00:22:39,231 Did you know that more than 100,000 people graduate in IT every year? 395 00:22:39,500 --> 00:22:41,835 And I believe this number will grow more 396 00:22:41,923 --> 00:22:44,738 because we put the IT subject in school 397 00:22:44,823 --> 00:22:46,190 from primary now. 398 00:22:46,457 --> 00:22:50,141 - What are the real competitive advantage in Vietnam? 399 00:22:50,398 --> 00:22:52,675 And I said, well we can grow anything. 400 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:55,586 You just put stuff down and it'll grow in Vietnam, right? 401 00:22:55,793 --> 00:22:57,910 Also, the tech industry, 402 00:22:57,999 --> 00:23:00,344 there's no barrier to entry, really. 403 00:23:00,485 --> 00:23:04,461 Vietnamese people are already very tech savvy. 404 00:23:04,633 --> 00:23:06,250 And then the third piece is that 405 00:23:06,867 --> 00:23:09,643 everywhere in Vietnam is beautiful, naturally. 406 00:23:10,500 --> 00:23:12,906 So when I look at the real competitive advantage, 407 00:23:13,055 --> 00:23:16,291 I look at tourism, technology and agriculture. 408 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,913 So, at 22 years old, I said 409 00:23:19,998 --> 00:23:22,308 I want to help build businesses in Vietnam 410 00:23:22,718 --> 00:23:24,370 because I wanted to contribute 411 00:23:24,455 --> 00:23:26,929 to economic independence and freedom. 412 00:23:27,238 --> 00:23:29,645 Everywhere in Vietnam people can visit 413 00:23:29,730 --> 00:23:31,472 and have an amazing time, right? 414 00:23:31,630 --> 00:23:33,945 Whether it's at the beaches, or the mountains, 415 00:23:34,030 --> 00:23:35,223 or the rice patties. 416 00:23:36,050 --> 00:23:37,316 So I was telling people, 417 00:23:37,449 --> 00:23:39,350 get on a motorbike and go see Vietnam. 418 00:23:39,435 --> 00:23:41,845 And I find myself talking to everybody like this, 419 00:23:42,261 --> 00:23:45,050 so then I recognized, I'm like, that is it, 420 00:23:45,355 --> 00:23:47,706 that's where I should be investing my time into, 421 00:23:47,791 --> 00:23:49,410 the tourism industry in Vietnam. 422 00:23:50,820 --> 00:23:53,304 - [Shareef] Tourism is a big industry in Vietnam 423 00:23:53,390 --> 00:23:56,882 with over 18 million visitors in 2019, 424 00:23:57,386 --> 00:24:00,781 already four times as many as a decade ago. 425 00:24:02,249 --> 00:24:05,124 As founder and CEO of a top ranked travel company, 426 00:24:05,406 --> 00:24:06,965 Thu is building a platform 427 00:24:07,050 --> 00:24:09,425 that allows local micro entrepreneurs 428 00:24:09,510 --> 00:24:12,074 to benefit from the influx of visitors. 429 00:24:12,988 --> 00:24:15,824 We tried out his platform with Loan Vuong, 430 00:24:16,312 --> 00:24:18,047 a law student that moonlights 431 00:24:18,132 --> 00:24:19,703 as a freelance tour guide 432 00:24:19,824 --> 00:24:22,254 and offers visits to Ho Chi Minh City's 433 00:24:22,339 --> 00:24:25,961 historic Chinatown district for one dollar. 434 00:24:26,422 --> 00:24:30,725 - [Loan] One dollar is kind of enough in Vietnam 435 00:24:30,810 --> 00:24:32,309 for just a meal, snack. 436 00:24:32,805 --> 00:24:35,975 But it depends on my purpose. 437 00:24:36,064 --> 00:24:38,274 My purpose is... 438 00:24:38,403 --> 00:24:41,727 I want to improve my English 439 00:24:41,981 --> 00:24:43,450 and exchange knowledge, 440 00:24:43,535 --> 00:24:46,074 exchange culture with the foreign guests. 441 00:24:46,617 --> 00:24:48,560 I run a tour for one dollar 442 00:24:48,645 --> 00:24:51,735 because at that time when I was a student 443 00:24:51,820 --> 00:24:55,145 I wanted to practice listening and speaking skills. 444 00:24:55,617 --> 00:25:00,625 I want to meet more foreigners and exchange everything, 445 00:25:00,710 --> 00:25:03,365 the knowledge, the culture, education, 446 00:25:03,450 --> 00:25:06,653 they want to know more about Vietnamese so I can share with them, 447 00:25:06,738 --> 00:25:10,684 and I want to know more about every country in this world. 448 00:25:11,637 --> 00:25:13,500 - So by building this tool, 449 00:25:13,883 --> 00:25:17,225 we're basically empowering people to operate at the smallest scale, 450 00:25:17,310 --> 00:25:19,766 to work for themselves, to run their own business. 451 00:25:19,895 --> 00:25:22,175 When you empower local businesses 452 00:25:22,260 --> 00:25:24,828 to participate in the tourism industry, 453 00:25:24,938 --> 00:25:26,890 that money stays in the local community 454 00:25:26,975 --> 00:25:29,235 and gets reinvested in the local community 455 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:34,125 as opposed to getting extracted outside of the community 456 00:25:34,210 --> 00:25:35,922 by an international company, 457 00:25:36,043 --> 00:25:38,052 and they pay people at the minimum wage, 458 00:25:38,137 --> 00:25:41,375 as little as possible to be able to run the business, 459 00:25:41,899 --> 00:25:45,262 but most of the economic is sucked outside of the country. 460 00:25:46,399 --> 00:25:48,623 Vietnamese startups need more philosophy. 461 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:53,281 Thinking a little bit more about the impact that they have in society, 462 00:25:53,621 --> 00:25:55,778 the kind of work that they enjoy doing, 463 00:25:56,438 --> 00:26:00,074 and how can they contribute to others 464 00:26:00,555 --> 00:26:01,645 and at the same time 465 00:26:01,730 --> 00:26:04,382 be able to build something sustainable for themselves. 466 00:26:04,801 --> 00:26:08,305 - If you've got passion, you can do everything. 467 00:26:08,390 --> 00:26:10,813 If you love, you can do everything. 468 00:26:10,980 --> 00:26:13,297 So nothing difficult in this life. 469 00:26:14,121 --> 00:26:17,007 If you never give up, working hard, 470 00:26:17,202 --> 00:26:18,206 love what you do, 471 00:26:18,310 --> 00:26:21,815 you can make everything impossible become possible. 472 00:26:22,245 --> 00:26:23,796 And then you can be successful. 473 00:26:24,890 --> 00:26:26,741 - [Shareef] Outside Ho Chi Minh City, 474 00:26:26,826 --> 00:26:30,755 I meet Master Chef Tan, a farmer working land 475 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:33,815 that used to be an American strategic bombing target. 