DIFFERENCES BETWEEN VIETNAM AND THE U.S I am an immigrant person who came to the U.S under family sponsorship. Living here for 4 years‚ I have learned a lot of interesting things in this country. There are so many differences between Vietnam and the U.S as relationship‚ weather‚ religion‚ fashion‚ language…. but the most three obvious differences between them are country size‚ education system and culture. Country size is a great difference between these countries
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The Vietnam War began in 1966 and lasted until 1975‚ this tragic war was one of the most important events in United States history. The Vietnam War helped shape modern world history by changing the minds of millions of people on how they felt and viewed the war. The purpose of the war was to stop the spread of communism which led to many negative outcomes such as students protesting‚ the Tet offensive‚ a severely damaged U.S. economy‚ and millions of lives lost or wounded. After WWII in 1945‚ France
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September 1995‚ John Peter‚ a marketing manager of Hewlett Packard Asia Pacific (HPAP) was evaluating the company’s long term strategic investment options for doing business in Vietnam. Hewlett Packard Asia Pacific was a subsidiary of the Hewlett Packard (HP) Company‚ and its headquarters was located in Singapore. Vietnam had recently adopted an open-door policy after the U.S. lifted its embargo on the country in February 1994. The country had a population of over 70 million‚ and foreign investment
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The Sociological Reactions to the Return of Vietnam Veterans Upon their return from the Vietnam War‚ many veterans were shocked upon the reaction (or lack thereof) displayed by the citizens of the States who had remained on the home front. When finally landing back on American soil‚ many veterans expected to be greeted with celebration and maybe even a parade‚ acknowledging their service and dedication to the Vietnam cause. However‚ veterans were instead greeted by protestors who did not agree
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The Vietnam War had many other names‚ such as the Second Indochina War. It was known as the Indochina War‚ as it was the name of the land in which Vietnam‚ Laos‚ Malaysia‚ Singapore‚ Thailand and Burma sat. “The cold war was a state of political and military tension after World War II‚ between powers in the Western Bloc (US‚ NATO allies and others)‚ and the powers in the Eastern Bloc (The Soviet Union‚ and its allies in the Warsaw pact).” The cold war had shaped international relations in many ways
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Media Coverage of the Vietnam War Mass Media and Society COMS-130E-O Media Coverage of the Vietnam War The Vietnam War was one of the first wars to receive strong opposition from the American people mainly due to raw‚ uncut‚ uncensored and graphic media coverage. Many people agree with the fact that the Vietnam War was the first televised war. Media coverage and televised images literally brought the war into the living rooms of several American homes. Because of the brutality‚ horror
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policies concerning Vietnam War have on American society? The Vietnam War really isn ’t a war. Congress never declared war and thus‚ it is constitutionally considered police action. The United States can have troops in an area for ninety days‚ but how ninety days became twelve long‚ bloody years is beyond even my knowledge. The war started in 1959‚ but U.S. involvement did not start until 1961. We withdrew from Vietnam in 1973‚ and it raged on for another two years. This was Vietnam ’s civil war‚ where
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Prisoners received everything from torture to execution. However‚ in recent times efforts have been made to reduce these treatments and to get humane treatment for POWs. These attempts include the Geneva Convention of 1949. Unfortunately‚ during the Vietnam Conflict‚ these "rules" of war were not always obeyed‚ as they are now. The Geneva Convention (III) Relative to the Treatment of Prisoner of War‚ signed August 12‚ 1949‚ provided restrictions and obligations that a country with captured enemy POWs
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The Great Society and the Vietnam War " Did the Vietnam War Kill the Great Society?" The Great Society was the vision of President Lyndon B. Johnson. In Johnson’s first year of office he obtained usage of one of the most extensive legislative branches in the Nation’s history. Maintaining collective security‚ he carried on the rapid growing struggle to restrain Communist control in Vietnam. President Johnson thought of a plan of programs to help the United States and improve on the foreign
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In the Vietnam trilogy of films‚ Stone admits to having learnt something about the concepts of pain and suffering. Through the movies‚ he became in touch with his suffering on `The Platoon’ as a soldier. Then‚ after the Vietnam experience‚ Stone could live through the experiences of Ron Kovic in a wheelchair and empathize with what his brother in arms went through. Finally‚ through Le Ly‚ he was able to empathize with the experience of a Vietnamese peasant girl among other innocent victims of the
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