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Q.	Vietnam...?	Related Search: Other - Vietnam
	I am very, very keen to live in Vietnam for a few months. I am a Westener, and looking for any work possible. Has anyone done the same? Is it exceptionally hard?
A.	I don't know to be honest.

Q.	vietnam...?	Related Search: History
	this is for homework so plz dont give me completely detailed answerseveryone, id actually like to research it myself, i just want to know how did the second indochinese war impact on the lives of vietnamese women and children? thanks! =]
A.	The most important factor to understand was the difference between the strategic aims of the Americans and North Vietnamese. For the Americans, the war was a seen as a limited stand against Sino-Soviet expansion into southeast Asia without the use of nuclear weapons. For the Viet Minh and Cong, unification was seen as a nationalistic/socialistic rejection of foreign influence over Vietnam. Vietnamese communists wished neither American, Soviet or Chinese influence over the nation. It was the failure of understanding historical differences in perspective that led to the tragic development of the conflict. This has been admitted by Robert MacNamara, who was the Secretary of Defense under both President Kennedy and Johnson. Check out Gulf of Tonkin Resolution for further understanding of Executive Orders in Presidential War powers as well. You'll get bonus points.

Q.	How did the vietnam war begin?	Related Search: Military
	Did the war in vietnam begin as a result of Noth Vietnam's invasion of the south or as a result of south vietnam's refusal to participate in the 1956 unification election and repression of political dissent? In other words, was it an international war of communist aggression, a civil war, or a revolutionary war? This is an essay topic for my vietnam class if you could please give me something to get started with i would greatly appreciate it.
A.	The Second Indochina (Vietnam) War arose from the violations by the US of all aspects of the "1954 Geneva Agreements on Indochina" which the US was violating even as the agreements were being negotiated and signed. The US sent CIA operatives into the northern zone to destroy major infrastructure, such as dams, dikes, railway tracks and junctions, oil and coal depots etc plus to carry out a dis-information campaign against the Viet Minh saying that the Viet Minh would start persecuting the Catholics (15% of Vietnamese are Catholic and 85% are Mahayana Buddhist). There are several start dates used by historians for the Second Indochina War. They are -- 1954 - Before the First Indochina War (War of Independence 1947-1954) was finished. 1956 - When the US and Ngo Dien Diem would not allow nationwide elections in the southern zone for the reunification of Vietnam. Again in violation of the Geneva Agreements. 1959 - When the conference was held just outside of Saigon that created the National Liberation Front of Southern Vietnam (NLF). Mid 1960 - When the NLF attacked an ARVN (South Vietnamese) Police station -- the first military action between the NLF and the ARVN. February 1961 - this is the date the US military uses because of the "Death of the first US serviceman in Vietnam". Actually seven (7) other US servicemen had been killed in Vietnam between 1957 and 1961. ---===== The war was a civil war with foreign assistance on one side (at the start -- the US illegally creating the "Republic of South Vietnam" in violation of international law and the 1954 Geneva Agreements. It was also a war for the reunification of Vietnam, as called for in the Geneva Agreements. +++++ I suggest you download a copy, in English, of the "1954 Geneva Agreements on Indochina" and read the document fully. I further recommend that you read "The Pentagon Papers", as published by the New York Times. Read the Vietnamese chapters of several history books on Southeast Asia. I suggest "In Search of Southeast Asia" edited by Dr. David Chandler. Another is "History of Southeast Asia" by D.G.H. Hall. Both are American professors. There are a number of other books I can suggest from academics or journalists who worked in Vietnam and covered the war and some are conservative in their writings while others are more against the US in all aspects. Most of the journalists I could recommend were supportive of the US involvement at the start but quickly changed their minds within a couple of years.

