Theo's Adventure Capitalists Vietnam
Theo travels to Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and the World Heritage Site Ha Long Bay to follow the three companies as they try and succeed in this dynamic new market. There's luxury boat manufacturer Fairline, who want to set up a dealership in Vietnam to sell their eye-wateringly expensive boats. Their potential partners are two British businessmen who arrived in the UK thirty years ago as Vietnamese Boat People. There's Creative Education, with their ambitious plans to run an International School and set up a region-wide teacher training business. Theo also follows Haymarket, who want to find a local partner to publish their magazines 4-4-2 and Autocar in Vietnam.
Primary Title
- Theo's Adventure Capitalists
Secondary Title
- Vietnam
Date Broadcast
- Saturday 8 May 2010
Start Time
- 14 : 10
Finish Time
- 14 : 58
Duration
- 48:00
Episode
- 1
Channel
- BBC World News
Broadcaster
- British Broadcasting Corporation
Programme Description
- Theo travels to Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and the World Heritage Site Ha Long Bay to follow the three companies as they try and succeed in this dynamic new market. There's luxury boat manufacturer Fairline, who want to set up a dealership in Vietnam to sell their eye-wateringly expensive boats. Their potential partners are two British businessmen who arrived in the UK thirty years ago as Vietnamese Boat People. There's Creative Education, with their ambitious plans to run an International School and set up a region-wide teacher training business. Theo also follows Haymarket, who want to find a local partner to publish their magazines 4-4-2 and Autocar in Vietnam.
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Television Vault
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Investments--Developing countries
- Corporations, British
- Business enterprises, Foreign--Vietnam
- Foreign trade regulation--Vietnam
- Investments, Foreign--Vietnam
Genres
- Business/Financial
- Documentary
- Reality
Hosts
- Theo Paphitis (Host)
Contributors
- The Open University (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Investments--Developing countries
- Corporations, British
- Business enterprises, Foreign--Vietnam
- Foreign trade regulation--Vietnam
- Investments, Foreign--Vietnam