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  Vietnam - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Vietnam normalized relations with the U.S. in 1995, and is an important member state of the Association of South East Asian Nations.
The President of Vietnam is the titular head of state and the nominal commander in chief of the military of Vietnam, chairing the Council on National Defense and Security.
The capital of Vietnam is Hanoi (it had served as the capital of North Vietnam), and the largest and most populous city is the Ho Chi Minh City (formerly known as Saigon, it had served as the capital of South Vietnam).
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Vietnam   (5392 words)

  
  Vietnam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
France occupied all of Vietnam by 1884, ruling it as a colony as a part of Indochina, until expelled by Japan in World War II, After the war, France, with the collaboration of the USA, attempted to regain control of the country, but Nationalist forces that had originally fought against the Japanese invasion declared independence.
Vietnam was partitioned, ostensibly temporarily, into Northern and Southern zones, with a general election to be held in June 1956 (Article 3), and a prohibition against introducing foreign troops (Article 4).
Vietnam is a poor, densely populated country that has had to recover from the ravages of war, the loss of financial support from the old Soviet Bloc, and the rigidities of a centrally planned economy.
www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/v/vi/vietnam.html   (1250 words)

  
 Vietnam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
In 1976, Vietnam was officially unified under the North Vietnamese government as "The Socialist Republic of Vietnam." Refugees continued fleeing from Vietnam through the rest of the decade, and into the next.
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is governed through a highly centralized system dominated by the Communist Party of Vietnam (Đảng Cộng Sản Việt Nam), which was formerly known as the Vietnamese Labor Party.
Vietnam is a member of the United Nations, La Francophonie, ASEAN, and APEC and has applied for membership to the World Trade Organization.
www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Vietnam   (1973 words)

  
 Vietnam at Go Mekong - The Mekong River hotel & travel guide, Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is a communist country in Southeast Asia.
Feudalism in Vietnam reached its zenith in the Le Dynasty of the 15th century, especially during the reign of Emperor Le Thanh Tong.
Vietnam is divided into 64 provinces (including five municipalities existing at provincial level: Can Tho, Da Nang, Haiphong, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City), and subdivided into a number of districts.
www.vietnam.gomekong.com   (2663 words)

  
 Cover story: Vietnam after 25 years
Vietnam grips the thinking of U.S. policy-makers who seem to cite the lessons of the war, however skewed they consider those to be, when explaining the pros and cons of some new adventure.
Gone in Vietnam today are the fierce ideological divisions that once divided the country and allowed it to become a pawn in the Cold War.
The effects of Agent Orange in Vietnam are complicated by efforts to rid the countryside of unexploded bombs and land mines.
www.natcath.com /NCR_Online/archives/042800/042800a.htm   (5997 words)

  
 Vietnam - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Ho Chi Minh was the leader of North Vietnam and former Emperor Bao Dai was the leader of the South Vietnam and he appointed the religious nationalist Ngo Dinh Diem as his Prime Minister.
Their move was followed by the declaration of North Vietnam as an independent country by Ho Chi Minh, backed by the USSR and China.
There are no legal opposition parties in Vietnam, although a number of illegal groups do exist scattered overseas among exile communities such as France and the United States, that have led demonstrations and bombings against the government.
open-encyclopedia.com /Vietnam   (1486 words)

  
 Vietnam's Shadow Over Abu Ghraib - by Michael Uhl
Had Hersh investigated the "systematic" nature of American war crimes during the Vietnam War as thoroughly as he is investigating the "systemic" presence of torture during interrogations in Iraq and Afghanistan, he might have instructed his readers and his colleagues that the murder, torture and abuse of prisoners is military business as usual.
One obvious parallel between Iraq and Vietnam that is a clear violation of the conventions of war is the treatment of civilian populations.
Thirty-five years ago, antiwar Vietnam vets demanded that the Pentagon not scapegoat a few low-ranking GIs for atrocities that could be traced to the nature of an aggressive war conducted against an entire people, designed and carried out at the highest levels of the American government and its military establishment.
www.antiwar.com /orig/uhl.php?articleid=3219   (1393 words)

  
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At a Geneva Conference Vietnam was partitioned, ostensibly temporarily, into a Northern and Southern zones, with a General election to be held in June 1956 (Art.
The south refused to abide to the Geneva Conference and was declared a Republic.
This move was followed by the declaration on North Vietnam as a country by Ho Chi Minh.
www.online-encyclopedia.info /encyclopedia/v/vi/vietnam.html   (1019 words)

  
 Ho Chi Minh City article - Ho Chi Minh City Vietnamese city Vietnam Government Demographics History External - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The city was also influenced by the French during their colonial occupation of Vietnam, and a number of prominent buildings in the city reflect this.
When Vietnam was officially partitioned into North Vietnam (the Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (the Republic of Vietnam), the southern government, led by President Ngo Dinh Diem, retained Saigon as its capital.
At the conclusion of the Vietnam War in 1975, the city came under the control of the North Vietnamese Army and its allies.
www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Saigon   (558 words)

