Country Presentation— Vietnam vs. Malaysia

Presented by Yingying Nan & Beibei Wei

·        Location

·        Climate

·        Religion

·        Festival

·        Food

Location

 Pictures are from

(1.http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&biw=1366&bih=555&q=vietnam&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq= on 04/03/11

2.http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&biw=1366&bih=555&gbv=2&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=southeast+asia&aq=f&aqi=g-s1g-sx9&aql=&oq= on 04/03/11
3.http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&biw=1366&bih=555&gbv=2&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=malaysia&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq= on 04/03/11)

Similarities:

Vietnam and Malaysia are belonging to the Southeast Asian country.

Differences:

·         Latitudes and Longitudes

       Vietnam lies between latitudes 8° and 24°N, and longitudes 102° and 110°E.

       Malaysia lies mostly between latitudes 1° and 8°N (a small area is south of 1°), and between longitudes 99° and 120°E.
(Sources: 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam  on 04/03/11  

                     2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia on 04/03/11)

Climate

Similarities: High-temperature rainy

Differences:

·        Vietnam: tropical monsoon climate (summer: rainy ; winter: dry)

·        Malaysia: tropical rainforest climate (temperature changes small; rains a lot)

(Sources: 1. http://baike.baidu.com/view/4205.htm  on 04/03/11

               2. http://baike.baidu.com/view/7009.htm  on 04/03/11)

Religion

Similarities: Buddhism, Taoism

Differences:

·         Vietnam: Mahayana Buddhism (80%)

·         Malaysia: Islam (60.4%)

(Sources: 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam#Religions on 04/03/11

               2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia#Religion on 04/03/11)

Festival  

Similarities:
New Year; Mid-Autumn Festival(August 15th Lunar)

Differences:

·         Vietnam: Mid-year festival (May 5th Lunar)

·         Malaysia: Hari Kebangsaan (Independence Day ); Labour Day (May 1^st) ;

                 King’s Birthday (first Saturday of June); Muslim’s holiday Hari Raya Haji;

                Chinese New Year

(Sources: 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_festivals_in_Vietnam on 04/03/11

               2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Malaysia on 04/03/11)

Food

Similarities:
Rice, noodles

Differences:

·         Malaysia: Influenced by Malay, Chinese, Indian, Thai, Javanese and Sumatran culture

                  Spicy dishes are also favorites

·         Vietnam :

n   Influenced by Buddhist and Chinese

n   Healthy eating style

      

(Sources: 1. http://www.everyculture.com/Ja-Ma/Malaysia.html on 04/03/11

                  2. http://www.everyculture.com/To-Z/Vietnam.html  on 04/03/11)

(Pictures are from
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_cuisine on 04/03/11
2. http://sorightz.blogspot.com/2008/07/malaysian-food.html on 04/03/11)


References:

Wikipedia -Vietnam, April 3rd 2011, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam

Wikipedia -Malaysia, April 3rd 2011, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia

Everyculture -Vietnam, April 3rd 2011, http://www.everyculture.com/To-Z/Vietnam.html

Everyculture -Malaysia, April 3rd 2011,  http://www.everyculture.com/Ja-Ma/Malaysia.html