476 00:26:34,851 --> 00:26:38,796 - [Chef] Do you know what is this? This location we got, you know, 477 00:26:39,042 --> 00:26:45,940 a very big and complicated like spider web of tunnels, 250 kilometers. 478 00:26:46,025 --> 00:26:50,128 That's why Americans put too much bombing here because they wanted to control here. 479 00:26:50,213 --> 00:26:53,640 Because I put all the bombs up here, on the surface nothing happened. 480 00:26:54,526 --> 00:26:56,886 But why do you see people still got food to eat? 481 00:26:57,280 --> 00:26:59,647 Where the food come from? Welcome to this plant. 482 00:26:59,855 --> 00:27:01,366 Oh my God, helicopter come up, 483 00:27:02,058 --> 00:27:04,948 the tapioca tree gets broken, 484 00:27:05,491 --> 00:27:09,733 every base is broken like this, a new plant come out. 485 00:27:10,038 --> 00:27:11,269 One plant like this, 486 00:27:11,788 --> 00:27:14,960 oh my God, four kilo of tapioca, 487 00:27:15,507 --> 00:27:18,753 look after for people a day like potatoes. 488 00:27:20,464 --> 00:27:22,880 We sing a new song, more bombs come up please, 489 00:27:22,965 --> 00:27:25,525 more tapioca it is, more people survive. 490 00:27:25,610 --> 00:27:27,578 So we never worry for bombing 491 00:27:27,663 --> 00:27:30,785 because we stayed underground for four to eight 492 00:27:30,870 --> 00:27:33,535 to twelve meters deep, a bomb, B-52 whatever, 493 00:27:33,620 --> 00:27:34,628 doesn't affect it. 494 00:27:35,093 --> 00:27:38,565 This location, 160 million tons of bombs 495 00:27:38,650 --> 00:27:40,165 from Americans fell in here. 496 00:27:40,250 --> 00:27:42,390 I go to local people to see, oh my God, 497 00:27:42,475 --> 00:27:45,385 it's all empty space. How I do the farm? 498 00:27:45,470 --> 00:27:47,355 But I see one thing very potential. 499 00:27:47,519 --> 00:27:50,753 Look out there, cow, cow, cow, cow, and cow. 500 00:27:50,838 --> 00:27:53,242 What are cows eating? Only one thing survived. 501 00:27:53,511 --> 00:27:54,853 It is the grass. 502 00:27:56,050 --> 00:27:58,347 That's why, we cannot eat them, cows eat them. 503 00:27:58,562 --> 00:28:01,527 After cows eat, what happens to come out? The poo comes out. 504 00:28:01,671 --> 00:28:02,703 [laughs] 505 00:28:02,808 --> 00:28:05,015 Then, with a location like that, 506 00:28:05,100 --> 00:28:08,378 with this way I go to local people to buy cow poo, 507 00:28:08,729 --> 00:28:11,612 I put to the soil to innovation for soil, 508 00:28:11,769 --> 00:28:14,031 then I can plant whatever I can. 509 00:28:14,390 --> 00:28:17,670 - So basically, you got the manure, cow manure, 510 00:28:17,755 --> 00:28:20,275 you buy it somewhere to bring it here 511 00:28:20,360 --> 00:28:23,117 to enrich the soil to make sure that it can grow plants. 512 00:28:23,202 --> 00:28:24,214 - Exactly. 513 00:28:24,390 --> 00:28:26,597 And then whenever we start milking the cow, 514 00:28:26,682 --> 00:28:31,720 we open romantic music on. No hip hop music, ah? 515 00:28:32,356 --> 00:28:35,079 Because for us we have no machine like Americans. 516 00:28:35,583 --> 00:28:38,071 For us we got our hands to milk it up, 517 00:28:38,156 --> 00:28:41,044 so when we get romantic music, our milk get more and more. 518 00:28:41,153 --> 00:28:43,123 One cow gets us 20 liters. 519 00:28:43,876 --> 00:28:47,087 Normally our local people only get 15 liters but we got 20 liters 520 00:28:47,172 --> 00:28:49,833 because we are treating the cows like people, 521 00:28:49,918 --> 00:28:52,259 making them happy, they give us more benefits. 522 00:28:52,344 --> 00:28:54,098 Remember this one, very important. 523 00:28:54,684 --> 00:28:57,209 - [Shareef] Chef Tan has been focused on expanding 524 00:28:57,294 --> 00:28:59,473 the farm to table concept in Vietnam. 525 00:28:59,942 --> 00:29:01,731 But he wasn't always a farmer. 526 00:29:02,723 --> 00:29:04,884 - 'Cause you know, if you look at my career, 527 00:29:05,012 --> 00:29:07,063 you would think I'm the most crazy man. 528 00:29:07,148 --> 00:29:09,157 Because I am a doctor first. 529 00:29:09,524 --> 00:29:12,989 I'm qualified doctor on Vietnam on 1995. 530 00:29:13,637 --> 00:29:17,454 Be a bachelor accounting in 2000. 531 00:29:17,903 --> 00:29:19,368 Then a butcher. 532 00:29:19,833 --> 00:29:23,095 Then a Western chef in Italian, French, American, 533 00:29:23,309 --> 00:29:24,778 and whatever cuisine Western. 534 00:29:25,118 --> 00:29:27,265 Then the Asian cooking channel, 535 00:29:27,350 --> 00:29:30,786 do a lot of Asian cooking channel. Now I'm a farmer. 536 00:29:30,934 --> 00:29:32,177 No money, no honey. 537 00:29:32,305 --> 00:29:33,309 [Shareef laughs] 538 00:29:33,394 --> 00:29:35,553 People say farmer is stupid. 539 00:29:35,934 --> 00:29:37,501 And I want to confirm with you, 540 00:29:37,586 --> 00:29:39,509 no job is smarter than farmer. 541 00:29:40,150 --> 00:29:43,052 Farmer is the job of everything. 542 00:29:43,180 --> 00:29:45,001 They must be into science, 543 00:29:45,177 --> 00:29:46,587 because they must understand 544 00:29:46,688 --> 00:29:50,270 what the hell is going on before they're planting. 545 00:29:50,692 --> 00:29:52,697 They must be very good marketer 546 00:29:52,782 --> 00:29:57,387 because they need to understand what demands the customer 547 00:29:57,864 --> 00:29:59,278 before they're planting. 548 00:29:59,403 --> 00:30:01,571 They must be a good doctor 549 00:30:01,887 --> 00:30:04,462 because they need to kill too many different insects 550 00:30:04,677 --> 00:30:07,864 and kill different viruses from the animals when they get sick. 551 00:30:08,430 --> 00:30:11,465 They need to get very good communication skills 552 00:30:11,708 --> 00:30:14,716 and leader skills to deal with the people that have no brain. 553 00:30:14,801 --> 00:30:15,833 [laughs] 554 00:30:16,126 --> 00:30:18,677 Too much thing happens, never an easy job. 555 00:30:19,704 --> 00:30:21,208 Welcome to my mushroom house. 556 00:30:21,293 --> 00:30:23,544 It's the magic house, also the key thing 557 00:30:23,629 --> 00:30:25,747 for my farm to be successful here as well. 558 00:30:26,380 --> 00:30:28,919 So we have DNA of oyster mushroom. 