According to Gary Althen, a culture can be viewed as a collection of values and assumptions which go together to shape the way a group of people perceives and relates to the world around them. It follows that people who grow up in different culture share certain values and assumptions. However, people don’t share exactly the same way. They just agree to each other’s ideas about what is right and wrong, desirable and undesirable. As a Vietnamese, I've noticed that Vietnamese and American are different in many aspects of culture, and they can be narrowed down in some major differences, such as family values, communication styles, and concept of time. Exploring these majors will help us know, understand, and have a better perspective for each culture. Perhaps the most obvious difference is the practice of strong family values. In my culture, people are taught in their early life to consider themselves as collectivists with strong family values. The Vietnamese family model is an extended one including immediate family and relatives. Every member of the family must know their roles, the younger ones have to obey and respect the elders. In addition, the parents set the rules, and children must follow the rules. Maintaining the harmony of the family is very important, so independent behavior may disrupt the harmony is highly discouraged. The children are not expected to move out until they get married especially female, as for the male, they have to live with their parents and are responsible for taking care of their parents even after they get married. Marriage depends on permission of the parents and grandparents, and children are not allowed to be intimate or cohabit with each other until they are married. Furthermore, as a role of a wife, she is expected to be good at cooking, doing house chores, and raising kids. As for the role of a husband, he needs to be the head-of-household, earn money to support his family, and to make final decision in all matters. Divorce is legal but not common. A wife can be unhappy in a marriage but rather than accept divorce, the family encourages her to sacrifice and to endure the difficulty of the marriage for the sake of her children. Americans, on the other hand, are trained in their early stage of life to consider themselves as separate individuals who are responsible for their own situations and destinies. American parents help their children learn how to make decisions and to be responsible for their actions and their consequences at a very young age. The main purpose of American family is to bring happiness to each family member, so children are allowed to speak their own mind by disagreeing and even arguing with their parents. As a role of Parents, they are willing to listen an