  
 Demographics of Vietnam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Khmer Krom are found in the delta of the Mekong River, in the south of Vietnam, where they form in many areas the majority of the rural population.
Vietnam's approximately 2.3 million ethnic Han Chinese, concentrated mostly in southern Vietnam, constitute Vietnam's second-largest minority group.
Demographics of Vietnam, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Demographics_of_Vietnam   (694 words)

  
 Vietnam
Southern and Northern Dynasties of Vietnam In the Vietnam.
Vietnam The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a country in Gulf of Tonkin.
Vietnam War The Vietnam War was a 1975 on the ground in timeline of the Vietnam War.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/vietnam.html   (1096 words)

  
 Read about Vietnam at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Vietnam and learn about Vietnam here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Communist Party of Vietnam (Đảng Cộng Sản Việt Nam), which was formerly known as the Vietnamese Labor Party.
Vietnam, however, is still a very poor country with GDP of around US$37 billion in 2004.
Vietnam's cuisine and music have three distinct flavors, related to Vietnam's three regions: Bac or North, Hue or Central, and Nam or South.
encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Vietnam   (1407 words)

  
 Stonebridge International LLC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
In 1997, when I returned to Vietnam as the U.S. ambassador and was chauffeured to my destinations, I could not forget the times when I had traveled those same roads in the back of a prison truck, handcuffed, shackled, blindfolded and often gagged.
Vietnam recently was recognized by a poll of business leaders as the safest place to do business in Asia.
Vietnam has become a respected and peaceful member of the community of nations--finally a country, not a war, in the minds of people around the world.
www.stonebridge-international.com /News/PetersonOped.html   (685 words)

  
 Vietnam - Gurupedia
France occupied all of Vietnam by 1884, ruling it as a colony as a part of
Vietnam was partitioned, ostensibly temporarily, into a Northern and Southern zones, with a General election to be held in June 1956 (Art.
Vietnam is a poor, densely populated country that has had to recover from the ravages of war, the loss of financial support from the old Soviet Bloc, and the rigidities of a
www.gurupedia.com /v/vi/vietnam.htm   (1118 words)

  
 Vietnam Information
The communist-held North Vietnam was opposed by the United States for its proximity to the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China.
Vietnam has the highest percent of land use for permanent crops, 6.93%, of any nation in the Greater Mekong Subregion.
The 1999 census estimates the population of Vietnam to be 76.3 million, and recent estimates place the figure beyond 84 million.
www.vietnamhoteltour.com /travel_guide/information.htm   (3269 words)

  
 Vietnam - Demographics & Education
Vietnam's average age, at 26, is 6 years below the average age in China, at 32, and 5 years below the average age in Thailand, at 31.
This has interesting demographic implications insofar as Vietnam’s relatively younger workforce is likely to be a catalyst for sustained high rates of GDP growth over coming years.
Vietnam is approximately at a similar level with China, Thailand and Indonesia regarding primary education, with each country having a literacy rate of around 90% and 10-12 years of average expected education for the current young generation.
www.mekongcapital.com /mr_dem.htm   (170 words)

  
 SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - Vietnam
During the Cold War period, the North was supported by the People's Republic of China and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics while the South was supported by the United States of America.
The war ended after the American defeat and withdrawal from Vietnam in March 1973 and the capture of Saigon in April 1975.
In 1976, Vietnam was officially unified under the North Vietnamese government as "The Socialist Republic of Vietnam".
www.singaporemoms.com /parenting/Vietnam   (1466 words)

  
 "DemoGraphics '94: User Feedback"
So far, DemoGraphics '94, is used by almost 350 educators and scientists in 39 countries worldwide.
Many of the DemoGraphics '94 users have spontaneously sent us comments and suggestions on the program or responded to our feedback form.
your software is a very useful tool to show demographic indicators, and especially for teaching.
www.iiasa.ac.at /Research/LUC/DemoGraphics/feedb.htm   (734 words)

  
 Vietnam And Current Demographics (So You Wanna Talk About Vietnam?) Part 1
The primary reason the liberals are attempting to use the image of Vietnam is that it is an image that conjures war without end.
In all actuality this war is nothing like Vietnam except as usual the liberals are on the other side.
The reason so many liberals are grasping for the Vietnam analogy is that they can claim to understand something they didn't understand in the first place.
www.mindspring.com /~indguard/namdemo.html   (849 words)

  
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Bao Dai as the leader of the South Vietnam and he appointed the religious nationalist Ngo Dinh Diem as his Prime Minister.
North Vietnam as an independent country by Ho Chi Minh, backed by the USSR and China.
Vietnam is a member of the United Nations,
en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/Vietnam   (1242 words)

