Hanoi

In 1968, Richard Nixon won the election of President and took over a country embroiled in a fierce containment of Communism, and an ongoing war in Vietnam. Once in office, Nixon began to establish himself differently than his predecessors. Nixon who would work closely with his top advisor, Kissinger, set out to redefine American foreign policy. There were three major foreign policies that Nixon and Kissinger established, which began to “cool” off the heated Cold War. The first of these…

Revolutionary Party, was led by the Vietnamese. During the US bombings, Hanoi responded with full support of the Khmer Rouge. However, the influx of thousands of Vietnamese troops into Cambodia, prompted a split between the Khmer Rouge and the Vietnamese communists. The Cambodian revolutionaries feared being overwhelmed by Vietnamese military power, called for independence and creating competition between the Khmers and Hanoi. This created an anti-Vietnamese sentiment in Cambodia and Pol Pot…

Women Strike for Peace (WSP) was an important organization for the “peace movement”. When first typing Women Strike for Peace into Google a bunch of websites popped up, most of the website gave general/most important information about this organization. Which WSP were developed to protest against nuclear testing, a protest which involved 50,000 women from 60 committees throughout the nation stopped whatever they were doing and walked out and had a one-day protest again nuclear testing. That was…

The US Government became involved in the Vietnam Conflict during the First Indochina war which coincided with the end of WWII and the withdrawal of Japanese forces from the region. Prior to Japanese occupation Vietnam was under the control of France and was to be returned to France following the Potsdam conference. Political decisions throughout the 1940s, 50s, and 60s as well as the defeat of the French Military by the Communist Viet Minh led to U.S. ground troop entry into the Second…

Vietnam War Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War was a commitment of 30 military advisors which was later increased to about 7,000 over a decade. Australia’s commitment was increased because of the Menzies government’s decision in 1965 to try and protect South Vietnam. Australia’s commitment was due to the alliance with the USA under the ANZUS treaty. The Australian troops were based in Vung Tau but undertook missions throughout the Phuoc Tuy province. Australians involvement in…

President Richard Nixon left office with dull presidential approval ratings. The decades since haven’t really helped restore his public image. But Nixon started his presidency with strong approval ratings, with a comfortable majority approving of his performance. That early strength, continue at least through the end of 1970, means that his average average across his whole presidency wasn’t that bad compared to other post-World War II presidents. It wasn’t great, either, but Jimmy Carter, Harry…

the bounds of my normal comfortable life. Once I was there, however, I loved the trip so much I stayed for four more days. I returned to the US with my sense of adventure stoked and a deeper appreciation for how lucky we are to live in America. In Hanoi Vietnam, I saw sixty-year old 5’ one-hundred pound women street vendors walking up and down the dust covered streets selling donuts or fruits out of baskets resting on their slumped shoulders. The women wore long pants and sleeves and cloth…

In the early to mid-1900s, after the end of World War II, the communist North Vietnamese government with the aid of their guerrilla allies within the boundaries of South Vietnam waged war against the South Vietnamese leadership and the French. Seeing the ongoing fight for the French and South Vietnamese, the powerful United States provided assistance in support of their allies, but limited their involvement to supplying equipment and personnel support in efforts to fight off the advances of the…

Last summer I joined a project called “Kinder Art” as a member of the content department. Thanks to it I have actually realized the career I want to pursue in the future. A sense of excitement ran in my veins when attending the first core team meeting. Ideas filled heads, all of us were energetic and eager to start up “Kinder Art 2.0”. After the meeting, basically we had had the project outline and the rest of the job was bringing the images in our head into reality. Of course running a…

I am writing this letter to express my strong interest and motivation in participating in ASMHSD. I am a Social Work faculty at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University (VNU) located in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. I am also a forth-year PhD candidate in the College of Social Work, University of South Carolina, United States (U.S.). My research interests in mental health promotion are consistent with the objectives of ASMHSD. As a global citizen, who…