559 00:30:29,458 --> 00:30:32,884 You put tapioca stick, coconut juice, 560 00:30:33,177 --> 00:30:35,520 gelatin, and vegetable powder, 561 00:30:35,723 --> 00:30:37,294 into the bottle like this size. 562 00:30:37,919 --> 00:30:41,434 Then we steam the bottle in 120 degree in two hours, 563 00:30:41,821 --> 00:30:44,661 to kill bacteria, to make some moist come up, 564 00:30:44,856 --> 00:30:47,317 and activate some good bacteria. 565 00:30:47,548 --> 00:30:51,365 After that, two weeks later, the white bottle like this 566 00:30:51,450 --> 00:30:54,563 they will start to get a mushroom come out. 567 00:30:56,344 --> 00:30:59,282 Then it will be big enough today, tomorrow comes again. 568 00:30:59,723 --> 00:31:02,785 One bottle like this you know how many kilos we're collecting? 569 00:31:02,870 --> 00:31:04,356 -How many? -Twenty. 570 00:31:04,712 --> 00:31:07,325 How much cost the kilo in America? What do you think? 571 00:31:07,481 --> 00:31:09,591 -A kilo of this? -Oyster mushroom. 572 00:31:09,676 --> 00:31:12,286 - Oyster mushroom, pretty expensive, say, 20 dollars. 573 00:31:12,371 --> 00:31:14,993 - Exactly. It's never cheaper than 20 dollar a kilo. 574 00:31:15,078 --> 00:31:16,779 How much does it cost in Vietnam? 575 00:31:16,864 --> 00:31:17,993 Two dollars. 576 00:31:18,078 --> 00:31:19,970 How much a farmer like me we sell it? 577 00:31:20,290 --> 00:31:21,466 - Ah, one dollar? 578 00:31:21,558 --> 00:31:25,179 - No, I only got 10 cents to maximum 20 cents. 579 00:31:25,595 --> 00:31:28,462 - So you only charge ten cents a kilo? 580 00:31:28,719 --> 00:31:30,368 -You know why? -Why? 581 00:31:30,453 --> 00:31:33,059 - Because look at you the seller you are so handsome, 582 00:31:33,144 --> 00:31:34,708 look at me farmer I'm too ugly. 583 00:31:34,793 --> 00:31:38,157 The ugly farmer like me cannot sell it for the handsome farmer, 584 00:31:38,242 --> 00:31:42,045 we need to sell for the middleman, middleman, middleman, seller and customer. 585 00:31:42,130 --> 00:31:44,642 When customer girl sees the beautiful handsome boy, 586 00:31:44,730 --> 00:31:48,094 they pay whatever, farmer working so hard we got nothing. 587 00:31:48,458 --> 00:31:51,315 Therefore I get back in Vietnam in 2011 588 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:55,380 and open the first concept in the country, farm to table. 589 00:31:56,012 --> 00:31:58,700 My farm right now here is small, 590 00:31:59,032 --> 00:32:02,055 I provide 100 kilos mushroom a day, 591 00:32:02,294 --> 00:32:04,575 selling 10 cents to 20 cents, 592 00:32:04,660 --> 00:32:06,798 I got 10 dollars to 20 dollars a day, 593 00:32:06,883 --> 00:32:09,713 I won't have money to pay for my family living. 594 00:32:10,552 --> 00:32:13,395 But I'm selling for the customer one dollar, 595 00:32:13,528 --> 00:32:15,833 I got 100 dollars, I can pay for them. 596 00:32:16,509 --> 00:32:20,684 So farm to table is the best idea for a small farm, 597 00:32:20,950 --> 00:32:23,494 who gets passionate like me can survive for. 598 00:32:23,579 --> 00:32:26,744 [playing singing bowl] 599 00:32:42,742 --> 00:32:47,433 - [Hung] When I meditate, I see very clearly that life is too short. 600 00:32:47,816 --> 00:32:52,153 So why are we continuing to do a regular job 601 00:32:52,238 --> 00:32:54,585 and not having any happiness like that? 602 00:32:55,128 --> 00:33:00,652 At that time, I got married to my wife and shared a lot with her. 603 00:33:01,015 --> 00:33:04,007 She told me to quit my job and choose to do what I love. 604 00:33:05,022 --> 00:33:07,394 In Vietnam, when you have a permanent job 605 00:33:07,953 --> 00:33:09,461 but you quit that 606 00:33:09,546 --> 00:33:12,316 to work in agriculture, to grow lotus, 607 00:33:12,401 --> 00:33:15,871 you are considered to be exceptionally insane. 608 00:33:16,265 --> 00:33:20,816 I went back to tell my family, a lot of people protested 609 00:33:21,445 --> 00:33:22,968 because they worried about me. 610 00:33:23,292 --> 00:33:27,855 At that time it was quite hard because we were expecting our first son. 611 00:33:28,355 --> 00:33:33,402 We both quit our jobs at the same time and chose to follow tea. 612 00:33:34,179 --> 00:33:37,746 Incidentally, there was a contest called Tea Master Cup. 613 00:33:38,238 --> 00:33:41,093 In 2016, it was held in Vietnam. 614 00:33:41,628 --> 00:33:46,249 We attended and were also very lucky to be the champion. 615 00:33:46,953 --> 00:33:50,859 That was the turning point to let us open a tea shop, 616 00:33:51,628 --> 00:33:58,374 and we have built it together everyday, to create a unique kind of tea. 617 00:33:59,417 --> 00:34:01,824 The lotus is in the tea, the tea is in the lotus. 618 00:34:02,042 --> 00:34:05,124 And when you drink tea, you can feel the fragrance 619 00:34:05,209 --> 00:34:07,269 slowly spreads throughout your body. 620 00:34:07,847 --> 00:34:13,073 And at the moment that the tea, the lotus and your body emanate together 621 00:34:13,158 --> 00:34:15,595 you will also become a lotus yourself. 622 00:34:15,834 --> 00:34:16,928 [cymbals clang] 623 00:34:17,271 --> 00:34:19,463 - [Shareef] So that was kind of my question, 624 00:34:19,548 --> 00:34:22,291 is just the core of Vietnamese culture and the people, 625 00:34:22,670 --> 00:34:24,201 I see it in the villages, 626 00:34:24,286 --> 00:34:26,443 I see it in the cities, I see it everywhere, 627 00:34:26,537 --> 00:34:29,015 you know, where they just start the business. 628 00:34:29,100 --> 00:34:32,995 And it's like that is not normal in every other country, 629 00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:37,035 you have to go to college, you have to do this, you have to follow this process, 630 00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:39,218 you have to follow these rules, right? 631 00:34:39,523 --> 00:34:42,175 Here it's like, no, I'm just going to start something. 632 00:34:42,260 --> 00:34:45,230 What do you think in your opinion is that? 633 00:34:45,738 --> 00:34:48,062 Why does that happen with Vietnamese people? 