The year of Buffalo waddled past with heavy steps on both national and international levels. In the world, the worst global financial crisis and economic recession since the Great Depression 1929-33 darkened lives of all peoples and hindered activities in all countries. Its shadow became grimmer when it was associated with the climate change, fluctuations in prices of fuel and food and gave signals of a crisis in these fields. As for Vietnam, the year of Buffalo brought about more difficulties and hardships than the past decade did when the heat of regional crisis spread to Vietnam.
