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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.

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Vietnam is quickly making a name for itself as a dynamic economy drawing massive foreign investments.

As the Vietnamese youth gear up to seize the day, opportunities are opening up for them.

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Lim Sun Sun and Viet Anh Vu

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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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