634 00:34:48,347 --> 00:34:52,409 - We just got the independence about 44 years ago, 635 00:34:52,494 --> 00:34:57,520 so inside our blood, always desire for the independence, 636 00:34:58,019 --> 00:35:03,080 the freedom, and we're very brave people. 637 00:35:03,406 --> 00:35:05,863 So, like for example for us. 638 00:35:06,070 --> 00:35:07,070 [laughs] 639 00:35:07,257 --> 00:35:09,296 We just think: quit the job. 640 00:35:09,381 --> 00:35:12,402 Start something that we're really passionate about, 641 00:35:12,487 --> 00:35:13,515 and we just do it. 642 00:35:13,847 --> 00:35:14,946 [calm music] 643 00:35:15,031 --> 00:35:16,867 - [Hung] Now I invite you to enjoy 644 00:35:16,952 --> 00:35:19,457 one of the most famous type of tea in Vietnam. 645 00:35:19,542 --> 00:35:21,015 The lotus tea. 646 00:35:21,999 --> 00:35:26,222 In the past, this tea was only used by the high classes of Vietnamese society. 647 00:35:26,370 --> 00:35:28,663 But nowadays, thanks to economic development, 648 00:35:29,511 --> 00:35:31,929 this tea is becoming more popular. 649 00:35:33,081 --> 00:35:35,566 As you all know, when it comes to Vietnamese tea, 650 00:35:35,652 --> 00:35:37,558 people immediately think of the lotus. 651 00:35:37,796 --> 00:35:40,446 The lotus is a symbol, the national flower of Vietnam 652 00:35:40,531 --> 00:35:43,288 and also the symbol of Buddhism. 653 00:35:43,667 --> 00:35:47,124 At the beginning when we first started, I told my wife: 654 00:35:47,542 --> 00:35:51,956 "Let's try to make lotus tea exactly the way we understand it." 655 00:35:52,713 --> 00:35:59,202 We both usually had to wake up very early, queueing at a lake, 656 00:35:59,995 --> 00:36:03,387 in order to get the lotuses that have morning dew. 657 00:36:03,942 --> 00:36:08,153 In one kilo of lotus tea we usually use up to 1400 lotuses. 658 00:36:08,856 --> 00:36:13,738 And the production process is very sophisticated and careful, 659 00:36:13,914 --> 00:36:17,582 which requires the producers to have a peaceful mind. 660 00:36:18,652 --> 00:36:21,047 We always lift the tea cup with both hands, 661 00:36:21,715 --> 00:36:27,235 it shows our appreciation to nature who has given to human 662 00:36:27,625 --> 00:36:29,153 such a precious tea product. 663 00:36:29,664 --> 00:36:35,985 And also to express gratitude to the farmers, who worked hard, 664 00:36:36,977 --> 00:36:40,828 and made a lot of effort to create such a high quality tea. 665 00:36:41,957 --> 00:36:43,856 - [Lien] I love drinking this tea. 666 00:36:44,500 --> 00:36:49,910 I don't use pesticide or herbicide, I just dig them up in a primitive way. 667 00:36:50,485 --> 00:36:53,926 I turn over the soil 668 00:36:54,766 --> 00:36:58,996 and the chickens also dig up dirt to find worms. 669 00:36:59,319 --> 00:37:01,813 That's all, there's no fertilizer. 670 00:37:02,414 --> 00:37:04,625 But I feel like drinking this tea, 671 00:37:04,710 --> 00:37:09,336 I'm not sure but since I've arrived here 672 00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:11,824 I rarely got sick. 673 00:37:12,289 --> 00:37:14,067 I still have the same weight. 674 00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:18,668 My stamina since I was young 675 00:37:20,453 --> 00:37:21,828 I still keep it even now. 676 00:37:23,039 --> 00:37:25,783 - Food is the key thing to make you survive. 677 00:37:26,770 --> 00:37:28,954 Good food makes you survive longer, 678 00:37:29,039 --> 00:37:31,774 enjoy your life better, and do whatever you like. 679 00:37:31,859 --> 00:37:34,516 When you've got health you can do everything you like. 680 00:37:34,601 --> 00:37:38,113 When you have no health and you've got money, you cannot do everything. 681 00:37:38,198 --> 00:37:39,356 That's the big problem. 682 00:37:39,790 --> 00:37:42,305 - [Shareef] Chef Tan also runs a culinary school 683 00:37:42,390 --> 00:37:44,395 on his farm where he trains chefs 684 00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:47,093 from around the world in Vietnamese cuisine. 685 00:37:48,314 --> 00:37:50,130 - Cooking with me is about life. 686 00:37:50,587 --> 00:37:52,411 Food, life is connected. 687 00:37:53,372 --> 00:37:58,032 People say man handsome, power, strong, 688 00:37:58,119 --> 00:38:01,700 to protect the girl, but is never romantic so much. 689 00:38:02,107 --> 00:38:05,233 So we say man is very salty. 690 00:38:06,403 --> 00:38:09,021 Salty for American man is different 691 00:38:09,106 --> 00:38:11,626 than Asian man, different than Vietnamese man. 692 00:38:11,989 --> 00:38:14,860 American man or Western man we call salty 693 00:38:15,082 --> 00:38:17,337 but their salt is from sea salt. 694 00:38:17,935 --> 00:38:20,294 Salty of Asian is soy sauce. 695 00:38:20,607 --> 00:38:22,521 Salty of Vietnam is fish sauce. 696 00:38:22,606 --> 00:38:23,616 - [Shareef] Aah. 697 00:38:23,899 --> 00:38:25,815 - A man, can you stay single? 698 00:38:25,900 --> 00:38:27,064 No, you get married. 699 00:38:27,646 --> 00:38:29,903 We cannot stay single. We need a lady. 700 00:38:30,485 --> 00:38:33,950 Who lady? Beautiful, sexy, and sweet. 701 00:38:34,642 --> 00:38:38,365 Woman in Western can be honey, can be pineapple juice, can be orange juice, 702 00:38:38,450 --> 00:38:39,915 but in Vietnam is sugar, 703 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:41,255 in Asian is sugar. 704 00:38:41,340 --> 00:38:42,649 So whatever you're cooking 705 00:38:42,734 --> 00:38:44,978 Western food, Asian food, Vietnamese food, 706 00:38:45,063 --> 00:38:48,536 we need a man, we need a woman, we need a salt, we need a sweet. 707 00:38:49,044 --> 00:38:51,630 Because different woman, different country, different flavor, right? 708 00:38:51,715 --> 00:38:53,600 Different man, different country, different flavor. 709 00:38:53,685 --> 00:38:55,669 They all salty, they all sweet, but different flavor. 710 00:38:55,935 --> 00:38:58,845 So the first thing, we want to mention about dipping sauce. 711 00:38:59,013 --> 00:39:00,923 We need man, we need woman. 712 00:39:01,458 --> 00:39:04,321 Dipping sauce is something salt, it's appetizer. 