Ho Chi Minh

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…

I chose to do my project on VIDA Living as I am currently on work placement in this company and I enjoy the work there. VIDA Living is a manufacturing wholesale company that sells and designs prestige furniture which is built on 35 years of experience. VIDA Living began as a family run retailer in Dunleer, Ireland, in the 1970’s which has grown to become one of the biggest international furniture manufacturing companies. John Wogan founded the company in 1974. The main business at that time was…

opinion and media judgments in America turned against the wars. America got involved in Vietnam because it did not want another country going to communism (and therefore the Soviet sphere of influence) after what happened in China. America viewed Ho Chi Minh primarily as a communist threat rather than a nationalist unifier. America became involved in the Gulf War due to request from Saudi Arabia and Egypt. A communist dictator named Saddam Hussain began to raid the country of Kuwait. This was…

attack by the US and AVRN forces, who destroyed numerous communist strongholds along the South Vietnamese border. 1n 1971, the AVRN, backed by US air support, carried out a rapid offensive into Laos, called Lam Son 719, to disrupt a portion of the Ho Chi Minh trail, but were faced with fierce resistance from the PAVN. Supplied with artillery and armored…

when I lost the one person who shared the most interest on me. On that day, exactly six year ago, I knew it all over for me and it came in the most unforeseen way. In the scorching hot humid summer air, the plane first touched down from LAX to Ho Chi Minh national airport. As I step out of the plane, the sudden bursting heat hit me in a warm gush of wind. I grabbed my luggage and head towards the large door, as I stepped out I saw the smiling faces of my relatives. We…

214 of them died throughout the nineteen years. One in every ten american soldiers was killed or wounded in the Vietnam War. Not only did many die, but more than 1,700 missing Americans are still unaccounted for from the Vietnam War. In 1969, Ho Chi Minh dies. President Nixon begins to reduce US ground troops in Vietnam as domestic public opposition to the war grows. Over the next four years United States troops continued to leave Vietnam until 1973 when the ceasefire agreement happened in…

the disagreement over to the inconsistent and unstructured of attrition that soldiers were asked to fight even though they are not willing to. Americans were trying to fight against the communism. He also mentions that war began in 1954 led by Ho Chi Minh and his allies, then Cold War happened between the two global superpowers which are the United States and the Soviet Union. Around 3 million people which include almost 58,000 Americans were killed during that moment. I cannot imagine how it…

War is a period of time in which lines between right and wrong are blurred. When you’re up against a claimed enemy, the cost of their lives is the price you must pay in order to further your goal. Sometimes we don’t always know what consequences will follow our actions, but in this case, the price of war has followed on throughout generations and generations of people. Leaving a lasting effect on not only the claimed “enemies” but also on them as well. In the Vietnam War, beginning on November 1…

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Similarities and differences of Vietnam from other U.S. foreign interventions The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War was a Cold war-era proxy war fought between 1950 and 1975. It was a long drawn out and complex war that resulted in high casualties on each side along with the eventually unification of Vietnam. It marked the end of a decades of invasion and oppression by foreign forces in Vietnam. The French colonized the region in 1887 and held on until World War Two when the…