When we first got there, we entered a room that had two very large models of the industrial park we were visiting and another one that they have located about 11 km down the road. We were then taken into a conference room fro the briefing. The VSIP briefing was very interesting. I had never realized everything that goes into an industrial park. They handle everything from damage control to customs regulation. They make it incredibly easy for a company to operate and take care of a lot of the dirty work that is involved with managing a company.
The VSIP talk was cut a little short and we then got a briefing from the Chief Engineer from II-VI. The II-VI briefing was really cool. They make lenses for lasers and thermoelectric coolers. Two very specific products for a very niche market. They supply a variety of industries, providing products for the US military, the scientific community, and everything in between. We then took a tour of their manufacturing facility which was really interesting to see. We saw all the steps in making several different types of lenses and how they test them, and we saw all them steps in preparing the parts of the thermoelectric coolers and how they are assembled and tested as well. I had never seen a factory assembly line before so that was really cool to see and definitely my favorite company visit of the whole trip.
After leaving VSIP, we went to lunch in the area at a really nice restaurant where we had an extensive tasting menu including but not limited to: fried prawns, fried chicken, roasted pork, etc. I also ordered a jasmine tea and I was expecting just a cup of tea but I got a whole teapot with really nice jasmine pearls and ended up sharing with everyone because I'm a good guy. After lunch we drove back to the hotel to end the day and it was raining a lot and flooded everywhere.
When we got back we headed back to the war zone that was the Ben Thanh market to buy some last gifts and stuff for people. I was a lot better at bartering the second time and was even told by one of the shop owners that I was really good at bartering.
On the way back we stopped for Banh Mi, those little Vietnamese Sandwiches that are made on Baguettes and that was super good.
That night we decided to explore some more Ho Chi Minh City night life and went to a sports pub owned by the son of the chief engineer at II-VI which was cool. I had never played darts before and was not very good but it was still a lot of fun. After leaving tere we went to a few other pubs in the area to play more darts.
check out this flood
look at this. I'm crazy
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