Vietnam’s secret sauce – its young people and their iPads

The country’s growth potential has been talked about. Its ambitious youth can help realise it.

As the Vietnamese youth gear up to seize the day, opportunities are opening up for them. PHOTO: UNSPLASH
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Upon entering the living room of a bright and tidy home in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Tan district in 2017, co-author Lim Sun Sun was struck by two things: the child-centred nature of the home and the premium placed by the family on education.

She was there to conduct research on how Vietnamese parents managed their pre-school children’s digital device use.

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