What is your take on disney building a park in Vietnam?(economically)?
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I think that would be awesome thuy.\nI mean it would bring tourists to vietnam as well as money for the economy wich me know it needs
1005858
Well first of all I want to THANK YOU for being over there for us here in the States.\nI was a travel agent and still am but I work for an airline.\nThe wine country of California is beautiful and has some good hotels. I would not do Disney becuase it is always cramped and you are needing time with your wife. Also you can go on a fairly inexpensive cruise out of Galveston TX. You would fly into Houston TX. Look at this website if you get the time and they have great prices...I used to work there when I lived in Houston now I am in Phoenix. The website is www.affordabletours.com\nYou could go to Flordia and do some of the beaches or hang out in Tampa has some nice beaches. \n\nI hope that helps you can always email me if you need ideas\nfirecrackertx@yahoo.com\n\nGOD BLESS YOU & YOUR TROOP
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The new cabinet will be a big step towards more progress in Vietnam. They are much younger, and I believe they are sincere when they say that htey want to help the Viet people do better. \n\nThe old cabinet was very corrupt and they stole a lot of money that belong to the Viet people. They are the reason why many foreign companies have not come the Vietnam yet.
565829
Disneyland would be one.\nMaybe  a major baseball stadium. Possible during the world series.\nMall of America the day after Thanksgiving.
944980
Not much to go on. Depends on the kind of business.\nYou could offer something free or low cost to tourists. Give out maps of tourist areas. Offer something that they might need or want while touring. Or try turning your business into something of a tourist attraction itself. Make it into a unique/niche store or have something unusual there on the premises.\nApart from that, I'd need more info.
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They say at the start of vacation season. $100.00 Dollars a barrel is their goal. I have heard though that was a farce too, since they move it by the tanker. I saw that on the news..
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1. Future World, the World Showcase.\n\n2. Expedition Everest: Legend of the Forbidden Mountain.\n\n3. No, it's located at the Backlot at Disney - MGM Studios.\n\n4. STITCH'S.\n\n* Please do more Walt Disney World Trivia questions, it's fun and I need the practice. I'm positive I know everything about Walt Disney World. ; )
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Walt was in debt way beyond his means to build Disneyland and only managed to buy enough land for the park and parking lots. Shortly after Disneyland proved to be a success, motels and gas stations and restaurants popped up on the streets surrounding the park. Walt didn't like the abrupt transition from his Happiest Place on Earth to modern reality and regretted not having more land to surround his property as a buffer zone, as well as to expand the park itself. Disneyland was the first Theme Park, and was often referred to as "Walt's Folly". Experienced amusement parks thought it would fail, and the concept of a second ticket to a different park was not thought of.\n\nIn the late 50's/early 60's Walt started scouting for a new place to build his dream park, with enough land surrounding it to hold whatever they could dream up. There were other conditions too, like proximity to a major airport and highways. The Disney company began buying Florida swampland under assumed names (in order to kep the price down) until word got out that Disney was buying the land. They created their own legislative district as well, and worked on supplying their own power, water, and other utilities.\n\nBefore his death, Walt already had big plans for "the Florida project". The Magic Kingdom would be built in Florida, and the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow (EPCOT, which is now more of a permanent world's fair). Additionally, they would build hotels on the property. Sadly, Walt died before Disney World opened in 1971, but the company has been expanding the resort ever since.\n\nIt was as a result of the success of Disney World that other operators (including Disneyland management) saw the value in a second gate ticket and in keeping people on property to spend their dollars at Disney. Disneyland now has a second gate in California Adventure, and has built several new hotels in addition to the original Disneyland Hotel.\n\nMore information on the development of Disney World can be found at the link.
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I will only answer question 6: Nike would hire a Vietnamese company that pays its labour 12 cents a day for a 16 hr day without any sort of health insurance to manufacture the shoes in small cramped and unsafe factories. Thats business!
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Although Vietnam's economy is booming right now, it's not necessarily a great country to do business with. The communist government is still causing problems with foreign business interests making it almost a joke to do business in Vietnam unless you are a multi-national corporation or try to use black market tactics - almost like you're trying to smuggle drugs in and out of the country. There are many stories of small import/export operations that suddenly get hit with a tarriff that costs more than the merchandise being shipped into the country. This is typically due to a government official not getting paid off. \n\nEven the native Vietnamese are difficult to conduct business with. Many of them think that the foreigners, especially the Americans, owe them something. They will try to squeeze you on anything they possibly can, and have no regrets do so even if the business is conducted among fellow Vietnamese. This makes it more difficult for the honest native Viets to work with foreigners. \n\nHopefully, a change in the government next month will cause these issues to go away. If such issues are not resolved, Vietnam's bomming economy will collapse on itself because the corruption in the government will go unchecked for the next five years. Long story short, the money hungry old farts running the communist government in Vietnam need to go away.
