The visit, which may be the first of future student and faculty exchanges between UC and the National University of Hanoi, came about after interim dean Richard Newrock, a physicist, met the dean of the Hanoi school's technology college at an academic conference. This visit may lead to future exchanges. For both Tue and Toan, language and its intricacies have provided both challenge and humor. Toan, who is self-taught in English, which he learned by studying from books, admits he laughs at his own mistakes. People have helped us.
People speak slowly.
They hear us patiently, take time to be with us. Toan returned to Hanoi at the end of April, though not until after trying Cincinnati's famous three-way chili and visiting Eden Park. Tue will remain until the end of May, sampling UC educational offerings as well as the city's cultural ones, including the Natural History Museum, the Taft Museum, Music Hall and a College-Conservatory of Music performance.