Josie Ho

On the other side of the ideological spectrum, a Communist Soviet Union, which is now Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union; welcomed Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh from the Communist nation of North Vietnam. In the Soviet Union, Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh continued his education from France about politics. It can easily be seen that an education from France and an education from the Soviet Union (pre what is now Russia), on the subject of politics is two different things,…

Thomas King’s “Totem” is about the People’s Pride of the Nation, it reflects me of being a Vietnamese, whose belonged from the red flag with yellow star in middle. Before 1975, the South and North of Vietnam was separated to two countries because of the civil war, the south was Republic party, which the symbol was yellow flag with three red stripes and the North was the Communist party, which the symbol was red flag with yellow star in the middle. On April 30th, 1975, the North and South of…

During this time he also began writing “Bound for Glory,” a semi-autobiographic book on his Dust Bowl years. In July of 1941 he returned to New York City and joined up with the Almanac Singers and toured cross country. He continued recording in New York City as World War II began. He met and married his second wife and had four more children. He continued writing “Bound for Glory” and it was published in 1943 to critical acclaim. He spent some time in the Merchant Marines and the US Army…

located in Southeast Asia with a population of roughly 35 million in 1960s (Lahmeyer, 2006). During this time, France had been in control of the country administratively. During World War II, Japan invaded and occupied the country until roughly 1945. Ho Chi Minh, a Vietnamese who was inspired by Russian and Chinese Communism, formed Viet Minh to fight both Japan…

This is the question that many Vietnamese, especially the immigrants and the refugees in America, have been wondering: is Communism/ Socialism the right path for Vietnam? Not many Vietnamese dare to ask this question in public due to the oppression of the Communist Party. Nevertheless, I was given the opportunity to express my contempt towards the Party and my own country publicly. It all began in my junior year. My English teacher gave our class a project before the final exam: with a partner,…

Many speak of these two wars, Vietnam War and Afghan-Iraq War, to be the same war just fought in different times. They have a few differences but also many similarities when it comes to the forefront. To me the article “Taliban: US Role in Afghanistan Similar to Vietnam War” printed by Arabia 2000 presents appalling use of history and how these wars are connected. These two wars are connected in so many ways but the author only chooses one to talk about. We did withdraw our troops in…

Vietnamese still were treated by the Japanese in a cruel manner. The declaration expresses that it is now that all men and women deserve to be treated equally including the people of Vietnam and they too should have the right to claim their independence. Ho Chi Minh was born as Nguyen Sinh Cung on May 19, 1890 in the province of Nghe An, now in central Vietnam.…

America, the French didn’t managed to get control of Vietnam; therefore, Vietnam won their independence in 1954.After they gained their independence, Vietnam was divided into two creating North and South Vietnam.The North was Under communist rule by Ho Chi Minh while the south was trying to fight the North creating an internal war in Vietnam. U.S Takes Action: North Vietnam was gaining more power creating a bigger threat for the U.S. since they feared that their communism was going to get spread…

took place in late 1953 at the end of the eight year war. The Indochina War was a conflict between the French and Vietnamese. France held control of Vietnam from about 1883 to 1945 when Nationalist leader Ho Chi Minh declared independence from French control. This resulted in a revolution where Ho Chi Minh launched Guerrilla warfare against the opposing French military. Minh’s military force, the Viet Minh ultimately won their independence with a victory in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.…

Completely out-of-touch with his people, he fiddled the figures to produce a turnout for Saigon of over 650,000 when only around 425,000 were registered. This fiddling of elections showed what the Americans’ real priorities were – rather than focusing on installing democracy, they were focusing on not installing communism. In an almost entirely Buddhist country, Diêm was a devout Roman Catholic, one who favoured the rich landowners over the peasants – a mistake that, combined with his…