713 00:39:04,427 --> 00:39:05,427 [Male Mmm] 714 00:39:05,512 --> 00:39:08,274 Like when you know a woman, just know you start to love, 715 00:39:08,359 --> 00:39:09,384 [Female Mmm] 716 00:39:09,469 --> 00:39:11,415 you need to be understandable, right? 717 00:39:11,500 --> 00:39:13,170 We get engage, discover them, 718 00:39:13,255 --> 00:39:15,915 by going on dates, whatever, to learn more. 719 00:39:16,107 --> 00:39:18,284 We need acidity, right? 720 00:39:18,670 --> 00:39:20,319 We need sour. 721 00:39:20,404 --> 00:39:22,011 - [Shareef] So you need acidity? 722 00:39:22,096 --> 00:39:23,280 - Yeah, sour. 723 00:39:23,417 --> 00:39:24,819 And then what happens after? 724 00:39:25,237 --> 00:39:26,978 This is just a time you know 725 00:39:27,063 --> 00:39:28,898 that you're not really in love yet. 726 00:39:28,983 --> 00:39:32,100 You just want to discover, discover that lady or that man only. 727 00:39:32,276 --> 00:39:34,825 We need some lighter, like enjoy, we need lighter, 728 00:39:34,910 --> 00:39:38,493 we need no flavor, no color, we call water. 729 00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:41,913 Then? 730 00:39:41,998 --> 00:39:43,979 Then, love is challenge. 731 00:39:44,064 --> 00:39:46,835 Challenge means spice. We got spice. 732 00:39:47,636 --> 00:39:49,925 Easy? Not every couple is fighting, 733 00:39:50,010 --> 00:39:51,845 some couples love, is just love, 734 00:39:51,930 --> 00:39:54,612 no fighting, no argument, but some couples love spicy. 735 00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:58,124 So whenever you make a dipping sauce in Vietnamese, Western, Asian, 736 00:39:58,209 --> 00:40:01,090 we need one salt, one man is one woman, 737 00:40:01,175 --> 00:40:04,518 one salt is one sweet, is one sour, is one no. 738 00:40:04,761 --> 00:40:06,159 Everything equalized. 739 00:40:06,589 --> 00:40:08,870 Just spice is optional, it's up to you. 740 00:40:08,955 --> 00:40:12,108 - [Shareef] It's up to you how much spice you want in your life. 741 00:40:12,193 --> 00:40:14,374 Alright, now we're making the first dish. 742 00:40:14,507 --> 00:40:16,382 Asian people everything is balanced. 743 00:40:16,768 --> 00:40:18,875 Western people enjoy a single flavor, 744 00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:20,577 too salty, too sweet, too sour. 745 00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:24,694 Vietnamese cuisine is different cuisine in the world 746 00:40:24,779 --> 00:40:27,823 because we got a fusion of every cuisine in the world. 747 00:40:28,471 --> 00:40:31,241 Thus the people in Asia always say one sentence: 748 00:40:31,987 --> 00:40:36,401 "Asian food look like cow shit but flavor amazing, 749 00:40:36,870 --> 00:40:40,316 Western food look amazing but flavor sometimes like cow shit." 750 00:40:40,401 --> 00:40:41,406 [laughs] 751 00:40:41,491 --> 00:40:43,400 So I want you to get a different idea. 752 00:40:43,485 --> 00:40:46,714 Asian people can look very pretty and flavor can be amazing, 753 00:40:46,878 --> 00:40:48,866 and Western food also can do that too, 754 00:40:49,143 --> 00:40:52,264 it's a fusion and welcome to Vietnamese cuisine. 755 00:40:53,436 --> 00:40:54,790 - [Lam] Everything is here. 756 00:40:54,875 --> 00:40:59,503 Vietnam, generally, can be described in one word: cocktail. 757 00:40:59,588 --> 00:41:01,096 - What do you mean "cocktail"? 758 00:41:01,181 --> 00:41:04,386 - Cocktail. A little bit of different flavors, everything is here. 759 00:41:05,128 --> 00:41:07,575 - [Shareef] To explore Vietnamese food further, 760 00:41:07,660 --> 00:41:09,096 we meet up with Lam Thai, 761 00:41:09,396 --> 00:41:11,765 a local tour guide in Ho Chi Minh City 762 00:41:11,850 --> 00:41:14,360 with his own story of entrepreneurship. 763 00:41:14,522 --> 00:41:18,596 - [Lam] In the early 2000s, at the time that motorbikes were imported to Vietnam, 764 00:41:18,681 --> 00:41:22,465 we started to have the first few foreigners. 765 00:41:22,550 --> 00:41:24,344 At that time, I thought that English 766 00:41:24,429 --> 00:41:28,886 could be a perfect tool to communicate and work with people 767 00:41:29,487 --> 00:41:30,741 from all over the world. 768 00:41:31,377 --> 00:41:35,839 Actually, I worked for a small tour agency organizing adventurous tours. 769 00:41:35,924 --> 00:41:39,292 - And then at one point you said, I'm just going to work for myself. 770 00:41:39,764 --> 00:41:44,635 - Yes, when clients and tourists 771 00:41:44,720 --> 00:41:46,665 want to have different things 772 00:41:46,750 --> 00:41:51,750 away from the written tracks of the tour agencies, 773 00:41:52,307 --> 00:41:55,339 so I'm ready to tailor for them whatever they want, 774 00:41:55,608 --> 00:41:59,249 to meet their desire, their expectation of what they want to see. 775 00:41:59,910 --> 00:42:02,370 We eat a lot of rice, we cannot live without rice. 776 00:42:02,455 --> 00:42:04,578 So the stuff that is rice and water, 777 00:42:04,663 --> 00:42:05,893 we call banh canh. 778 00:42:05,978 --> 00:42:10,055 That's a quail egg and that's a chicken egg. 779 00:42:10,140 --> 00:42:13,870 Quail egg, one, two, three, four, and another four chicken eggs. 780 00:42:14,647 --> 00:42:18,456 - Is she going to eat with us? Because there's no way I can eat all of this. 781 00:42:18,541 --> 00:42:19,542 [laughs] 782 00:42:19,780 --> 00:42:22,651 - At the top, that is deep fried pig fat 783 00:42:22,796 --> 00:42:25,218 and scallions also for flavor. 784 00:42:26,085 --> 00:42:28,616 Cuisine and local cultures 785 00:42:29,007 --> 00:42:31,089 can be very well influenced by 786 00:42:31,257 --> 00:42:33,710 the way they eat, the way they talk to each other, 787 00:42:34,007 --> 00:42:36,073 the way they behave to each other. 788 00:42:36,410 --> 00:42:39,542 So, I treat you today how Vietnamese people eat, 789 00:42:39,820 --> 00:42:43,268 what we eat every day, or at least how is our cuisine. 790 00:42:44,538 --> 00:42:46,995 - [Shareef] Over 50% of Vietnamese households 791 00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:48,725 have small businesses, 792 00:42:48,866 --> 00:42:52,823 many of which are food carts that form Vietnam's vibrant, 793 00:42:53,268 --> 00:42:56,473 and sometimes crazy, street food scene. 