Visas and logistics
Bringing equipment and samples in and out: what to plan for
Fieldwork logistics fail most often at customs, and almost always for reasons that were foreseeable months earlier.
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Visas and logistics
Finding partners in Vietnam
From first meeting to first output: the year most collaborations stall
The introduction goes well, both sides are enthusiastic, and eighteen months later nothing has been produced.
Conferences and networks
Paying for a colleague's travel to your conference: what it actually takes
Inviting a Vietnamese colleague to speak is easy; getting them there involves several things that are invisible from your side.
Visas and logistics
Running the collaboration when nobody can travel
Travel budgets get cut, visas get refused, and terms get busy — so most collaborations spend long stretches with no one in the same room.
Finding partners in Vietnam
Assessing whether a group has the capacity you need, without asking awkwardly
Publication records tell you what a group has done, not what it can do next — and the gap between those two is where collaborations fail.