Media trainers Dinh Thi Thuy Hang (Institute of Journalism and Communication) and Do Anh Duc (Vietnam National University) facilitated the training and subsequent discussions.

UNESCO: Communication and Information

Back at the Hanoi driving range, Mr. Thuy agreed.

WSJ: Vietnamese Investors Sink Savings Into Golf Memberships

"Buying a membership is better than putting cash in the bank, better than putting it in the stock market, and better than putting it into gold, " said Do Dinh Thuy, a 48-year-old management consultant, amid the steady thwack of balls being driven out onto a local range here in Hanoi's suburbs.

WSJ: Vietnamese Investors Sink Savings Into Golf Memberships