794 00:42:57,900 --> 00:43:01,589 So, Lam, this looks like a very interesting dish, 795 00:43:01,906 --> 00:43:03,703 it's kind of scary almost to me, 796 00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:06,179 especially from what's inside. 797 00:43:06,734 --> 00:43:10,245 - [Lam] These are all the organs of the cow. 798 00:43:10,330 --> 00:43:12,992 - [Shareef] The intestines and the stomach of the cow. 799 00:43:13,077 --> 00:43:15,793 Would you call this the stomach soup of the cow, right? 800 00:43:16,195 --> 00:43:20,985 - We call it pha lau, according to the Chinese Cantonese. 801 00:43:21,070 --> 00:43:24,484 - So why don't you try the stomach first before I get a heart attack? 802 00:43:24,569 --> 00:43:25,621 [laughs] 803 00:43:25,706 --> 00:43:27,261 -Okay. -Let's give it a shot. 804 00:43:28,011 --> 00:43:31,589 Wow, wow, that's a lot of flavor. 805 00:43:31,996 --> 00:43:35,242 Okay. So the one I'm afraid of the most, 806 00:43:35,511 --> 00:43:37,763 I think, is this intestine thing. 807 00:43:38,585 --> 00:43:40,586 - [Lam] Don't be lazy, be crazy. 808 00:43:40,707 --> 00:43:41,797 [laughs] 809 00:43:41,882 --> 00:43:43,547 - Oh man. Okay, it's not that bad. 810 00:43:45,347 --> 00:43:48,277 - So experience the differences to enrich your life. 811 00:43:48,562 --> 00:43:50,730 You're enriched now, man, after taking that. 812 00:43:50,815 --> 00:43:52,215 - I've been enriched. 813 00:43:52,300 --> 00:43:55,070 I have the intestine of the cow in my stomach. 814 00:43:55,155 --> 00:43:56,219 [laughs] 815 00:43:56,676 --> 00:43:58,284 - [Lam] So this is the testicle. 816 00:43:58,369 --> 00:44:00,023 - [Shareef] This is the testicle. 817 00:44:00,108 --> 00:44:02,609 - [Lam] And this is the tool, the gun, the shotgun. 818 00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:04,839 - Ah dude, I feel like when I watch it, 819 00:44:04,924 --> 00:44:08,257 it feels like aah, I'm going like this, 820 00:44:08,350 --> 00:44:10,206 like oh God, no, no, no. 821 00:44:10,291 --> 00:44:11,558 [laughs] 822 00:44:11,765 --> 00:44:12,837 You don't feel it? 823 00:44:12,922 --> 00:44:14,293 It's like ugh, dude. 824 00:44:14,378 --> 00:44:16,589 -[Lam] Ah, no. I'm looking, I'm just looking. 825 00:44:16,674 --> 00:44:19,086 - [Shareef] I guess you have balls of steel then. 826 00:44:19,171 --> 00:44:23,039 Baby spinach with goat penis and lotus roots. 827 00:44:23,124 --> 00:44:24,371 Who invented that? 828 00:44:24,617 --> 00:44:27,226 - [Lam] One of the reasons we have 96 million people. 829 00:44:27,311 --> 00:44:28,964 Makes you strong on bed. [laughs] 830 00:44:29,049 --> 00:44:30,367 - Yes, of goat penis soup. 831 00:44:31,703 --> 00:44:35,531 Man, I'm just going to swallow that penis because it's a little chewy. 832 00:44:38,695 --> 00:44:41,172 Ah, man you gotta help me, one chicken feet. 833 00:44:41,711 --> 00:44:42,925 - [Lam] One chicken ass. 834 00:44:43,234 --> 00:44:44,738 - [Shareef] It's really fatty. 835 00:44:44,953 --> 00:44:46,240 - Every ass has fat. 836 00:44:46,551 --> 00:44:47,551 [laughs] 837 00:44:48,916 --> 00:44:49,987 Right? 838 00:44:50,928 --> 00:44:52,341 - [Shareef] As it turns out, 839 00:44:52,426 --> 00:44:54,277 the nightlife in Ho Chi Minh City 840 00:44:54,362 --> 00:44:56,675 is as vibrant as its street food scene. 841 00:44:57,632 --> 00:45:00,347 I walk into an intimate live music venue 842 00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:03,359 where I am intrigued by a unique performance. 843 00:45:03,749 --> 00:45:08,925 [violin playing with live rock band] 844 00:45:32,355 --> 00:45:34,415 This genre-bending music venue 845 00:45:34,500 --> 00:45:36,713 is the brainchild of Le Quang Minh. 846 00:45:37,730 --> 00:45:39,645 - My parents wanted me to be a lawyer. 847 00:45:39,730 --> 00:45:41,622 - Of course. Not a doctor? 848 00:45:41,707 --> 00:45:42,972 [laughs] 849 00:45:43,085 --> 00:45:44,393 - Okay, lawyer, I'm okay. 850 00:45:44,478 --> 00:45:48,135 But I love music, so I passed an examination 851 00:45:48,220 --> 00:45:50,284 with high score in conservatory 852 00:45:50,421 --> 00:45:53,531 and I get a scholarship about drumming because I'm a drummer. 853 00:45:54,171 --> 00:45:56,808 I learned in three universities at the same time: 854 00:45:57,542 --> 00:46:01,187 lawyer for my parents, music and graphic design for myself. 855 00:46:01,323 --> 00:46:02,554 [laughs] 856 00:46:03,007 --> 00:46:06,730 - I got to make my mom and dad happy, and then I have to make myself happy. 857 00:46:06,815 --> 00:46:08,073 - Yeah. [laughs] 858 00:46:08,721 --> 00:46:12,409 I made a band in high school called Little Wings. 859 00:46:12,494 --> 00:46:14,866 We followed Red Hot Chili Peppers and Green Day, 860 00:46:14,975 --> 00:46:20,838 and in 1997, I composed an English song by acoustic sound. 861 00:46:21,343 --> 00:46:23,102 We're champions in this prize, 862 00:46:23,187 --> 00:46:25,025 it's very big, like a bands idol, 863 00:46:25,110 --> 00:46:26,949 Vietnam's idol, something like that. 864 00:46:27,034 --> 00:46:29,886 -Ah, it's like American Idol. -Yeah, like American Idol. 865 00:46:30,300 --> 00:46:33,081 After this prize we started to play in the bar. 866 00:46:33,327 --> 00:46:36,288 Recording music and advertising is in the day time, 867 00:46:36,698 --> 00:46:39,558 and playing music in the bar is my night time. 868 00:46:39,972 --> 00:46:41,629 - Wow, two jobs every day. 869 00:46:41,714 --> 00:46:43,175 - Two jobs every day. 870 00:46:43,260 --> 00:46:47,666 And at 2006, I think, okay, I played music 871 00:46:47,751 --> 00:46:49,452 over ten years at the bars, 872 00:46:49,859 --> 00:46:52,460 why I don't open my own bar to play the music I want? 873 00:46:52,900 --> 00:46:56,390 So I opened a bar first, I want to do different. 874 00:46:57,249 --> 00:46:59,765 You see, I'm explaining to you, music is music. 875 00:47:00,210 --> 00:47:02,238 Maybe you play Britney Spears 876 00:47:02,378 --> 00:47:04,230 and people that like Britney go aaah, 877 00:47:04,464 --> 00:47:07,667 and you play Led Zeppelin and people over here love Led Zeppelin. 