My Treasured Memories for the Vietnam Assignment

(6Jul2009 by: baylander)

Part I - Travel from Ifugao Province, Philippines to Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam

    Life is so complicated. Sometimes we wake up in the morning with surprises. Man, really has no capacity to predict what comes next at the end of the day.

My travel to Vietnam is an unexpected event in my life. I did not plan that someday I will be traveling in this country. Nevertheless, due to my employment at Ifugao State College of Agriculture and Forestry (ISCAF) and due to the leadership of our beloved ISCAF President, Dr. Serafin L. Ngohayon, I am convinved that nothing is impossible about the destination or luck of each one of us. Let me elaborate my experiences prior to my scheduled trip to a socialist nation and the fastest growing country in terms of trade, industry, agriculture, and tourism.

TNU-SLSU-URS-ISCAF Team visit to Halong Bay

(02Jul2009 by oriental baylander editor)

     It was a wonderful experience. One sunny day in June, 2009,  I was offered a rare opportunity to visit Halong Bay along with the visiting professors from Southern Luzon State University and University of Rizal System. Halong bay is one of the most attractive tourists destinations in Vietnam. Its was declared by UNESCO as one of the wonders of the world. I was so lucky to be with kind and understanding people, it was my first time to meet them in Vietnam but they never showed any form of discrimination knowing that we are all Filipinos.

     I honestly enjoyed my short stay in Vietnam representing the Ifugao State College of Agriculture and Forestry. (The photo is credited to a professor from URS-SLSU)