Vietnam-Japan Online International Collaborative Learning Project: Fieldwork at “123 dzo” (Vietnamese restaurant in Mito) (Thursday, August 23)

Ibaraki University and Haiphong University in Vietnam have been conducting international collaborative education using the COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) method as part of exchange activities between the two institutions. This summer, we are visiting Vietnamese restaurants in Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture, and Japanese restaurants in Haiphong City, Vietnam, to find out (1) how Japanese/Vietnamese culture is consumed by local people in each region, (2) what strategies companies are using to gain acceptance by local people, and (3) what can be done to make Japanese/Vietnamese culture more acceptable in each region?

On Thursday, August 22, seven students from Ibaraki University participating in this activity visited 123 dzo, a Vietnamese restaurant in Mito, to conduct an interview. During the interview, everyone first ate the restaurant's food, followed by a one-hour interview. The interview was distributed to ten students at Haiphong University in Vietnam.

The owner of “123 dzo” is an international student from Vietnam who graduated from Ibaraki University's College of Engineering in 2019! The participating students were impressed by the passion of their senpai!