878 00:47:08,624 --> 00:47:11,800 And the people that like Britney Spears they doubt, 879 00:47:11,889 --> 00:47:14,494 oh what kind is this song, maybe this is a good song. 880 00:47:14,691 --> 00:47:16,913 And, from my opinion, 881 00:47:17,952 --> 00:47:20,878 I'm bringing the rock music not to the rock people, 882 00:47:22,495 --> 00:47:25,865 I'm bringing the rock music to another people 883 00:47:25,950 --> 00:47:29,011 that don't like rock music but feel they love from rock music. 884 00:47:29,874 --> 00:47:31,886 But if you play a lot of kinds of music, 885 00:47:31,999 --> 00:47:33,972 in the whole room the people can enjoy, 886 00:47:34,136 --> 00:47:37,593 and people can recognize, oh maybe rock music is nice. 887 00:47:38,223 --> 00:47:43,223 [violin playing with live rock band] 888 00:47:47,237 --> 00:47:51,338 - [Anh] I am currently working at the Ho Chi Minh City orchestra 889 00:47:51,909 --> 00:47:57,217 and every night on weekends, I perform at the Acoustic Bar. 890 00:47:57,502 --> 00:48:00,686 And this place is like my second home. 891 00:48:01,779 --> 00:48:05,196 [band continues playing] 892 00:48:15,726 --> 00:48:21,085 - I think that everyone only sees the violin as a classical instrument. 893 00:48:21,573 --> 00:48:25,956 But I want to pursue a modern style. 894 00:48:26,354 --> 00:48:30,519 And I want to combine the violin with the band 895 00:48:31,050 --> 00:48:34,425 to perform a wilder style. 896 00:48:36,976 --> 00:48:42,558 In the future, we can unite them to create a new style called rock symphony. 897 00:48:43,003 --> 00:48:47,393 We can perform with both the rock band and the orchestra. 898 00:48:51,093 --> 00:48:54,863 This place makes me feel excited whenever I have a performance 899 00:48:54,948 --> 00:48:58,397 and inspires me the most. 900 00:48:59,921 --> 00:49:01,686 - [Minh] You know, everything I do, 901 00:49:01,771 --> 00:49:05,453 I want to bring like the good music, like the real music. 902 00:49:06,410 --> 00:49:09,116 - So what you're doing is, you're basically introducing 903 00:49:09,201 --> 00:49:11,075 different genres of music 904 00:49:11,160 --> 00:49:13,765 to each other so they can appreciate it. 905 00:49:13,850 --> 00:49:16,175 - Yeah. Firstly, I need to make all the people 906 00:49:16,260 --> 00:49:17,769 love this place first, 907 00:49:18,292 --> 00:49:23,620 and secondly I put some old school and real music inside. 908 00:49:24,128 --> 00:49:25,901 Because business is business. 909 00:49:26,261 --> 00:49:31,038 We have to find a way for music to bring good emotions 910 00:49:31,172 --> 00:49:36,659 and make the people feel no stress, happy, smiling by music. 911 00:49:38,830 --> 00:49:41,355 - I rather figure out how to build a business 912 00:49:41,440 --> 00:49:42,620 that stands on its own, 913 00:49:43,030 --> 00:49:45,097 that empowers people in a sustainable way 914 00:49:45,382 --> 00:49:47,479 and helping people to work for themselves 915 00:49:47,905 --> 00:49:50,555 and then as a result making the world a better place, 916 00:49:50,640 --> 00:49:53,206 contributing to their local community and society. 917 00:49:54,126 --> 00:49:56,266 - [Huong] It's a life transforming journey. 918 00:49:56,355 --> 00:49:59,508 It's not just giving someone a fish to eat today 919 00:49:59,593 --> 00:50:01,351 but also teaching them how to fish. 920 00:50:02,155 --> 00:50:04,210 Koto is always based on the philosophy 921 00:50:04,295 --> 00:50:05,464 of know one, teach one. 922 00:50:05,585 --> 00:50:07,620 If you know one thing, you can teach one thing. 923 00:50:07,705 --> 00:50:09,440 If you know one person, you can teach one person. 924 00:50:09,525 --> 00:50:11,445 You don't have to wait until you have everything. 925 00:50:11,530 --> 00:50:14,635 So I became a Koto trainee in 2006 926 00:50:14,720 --> 00:50:16,296 and graduated from the program. 927 00:50:16,866 --> 00:50:18,679 As part of my sense of giving back, 928 00:50:18,890 --> 00:50:21,000 I always wanted to contribute my knowledge 929 00:50:21,085 --> 00:50:23,757 and skills into the organization that changed my life. 930 00:50:24,366 --> 00:50:26,675 I was born in a very small village of Vietnam 931 00:50:26,760 --> 00:50:29,503 in the northwest and my mom was a single mom. 932 00:50:30,030 --> 00:50:31,894 One day when I finished year seven, 933 00:50:31,979 --> 00:50:35,597 I realized that my mom was facing a kidney infection 934 00:50:35,683 --> 00:50:38,944 and she was very, very sick so I decided to leave school 935 00:50:39,081 --> 00:50:42,925 and then I went to Hanoi to work and earn money. 936 00:50:43,499 --> 00:50:44,706 - At age twelve? 937 00:50:45,007 --> 00:50:46,595 - At age twelve, yes. 938 00:50:46,680 --> 00:50:50,054 I literally left home at age twelve for the first time 939 00:50:50,139 --> 00:50:51,545 living far away from my mom, 940 00:50:51,630 --> 00:50:53,700 and Hanoi is the capital city of Vietnam. 941 00:50:53,785 --> 00:50:54,925 It was so busy. 942 00:50:55,010 --> 00:50:57,180 It was totally different to my countryside. 943 00:50:57,593 --> 00:51:01,030 I looked after a four month old baby boy, doing babysitting 944 00:51:01,272 --> 00:51:04,073 and it was like a baby looking after another baby. 945 00:51:04,616 --> 00:51:07,714 So I earned about ten dollars back then per month, 946 00:51:07,847 --> 00:51:10,515 working hard from 6 a.m to 12 a.m the next day. 947 00:51:10,600 --> 00:51:13,054 With that entire money, I sent back to my mom 948 00:51:13,382 --> 00:51:15,035 to help my brother and my sister 949 00:51:15,120 --> 00:51:18,921 remain at school and help her a little bit with her health problem. 950 00:51:19,656 --> 00:51:24,135 At that time, girls from 16 to 18 in the countryside, 951 00:51:24,220 --> 00:51:26,769 they ask to get married so I saw all the women 952 00:51:26,862 --> 00:51:29,984 getting married, having kids, working hard on the farm, 953 00:51:30,072 --> 00:51:32,678 being domestic violence and all those sorts of stuff. 954 00:51:32,763 --> 00:51:34,953 And somehow, I decided that wasn't my life 955 00:51:35,290 --> 00:51:38,199 so I chose to stay in Hanoi by myself 956 00:51:38,284 --> 00:51:41,710 and there was no family, no relatives, no friends in Hanoi. 