  
 The International Encyclopedia of Sexuality: Vietnam
Vietnam is bordered on the north by China, on the east by the Gulf of Tonkin and the South China Sea, and on the west by Cambodia, Laos, and the Gulf of Thailand.
Vietnam has a good record in providing health care, as measured by such indicators as life expectancy, infant mortality, and the number of doctors per citizen.
The two most characteristic features of Vietnam’s history are the country’s struggle against foreign occupation and intervention, which has been going on for a good part of the last two thousand years, and the ability of the Vietnamese people to learn from their occupants and finally overcome the foreign rule.
www2.hu-berlin.de /sexology/IES/vietnam.html   (20173 words)

  
 Vietnam - FreeEncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
France occupied all of Vietnam by 1884, ruling it as a colony until 1954, as part of Indochina.
Independence was declared after World War II, and the French were defeated in 1954 by communist forces under Ho Chi Minh, who took control of North Vietnam.
South Vietnam also gained its independence at this time, but was under the control of anti-communists.
openproxy.ath.cx /vi/Vietnam.html   (152 words)

  
 Vietnam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Main article: Politics of Vietnam The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is governed through a highly centralized system dominated by the Vietnamese Communist Party (Đảng Cộng Sản Việt Nam) that was formerly known as Vietnamese Labor Party.
Main article: Economy of Vietnam Vietnam is a poor, densely populated country that has had to recover from the ravages of war, the loss of financial support from the old Soviet Bloc, and the rigidities of a centrally planned economy.
Halong Bay is known for its natural wonders of Vietnam, due to it's precipitous nature the island is...
www.aseannewsnetwork.com /articles/content/v/vi/vietnam.html   (1748 words)

  
 Demographics of Vietnam -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Vietnam's approximately 2.3 million ethnic (Click link for more info and facts about Han Chinese) Han Chinese, concentrated mostly in southern Vietnam, constitute Vietnam's largest minority group.
(A native or inhabitant of Vietnam) Vietnamese is the official language of the country.
It is a (A language in which different tones distinguish different meanings) tonal language with influences from Thai, Khmer, and Chinese.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/de/demographics_of_vietnam.htm   (521 words)

  
 Bringing Together Women Vietnam Veterans // National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The number of women who served in Vietnam is relatively small, and therapists have consistently experienced problems in getting enough women together in one location to facilitate structured group work and support.
The women in this group are representative of the demographics for Vietnam veteran nurses in general.
Most of the women are currently in their mid-forties, served in Vietnam as relatively young women, when they were new to their profession, and spent 12 months in Vietnam.
www.ncptsd.va.gov /publications/cq/v2/n2/buechler.html   (1147 words)

  
 Asian-Nation : Asian American History, Demographics, & Issues :: Vietnamese Amerasians in America
Vietnam at 24 Frames a Second: A Critical and Thematic Analysis of over 400 Films About the Vietnam War.
As America recovered from the turmoil and bitterness resulting from the Vietnam War, there was a growing sentiment across the nation to take care of America's “forgotten sons and daughters” left behind in Vietnam.
Leaving behind all the hardship and difficulties in Vietnam, they looked forward to a new chapter in their life, expecting to finally find home and have an identity they always yearned for.
www.asian-nation.org /amerasians.shtml   (1304 words)

  
 AII POW-MIA InterNetwork   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
As in Vietnam, Afghanistan's future success might depend on whether its people choose to embrace some of the values that Americans hold dear, including a robust free-market economy, respect for individual rights and democratic principles.
Vietnam's currency still is not fully convertible, and it only recently opened its first stock market.
Vietnam has become a respected and peaceful member of the community of nations -- finally a country, not a war, in the minds of people around the world.
www.aiipowmia.com /inter22/in040208sea.html   (865 words)

  
 Vietnam Electronic Textbooks
This page is dedicated to the men that served in the boxcars in the Vietnam War.
It is a collection of maps,biographies, demographics, bibliographic sources and personal stories from veterans who served in the Viet Nam crisis.
This is a scholarly Journal which focuses on the 60's, the VietNam War and the impact of the Viet Nam generation on comtemporary U. culture.
www.ecsu.ctstateu.edu /depts/edu/textbooks/vietnam.html   (1334 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Relations with Vietnam -- May 15, 1997
After the Vietnam War, North and South Vietnam were united as one country under Communist rule.
Actual foreign money invested in Vietnam has skyrocketed from just $16 million in 1990 to $1.4 billion in 1995, and four times that much was committed to future projects that same year.
Foreign investors are attracted by Vietnam’s demographics and potential for growth.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/asia/may97/vietnam_5-15a.html   (530 words)

  
 Morbidity of Vietnam Veterans: More Demographics and Statistics
The majority of Vietnam veterans surveyed were aged between 45-54 (75%), served in the Army (74%) and served in Vietnam for 180 days or more (66%).
The 4,935 veterans for whom exposure is not specified either removed their bar codes from the questionnaire, were unable to be matched to the administrative data held on the Nominal Roll or relevant information could not be found on the Nominal Roll.
Nearly one third of veterans left Vietnam in 1969-70 with approximately one quarter leaving in both 1967-68 and 1971-72 (Table 8).
www.dva.gov.au /health/research/morbidity/C1MF%20DEMOG.htm   (575 words)

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