Day 12-- We might never go back to a Five Star Hotel

Today we went to the New World Hotel (after sleeping in), which is a five star hotel in Saigon. We attended a cooking class and made ourselves spring rolls (of which I made but did not eat and gave to Sam). We were then let loose on the buffet in the hotel and I believe everyone had a great time. This buffet was quite fancy and had a wonderful selection of desserts. 

After lunch we came back to the hotel for a quick turn around and then got back on the bus to go to Saigon Newport Corporation (SNP). SNP is a port for imports and exports. The interesting thing about SNP is that it works very closely with the Vietnamese military. The company works 24 hours a day and is very popular in Vietnam. I think of all the companies that we have visited, SNP is what I am most interested in doing as a career. I am studying supply chain management which studies how a product goes from raw materials to end product and how that product gets to an end user as efficiently as possible. Supply chain (and SNP) takes a lot of coordination and planning. What I like most about it is its globalization. Supply chain is everywhere and SNP does a good job of participating in a world-wide process.

We came back and some of us went to Ben Tanh market to do some more bargaining. I got my flag t-shirt and was good to go. We came back to the hotel and went for a swim swam which didn't last long. We got word that our suits were in and a fashion show ensued. All of us looked great, even in our chlorine filled hair. 

Sam and Chris "didn't" take my phone

Saigon Newport Corporation

Dan and Edziu make spring rolls