Nguyễn Thị Thu Thảo

Nguyễn Thị Thu Thảo

Nguyễn Thị Thu Thảo

Nguyễn Thị Thu Thảo is a mem­ber of the co-ordin­a­tion team for the Asso­ci­ation of South­east Asi­an Social Enter­prises for Train­ing in Hos­pit­al­ity & Cater­ing (ASSET‑H&C). ASSET‑H&C is a region­al net­work of voca­tion­al train­ing centres that pro­mote the social and eco­nom­ic inclu­sion of vul­ner­able people in South­east Asia. ASSET‑H&C mem­bers work togeth­er on their com­mon mis­sion to make a pos­it­ive impact on the lives of dis­ad­vant­aged youths and adults.

Thu Thảo has also writ­ten for The “GT” Travel Blog.

 

How to implement sustainable food systems in Southeast Asian hospitality

January 23, 2024

How to implement sustainable food systems in Southeast Asian hospitality. Spoons students.

Nguyễn Thị Thu Thảo sum­mar­ises the case stud­ies shared and les­sons learned at a recent event about sus­tain­able food sys­tems organ­ised by the Asso­ci­ation of South­east Asi­an Social Enter­prises for Train­ing in Hos­pit­al­ity & Cater­ing (ASSET‑H&C). ASSET‑H&C is “GT” Insight Part­ner. [You too can write a “Good Tour­ism” Insight.] Where to start? Food waste, if it were a […]

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Gender mainstreaming in tourism & hospitality training. What? Why? How?


Gender mainstreaming in tourism training

What is ‘gender main­stream­ing’? Why is it import­ant? And how can it be applied in tour­ism and hos­pit­al­ity train­ing centres? In the wake of the release of their report on gender main­stream­ing, Nguyễn Thị Thu Thảo, Võ Thị Quế Chi, Marlène Ver­meij, and Del­hi Kal­wan of “GT” Part­ner the Asso­ci­ation of South­east Asi­an Social Enterprises […]

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Stronger together: Tourism training partnerships help prevent child exploitation


Stronger together preventing sectt sexual exploitation of travel and tourism through training

The sexu­al exploit­a­tion of chil­dren by those who use the ser­vices of the travel & tour­ism industry is a dif­fi­cult sub­ject to acknow­ledge let alone dis­cuss. This is why ECPAT Inter­na­tion­al, The Code, and ASSET‑H&C have partnered to give train­ers and edu­cat­ors use­ful tools to help pre­pare stu­dents to look out for and report signs […]

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55 ways tourism can be friendlier to the environment: An ‘Eco-Guide’


Picture collage of students at ASSET-H&C member institutions

“Good Tour­ism” Insight Part­ner ASSET‑H&C has pub­lished the free Eco-Guide for Hos­pit­al­ity Busi­nesses and Schools, which lays out 55 tips for redu­cing tour­is­m’s neg­at­ive effects on the envir­on­ment. Soph­ie Hart­man, Nguyễn Thị Thu Thảo, and Võ Thị Quế Chi describe the why, the how, and a few of the what in this “GT” Insight.  [Scroll […]

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How can vocational education contribute to women’s empowerment in hospitality & tourism?


At EGBOK, the students, both men and women, undergo comprehensive classes on women’s empowerment and gender equality, going into various social and gender issues such as marriage, love, relationships, child rearing and financial matters. Image (c) 2017 Chris RJ Anderson Photography. Supplied by ASSET‑H&C.

Every­one work­ing in travel & tour­ism and the hos­pit­al­ity sec­tor should be appro­pri­ately val­ued, paid, and recog­nised. With fresh research in hand, Soph­ie Hart­man, Nguyễn Thị Thu Thảo, and Võ Thị Quế Chi from the Asso­ci­ation of South­east Asi­an Social Enter­prises for Train­ing in Hos­pit­al­ity & Cater­ing (ASSET‑H&C) explain how voca­tion­al edu­ca­tion and train­ing can […]

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