Webster’s Dictionary describes Culture as “Characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts.” These five subjects are the basic make-up of what we call “Culture.” Vietnamese culture is very complex, in part due to the participation of many groups in Vietnamese history (LaBorde, 2010). Vietnam embodies the Webster’s definition by having a rich and diverse history in each of the subjects and many more. Vietnam occupies approximately 127,243 square miles (329,560 square kilometers), an area roughly equivalent to New Mexico. The country of Vietnam has a multitude of geographical separations. It is culturally divided into three main regions,
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The Vietnam War or The Second Indochina War was a protracted conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam along with the Viet Cong, against the government of South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States (Spector, 2016). At the heart of the conflict was the desire of North Vietnam, which had defeated the French colonial administration of Vietnam in 1954, to unify the entire country under a single communist regime modeled after those of the Soviet Union and China (Vietnam War History, 2009). This led to a prolonged conflict which culminated On 30 April 1975. North Vietnamese Army troops entered the city of Saigon and quickly overcame all resistance. A tank from the 324th Division crashed through the gates of the Independence Palace. At 11:30 am the Viet Cong flag was raised above the palace. Once again the country was re-united as a whole, this time as Communist Nation (Rothman, …show more content…
The most prominent feature of the Vietnamese culture is that it was not assimilated by foreign cultures thanks to the strong local cultural foundations (Dao, 2014). With the diversity of cultures within the country there comes many ethnic groups. Vietnam is currently home to Fifty-Four ethic groups living across the country, totaling over 8 million people. The multitude of diverse ethnic groups are scattered over mountain areas (covering two-thirds of the country’s territory) spreading from the North to the South (LaBorde, 2010). Each ethnic group has its own cultural identities, thus, the Vietnamese culture has both diversity and unity (Dao,
The Vietnam War or The Second Indochina War was a protracted conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam along with the Viet Cong, against the government of South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States (Spector, 2016). At the heart of the conflict was the desire of North Vietnam, which had defeated the French colonial administration of Vietnam in 1954, to unify the entire country under a single communist regime modeled after those of the Soviet Union and China (Vietnam War History, 2009). This led to a prolonged conflict which culminated On 30 April 1975. North Vietnamese Army troops entered the city of Saigon and quickly overcame all resistance. A tank from the 324th Division crashed through the gates of the Independence Palace. At 11:30 am the Viet Cong flag was raised above the palace. Once again the country was re-united as a whole, this time as Communist Nation (Rothman, …show more content…
The most prominent feature of the Vietnamese culture is that it was not assimilated by foreign cultures thanks to the strong local cultural foundations (Dao, 2014). With the diversity of cultures within the country there comes many ethnic groups. Vietnam is currently home to Fifty-Four ethic groups living across the country, totaling over 8 million people. The multitude of diverse ethnic groups are scattered over mountain areas (covering two-thirds of the country’s territory) spreading from the North to the South (LaBorde, 2010). Each ethnic group has its own cultural identities, thus, the Vietnamese culture has both diversity and unity (Dao,