Q.	Has Vietnam become an expensive tourist trap (especially in North) or is it still a nice place to visit?	Related Search: Other - Vietnam
	I've heard recently from a few travelers that Vietnam, mainly north of Nhatrang, is no longer a nice place to visit because there are so many tourists that it's become a haven for lots of scams and touts and the prices for everything are now really expensive . Has anyone been there recently? Is it worth visiting? I was planning a trip there but am thinking of switching to another country in Southeast Asia.
A.	What Happy says about Nha Trang is true. Saigon is getting really bad as well but you would be wrong to think the thieves and snatch and grabbers target only foreigners, they don't. There's no active policing in Vietnam. Well, none I can see. My wife asked a high ranking cop who lived near us in Nha Trang, why the police allow the taxi girls to ''roll'' drunks leaving the nightspots in NT late at night. His response is typical of the attitude by police toward law and order issues here. He told her that if these people were caught and bought to the police, they'd be in a lot of trouble. She was going to ask the obvious but didn't bother! Its not like the taxi girls hide. They assemble every night around midnight to ply their trade. I have personally seen security guards working the biggest nightclub on the beach in NT signaling taxi girls in the shadows that a prospect was on his way! When it comes to being ripped off some foreigners don't do themselves any favors by throwing money around. Why they do it is anybody's guess but in my experience those that do bignote themselves are usually those who can least afford it. If a Vietnamese can get X amount for an item from one foreigner, they assume all foreigners will be willing to pay the same and adjust prices accordingly. And in regards to that wonderful American initiative, tipping, watch closely when you visit Vietnamese restaurants and see if you can spot Vietnamese tipping the staff. My wife (Viet) use to like to tip when we went out until I started deducting the tips from her weekly allowance. She hasn't tipped in years. Funny that. P.s. Don't be frightened to visit, just be aware. Don't go flashing around things like Iphones, Ipads and other trendie stuff and you'll be OK. The majority of Vietnamese are good people but they show a reluctance to get involved when these scam artists and thieves strike in case they become a target for payback. And that's understandable in a country with real law and order issues.

Q.	How to get a wedding blessing in vietnam?	Related Search: Other - Vietnam
	Both myself and my girlfriend are british and would like to have 1 month travelling to Thailand, Cambodia and vietnam. We would like to get a wedding blessing in vietnam before returning to England and legally marrying at a registry office. How do I go about getting a wedding blessing in vietnam? Is there anyway I could organise this myself?
A.	you can go to vietnam and ask them if you want a good answer, or there is always email

Q.	What does one say to a Vietnam veteran when the anniversary arrives 30 April the day Vietnam fell?	Related Search: Military
	Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, and its presidential palace were taken over on April 30, 1975, by the North Vietnamese army with heavy artillery. The assault ended the Vietnam War, and reunified Vietnam. American diplomats evacuated, and some Vietnamese made it to Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines, or onto U.S. Navy ships off the coast of South Vietnam. The United States Marines ran away and was defeated in the last battle. The Marines never recovered.
A.	1) The Second Indochina War (commonly called the Vietnam War) did not end on 30 April, 1975. It ended on 4 December 1975 when the Pathet Lao took control of Vientiane, Laos. Yes, Saigon fell to the Peoples Army of Vietnam (PAV, not the incorrect name NVA). Cambodia fell to the Khmer Rouge on 15 April, 1975 although there was fighting by US Marines and Khmer Rouge at Kompong Som between 12-15 May, 1975 over the Mayaguz Incident. 2) Technically, and legally, under international law and the "1954 Geneva Agreements on Indochina", Vietnam was one country which was supposed to have been TEMPORARILY divided until nationwide elections in 1956. The US violated those agreements even before they were signed and continued to do so until 1975. Saigon was legally NOT the capital of the illegal Republic of South Vietnam. 3) Heavy artillery was not used on the Presidential Palace in Saigon, it was tanks. 4) People, especially the US Marines would say that they did not run away. Also, they did not have to recover from anything. ========= You may say that the Vietnam Vets fought an illegal war for an illegal government BUT, most fought well and did their duty, and therefore should be respected.

Q.	How did the vietnam war alter the american psyche in the years after the 1975 defeat in Hanoi?	Related Search: History
	and what were the main factors in the Vietnam War which contributed to America's protest movement in the late 1960's and 1970's? Considering: President Nixon and LBJ and the Congress Policy and other things too. =] Ta
A.	North Vietnam's government truly was Vietnamese. South Vietnam just represented the USA, which was an alien culture to the Vietnamese. As the war escalated, the bombing of innocent people only proved that the USA and South Vietnam government were not Vietnamese. In the Vietnam War, the costs overwhelmed the benefits over the long-term, for Americans. I include death and injury as well as expenses as costs. In the end, it is the American people who paid for this war. If you see the economy is in bad shape, are you going to favor spending on a war with no end? If you know someone who was killed or injured, would you favor a war with no end? What were the benefits of this war? Control of a region with a culture most Americans do not understand? How does that benefit most Americans? The benefits seem insubstantial and fleeting. Since at some level most Americans know that the costs overwhelm the benefits, then it was in our best interests to end each of this war even if it results in a lost. The Pentagon claims that they were successful in killing more of the enemy than American allies were killed. This may be true but the enemy did not surrender. The Vietnamese believed they were fighting for their country's survival and the Americans and their allies were not. The Americans gave up because they did not have as much at stake as the Vietnamese.

Vietnam n 1: a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945 [syn: Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Viet Nam, Annam] 2: a prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the non-communist armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States [syn: Vietnam War]

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