Linh Thuy Dang is a Hanoi-an in Saigon, joining me to discuss her mixture of cultural experiences, including studying and working in Japan, America and the North and South of Vietnam. We discuss being immersed in so many environments, cultivating self awareness, balancing the expat lifestyle and all of its paradoxes, and how spending time abroad developed her confidence and personality.

⁃ Going abroad alone and having to go out and cultivate friendships and connections

⁃ Building her independence and confidence through her experiences

⁃ How America was such a significant chapter for her development

⁃ The differences between working and studying in both Japan and Vietnam

⁃ How to balance travel, career and changing culture

⁃ “Inventing yourself” all over again and resisting labels

⁃ The journey of returning back to Vietnam, but being immersed in Saigon to compare to Hanoi

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