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...floodplains of Soc Trang province in Vietnam's Mekong Delta are a maze of rivers and canals dotted with villages so impoverished that local farmers earn less than $1 a day. It is not an obvious place to seek a fortune, but capitalism finds a way. Steering his ramshackle boat along the Ke Sat River, Nguyen Van Hon operates a floating sundries distributorship. The wooden hold of his boat is heavy with boxes containing small bars of Lifebuoy soap and single-use sachets of Sunsilk shampoo, which he sells to riverside shopkeepers for as little as 2.5? each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Selling to the Poor | 5/29/2005 | See Source »

...floodplains of Soc Trang Province in Vietnam's Mekong Delta are a maze of rivers and canals dotted with villages so impoverished that local farmers earn less than $1 a day. It is not an obvious place to seek a fortune, but capitalism finds a way. Steering his ramshackle boat along the Ke Sat River, Nguyen Van Hon operates a floating sundries distributorship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marketing: Selling to The Poor | 4/17/2005 | See Source »

Nguyen went for sleepovers in the Quad and went canoeing on the Charles with her “big BRYE sib,” Trang Tu ’94. When Nguyen was in third grade and moved from bilingual to regular school, she “felt like such a loser,” but Tu would call her and encourage her. “When I was eight, I knew I wanted to be exactly like her,” Nguyen says. “She still inspires me now. I wouldn’t flatter myself...

Author: By Catherine E. Jampel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Full Circle | 10/30/2003 | See Source »

These two sides of his job came together in May 1995 when Sinedu Tadesse ’96 stabbed and killed her roommate, Trang Phuong Ho ’96, before committing suicide. Epps held a series of meetings with students and administrators to provide a forum for discussing the tragedy. The murder led students and personnel to question the effectiveness of Harvard’s House advising system and its counseling and support resources...

Author: By Alexander J. Blenkinsopp, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Last dean of students Archie Epps Dies at 66 | 9/8/2003 | See Source »

These two sides of his job came together in May 1995 when Sinedu Tadesse ’96 stabbed her roommate Trang Phuong Ho ’96 to death. Epps held a series of meetings with students and administrators to provide a forum for discussing the tragedy. The murder led students and personnel to question the effectiveness of Harvard's House advising system and its counseling and support resources...

Author: By Alexander J. Blenkinsopp, | Title: Former Dean of Students Epps Dead at 66 | 8/24/2003 | See Source »

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