History of Vietnam

The strategic implementation of nationalism in Vietnam was heavily effectuated in order to attain independence from French colonialism and imperialism. Utilising nationalism, the encompassment of uniting the spirit and aspirations of those that are communal to the whole nation; Ho Chi Minh is the most prominent and successful figure in creating a sense of national identity for the Vietnamese. From the duration of 1945 to 1954, the landscape of Vietnam under French imperialism were detrimental to…

Communism was introduced into Vietnam by a man named Ho Chi Minh. Minh was an educated politician who was also a brilliant strategist. His communist party freed the people from French imperialism and united the country. Minh took many of his political ideas from other leaders due to his extensive traveling around the world. Minh had learned of guerilla warfare from Mao Zedong, and took ideas of a communist party from Vladimir Lenin. The communist party appealed to class struggles, as it gave…

The case analysis presents a French manufacturer of surgical supplies who establishes a production in Chin Minh City, Vietnam, where labor costs are low. The French surgical supply company, Bordeaux Plastique Fabricant, thought that establishing a foreign subsidiary in the emerging economy would be easy as well with the government relationships. However, since the beginning of the planning and investing, the company had early difficulties with the government. Philippe Desmarest, was placed in…

book titled “Vietnam, Now” by David Lamb, he takes a very comprehensive and impressive look at Vietnam present day, and gives the readers a great historical understanding as well. According to Lamb centuries of war and conflict helped to shape the Vietnamese people and their character in many vast arrays. Right from the beginning Lamb introduces us to a neighbor he had in the past while staying in Vietnam, Mai Van On. Mai Van On was then 80 years old when Lamb traveled back to Vietnam to speak…

Hearts and Minds shed a fresh and frankly horrifying light on the atrocities committed by Americans during the Vietnam War. The interviews with soldiers and government officials juxtaposed with footage of the carnage in Vietnam strikingly demonstrated just how extreme the disconnect between American’s perception of what was happening in Vietnam and the lived experiences of the Vietnamese people was. The American public perceived the conflict as a war against communism that must be fought by the…

destructive and deadly. Once the dust settles, what most of society doesn’t see, is the war remaining within. From civilians to soldiers, there is an internal battle that has been going on forever. The Vietnam Memorial in Washington is a tribute to thousands of fallen soldiers from the Vietnam War. People from all around the world visit the wall. For a portion of visitors, it is simply a memorial and for others, it is a haunting reminder of the past. Yusef Komunyakaa’s poem “Facing It” is a…

Asian-American officers. Vietnam for instance, has deep cultural roots in Confucianism, and its political philosophy system has affected society by ways of corruption and nepotism (Warner, 2013). Around the year 200 BC to 100 AD, a powerful Chinese dynasty called the “Han”, had invaded the Northern coastal region of Vietnam and eventually ruled the entire country for more than 1,000 years (Ray et al., 2010). The Han Dynasty implemented their belief system known as Confucianism in Vietnam, and it…

The Vietnam was an unusual time for the Americans. It was not really agreed upon by all the citizens to go to war with Vietnam. Not all the people agreed with all the decisions whether it is the tactics that were used or all the deaths that occurred. As Young points out in her article, she talks about how terrible the conditions were and its after effects that it has had on those that served (515). She also discusses how it is hard to imagine what happened. It might be due to the fact of…

bordering Thailand, Vietnam and Laos, is the small country of Cambodia. The escalating Vietnam war drew Cambodia into years of turmoil. After 7 years of struggle, Cambodia was celebrating the end of war and the promise of a fresh start. Their celebrations lasted less than a day. On April 17th, 1975, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, invaded Cambodia’s capital city of Phnom Penh, and citizens were forced into the countryside. This marked the start of one of the worst periods in Cambodia’s history; the…

Was the Vietnam War worth it? This was a question asked by many young men being drafted into the United States military to fight in the war through 1959-1975. After the men were drafted, they faced many struggles through basic training, but unfortunately, it was only the beginning of a long list of trials. One of the first trials the soldiers would experience was extreme change in climate and adapting to the rough terrain. Second, was navigating through the jungle, avoiding the…