{"id":6991,"date":"2020-07-29T16:38:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T14:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/?p=6991"},"modified":"2025-07-29T09:21:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T07:21:32","slug":"virtual-sml-study-trip-2020-to-china-and-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/virtual-sml-study-trip-2020-to-china-and-vietnam\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual SML Study Trip 2020 to China and Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ZHAW School of Management and Law organizes an annual study trip to China and Vietnam. 25 SML students visit subsidiaries of Swiss companies in Asia and learn first-hand about international business relations. This year the trip could not be carried out due to the corona pandemic. In the alternative program of this elective module, experts from Asia and Switzerland gave online lectures via video link for the students. 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