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Big business gained a lot in Viet Nam, it is said that Bell helocopter kept the war going an extra two years. I think it was decided after Korea that Nam would be the next hot spot, to play with their toys, reduce populations, and profit
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Big D's comment made me yearn for the skyway at Walt Disney World.  It was a great makeout ride, but you had to either be shameless or anticipate the 110-degree turn from Fantasyland into Tomorrowland, but I don't think I could call it my favorite ride.\n\nSpaceship Earth at Epcot is another great makeout ride, though not as good as it once was.  The first 60-90 seconds used to be COMPLETELY pitch black...perfect for making out.  Now they've got little streaming lights in there to keep it from being pitch black, but I would guess it's still good for making out.  Haven't been able to try it since I was a sophomore in high school, though.\n\n"If You Had Wings" makes me wax nostalgic.  It was a lame ride, but it had two things going for it: a) back in the days when every ride required its own ABCD or E ticket, "If You Had Wings" was a "sponsored" ride, and you could ride it over and over without wasting any tickets.  I often chose to ride that several times while my parents went on the dumb old carousel of progress ("Heh heh...Oh, sport, you're such a funny old dog.")  b) There was this one particular scene in If You Had Wings where a caribbean cop in Bermuda shorts was "directing traffic".  In one direction you'd see a bunch of people crossing the street...in the other, it was geese flocking across to the other side.  Not very funny when I describe it, but something about it would tickle my funnybone every time I rode through.  (This ride is now "Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, which is probably more fun than If You Had Wings, but it doesn't make me wax nostalgic).\n\nI also miss the Kitchen Kabaret at Epcot.  To be sure, the new Soarin' ride is cool (although they could have at least made a soarin' over Florida ride for Florida, instead of importing the movie from Disney's California Adventure), but I miss the broccoli yelling "Cha cha cha!" the finale.\n\nBut hands down, the best ride at Walt Disney World for me is SPAM (what we Disney folks affectionately nicknamed SPAce Mountain).  I came of age on and around that attraction, working it from age 18-20.  I learned a lot about life and a little 'bout love there (yes, I know, it sounds like the Chattahoochie river for you Alan Jackson fans).  The ride itself is amazing.  I often marveled at how folks would stand in line up to two hours sometimes for an experience that barely lasted two and a half minutes.  I was amused at the arguments that broke out about which side was better (the left-hand side is, in fact, about 15 feet longer than the right-hand side, but only in the track area between the unload station and the load station, so the amount of track YOU get to ride on is exactly the same on both sides, and they're mirror images of one another).  I loved identifying "9-14's" when I was working the load position or the dispatch tower.  But really, the relationships I forged with my coworkers and the lessons I learned while working at Space Mountain make it the ride that most defines Walt Disney World for me.  I know that ride like the back of my hand.  Even the sudden steep drop at Safety Brake #6 doesn't bother me because I know exactly where it is and when it's coming.  I know that it's scarrier to ride down with the lights ON.  I know that you should always put the McGugan bar up before you put the trains away.  I'll never see Space Mountain like a typical Disney Guest does again, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
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It allways was, I remember when I was a kid and my parents couldn't afford to take me. I thought it was crummy, Disney just robs parents don't you think? they also prey on kids so that their folks will spend to much money or feel crappy because they can't afford it.
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Singapore is a great transit point into the Malay peninsula and of course it is close to China. Singapore is pretty much tapped out other than its strategic location. It would be hard to justify a manufacturing center or something like that, with land and everything being so expensive. Companies based in Singapore may be a geat idea.
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try this place out, it might help:\n\nhttp://www.adrc.or.jp/countryreport/VNM/VNMeng99/Vietnam99.htm
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Any particular land owners you're thinking about?  In general the main advantage of owning land is that you can build stuff on it.
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In all due respect, the previous answer is wrong.\n\nInternet access is surprisingly very good in the cities and even in many of the rural areas. ADSL is available for residential and businesses use with fees usually less than similar services in America. However, high speed acess is sparsly used by residents due to the prohibited cost of computers in Vietnam.\n\nComputers cost a little more and are last year's models compared to US computers. The average pay in Vietnam is about 1/6th to 1/8th of comparable employment in America, which puts a home computer further out of reach for the average Vietnamese household. That may change very soon as there are several new computer manufacturing companies starting up in Vietnam.\n\n\nInternet cafe's are all over the place where usage is incredibly cheap (about 10 cents/hour). A typical block in Hanoi may see a dozen cafe's mostly packed with ids and young adults playing cyber games.\n\nMost medium to larger businesses have T-1 access and usually allow their employees to use the Internet for personal use to provide more opportunities to learn about computers and the Internet. Businesses that conduct internations comerce usually have highspeed Internet used mostly for Internet phone calls.\n\nLong story short.. Internet is very much available in Vietnam and easily accessible.