957 00:51:42,562 --> 00:51:43,810 So I became a street kid 958 00:51:44,718 --> 00:51:48,305 and I ended up living most of my time on the streets 959 00:51:48,390 --> 00:51:52,812 and living under the staircase of a landlord 960 00:51:53,859 --> 00:51:57,375 and I was treated very badly by the local people. 961 00:51:57,460 --> 00:52:00,464 They took all my money and didn't give me anything in return. 962 00:52:00,636 --> 00:52:02,915 When I looked for a job and without education, 963 00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:04,545 I couldn't do anything. 964 00:52:04,630 --> 00:52:06,435 So, I decided to go back to school 965 00:52:06,520 --> 00:52:09,085 for more education training at nighttime. 966 00:52:09,706 --> 00:52:12,265 I cooked sticky rice every 2 a.m morning, 967 00:52:12,350 --> 00:52:13,562 sold it on the street, 968 00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:15,560 working as a cleaner during the day 969 00:52:15,645 --> 00:52:17,885 and sold cake in the afternoon 970 00:52:17,970 --> 00:52:20,097 and at night I went to study 971 00:52:20,417 --> 00:52:22,890 and came back to sell cake in the street again. 972 00:52:22,975 --> 00:52:25,545 So basically, every day I managed to have 973 00:52:25,630 --> 00:52:27,935 only two hours of sleeping. 974 00:52:28,020 --> 00:52:30,550 Don't know how I did it back then 975 00:52:31,109 --> 00:52:35,000 but life back then was very dark. 976 00:52:35,273 --> 00:52:38,445 It was like gray, no hope, no future. 977 00:52:38,530 --> 00:52:41,527 I didn't know what direction I headed up to. 978 00:52:43,023 --> 00:52:44,916 But just one thing I knew, 979 00:52:45,001 --> 00:52:49,714 that education would somehow one day change my case. 980 00:52:50,140 --> 00:52:52,613 So I came and visited Koto, I checked it out first 981 00:52:52,698 --> 00:52:54,355 and that's what changed my life. 982 00:52:54,726 --> 00:52:56,105 After finishing Koto, 983 00:52:56,190 --> 00:52:59,609 I was offered a job at the Intercontinental Hotel Group 984 00:52:59,867 --> 00:53:02,574 so I worked as a waitress there for nearly three years 985 00:53:02,878 --> 00:53:06,285 and then I came back to Koto as marketing officer. 986 00:53:06,580 --> 00:53:09,510 Then two and a half years later I was offered a scholarship 987 00:53:09,595 --> 00:53:11,074 to go to Australia to study. 988 00:53:11,429 --> 00:53:13,183 You know, working from the streets, 989 00:53:13,268 --> 00:53:15,900 I never knew that one day I could go overseas, 990 00:53:15,985 --> 00:53:19,296 it opened up a whole lot of opportunities for me. 991 00:53:19,523 --> 00:53:23,038 - Why do you think Vietnamese people in general are so entrepreneurial? 992 00:53:23,123 --> 00:53:27,570 - I think because Vietnam now is not too regulated 993 00:53:29,078 --> 00:53:33,074 and the opportunities are out there in every corner 994 00:53:33,402 --> 00:53:35,402 so everyone here is an entrepreneur. 995 00:53:36,468 --> 00:53:39,140 I was an entrepreneur selling sticky rice before. 996 00:53:39,225 --> 00:53:40,249 [laughs] 997 00:53:41,191 --> 00:53:45,515 - [Shareef] They say Vietnam is the land of a million smiles. 998 00:53:46,495 --> 00:53:48,402 - People are really happy and curious. 999 00:53:48,487 --> 00:53:51,390 They're very inviting, and I think that is natural 1000 00:53:51,761 --> 00:53:54,031 of Vietnamese people across the country. 1001 00:53:54,308 --> 00:53:57,558 - I think that Vietnamese people are very brave 1002 00:53:57,874 --> 00:54:00,950 and they always desire for their freedom 1003 00:54:01,878 --> 00:54:05,831 because we've been in the past, for countless wars. 1004 00:54:06,312 --> 00:54:10,085 - Fortunately, as people say about the law of attraction, 1005 00:54:10,570 --> 00:54:16,335 when giving goodwill, there will be corresponding frequencies. 1006 00:54:16,796 --> 00:54:20,000 When I meditate, I can see myself clearer, 1007 00:54:20,292 --> 00:54:23,625 which means doing something that is truly meaningful in our lives. 1008 00:54:24,210 --> 00:54:26,554 - In this life, nothing impossible. 1009 00:54:26,639 --> 00:54:29,390 Everything impossible can become possible. 1010 00:54:29,730 --> 00:54:31,723 - We have a very good community here 1011 00:54:31,808 --> 00:54:33,110 where we help each other 1012 00:54:34,167 --> 00:54:37,183 because I can be good at some points 1013 00:54:37,402 --> 00:54:40,675 but I must need help at some other points too. 1014 00:54:40,882 --> 00:54:43,650 - There are so much opportunities for everyone 1015 00:54:43,735 --> 00:54:45,683 but women, you know, they take it. 1016 00:54:45,968 --> 00:54:49,671 Like myself, we seize the opportunity and we take it and we have the tools. 1017 00:54:50,011 --> 00:54:52,413 - Even like, you know, I tell the band singer, 1018 00:54:52,498 --> 00:54:54,725 Vietnamese people, if you learn a cover song, 1019 00:54:54,810 --> 00:54:57,960 you need to know about the meaning of the song 1020 00:54:58,175 --> 00:55:01,339 because if you know the meaning of the song, you sing very good. 1021 00:55:01,445 --> 00:55:03,628 You put the meaning of the song in your life 1022 00:55:03,777 --> 00:55:06,011 and you sing like by your heart. 1023 00:55:07,105 --> 00:55:09,019 - [Shareef] From the energetic farmers 1024 00:55:10,350 --> 00:55:12,350 to the ambitious entrepreneurs 1025 00:55:13,390 --> 00:55:17,783 to the dreamers still building on a majestic culture. 1026 00:55:19,468 --> 00:55:23,402 Their remarkable human stories have inspired me 1027 00:55:23,886 --> 00:55:28,480 to follow my own dreams wherever they may lead. 1028 00:55:30,234 --> 00:55:32,995 - And the young people, it's just amazing. 1029 00:55:33,080 --> 00:55:37,025 They just want to move on and be able to build the country 1030 00:55:37,110 --> 00:55:38,960 that Vietnam should have always been. 1031 00:55:39,269 --> 00:55:41,675 - I am a Vietnamese woman. 1032 00:55:42,562 --> 00:55:45,792 I always have the love of my homeland, my country. 1033 00:55:47,692 --> 00:55:50,859 [gentle music begins]