How did the Vietnam War affect domestic politics and policies? How did it help weaken the dominant political philosophy of the 1960s? The involvement of the United States in the war in Vietnam had a very negative impact on the domestic political programs that were proposed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The war in Vietnam cost an incredible amount of money since no equivalent funds were returning to the country. In addition‚ military expenses‚ combined with domestic social costs‚ created budget
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for Vietnam Meeting with Prime Minister Phan Van Khai and his delegation Professor Michael E. Porter Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness Harvard Business School Cambridge‚ Massachusetts June 24‚ 2005 This presentation draws on Michael Porter‚ Klaus Schwab: The Global Competitiveness Report 2004-2005‚ Oxford University Press‚ 2004 and other sources. For further information on the Report and on the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness see www.isc.hbs.edu 200506 GCR Vietnam – KC
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Problems in Vietnam Education Tran Thi Kim Yen Tokyo International University Problems in Vietnam Education Is rote learning as being spoken bluntly “studying like a parrot” a fault of student or problem of education system? Beside some achievements‚ this issue is still remaining at the alarming level in Vietnam education. According to Ministry of Education‚ in 2011 the unemployment rate of graduated students from university was up to 63%. This percentage would highly increase if include the
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The United States wanted to stop comunissum and prevent the other countries from falling under communist influence. Politicians in United states believed in Domino Theory‚ which means that if a country fell to the communism than its neighbour country could become communist too. North Vietnam was already influenced by communism and United States did not want it to spill over North Vietnam. The Cold war was at its heights during early 1950s and it was the first time when the United states first got
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short-term investments‚ also called temporary investments and marketable securities. Specifically‚ short-term invest ments are securities that (1) management intends to convert to cash within one year or the operating cycle‚ whichever is longer‚ and (2) are readily convertible to cash. Short-term investments are reported under current assets and serve a purpose similar to cash equivalents. Long-Term Investments Long-term investments in securities are defined as those securities that are not readily
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Australia in the Vietnam War Australia in the Vietnam War How did the Australian government respond to the threat of communism after WW11? Australia and its politicians immediately recognised what would happen in a result of the domino theory. Australians wanted to stay a democracy‚ they wanted someone who could lead them away from this and respond against communism and that’s why they choose Menzies because of the spread of communism. Australia acted fast and joined USA to fight the spread
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In 1963‚ only hours after Lyndon B. Johnson had become the 36th President of the United States‚ his first words on the Vietnam War were “I’m not going to lose Vietnam. I’m not going to be the president who saw Southeast Asia become communist.” (CITE HERE) At the time‚ the United States was fighting to keep communism out of Southeast Asia. The main problem with President Johnson’s approach was sending bombs could carpet bomb miles of territory easily‚ Defoliants that killed jungles and humans alike
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was only able to support North Vietnam through supplying China with arms who in turn would arm the North Vietnamese (source 11). Nevertheless‚ the Vietnam war was still composed of the “classic Cold War” scenario (source 11)‚ as there was support from the Capitalist west as well as support from the communist East in conflict against each other. In addition‚ the opposing ideologies of the Cold War further influenced the Vietnam war. The first leader of South Vietnam was Ngo Dinh Diem (source 11) who
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Just imagine you went to war‚ having killed people‚ seeing friends and enemies die‚ and living in fear of dying yourself. Think about how you must have felt if you had to sneak your way back into our country‚ with nothing said and you had to just pretend nothing happened and start all over. For many veterans‚ returning home has been a distressing and apprehensive experience. Even though the veterans were trained for the intensity of the duties‚ the training may have not prepared them for the emotional
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Vietnam is one of the most delightful places in south-east Asia. Although many foreigners still imagine Vietnam through the lens of war‚ it is in reality a country with evocative history; century-deep culture; warm-hearted‚ hospitable‚ intelligent people and spectacular landscape. Over two decades have passed since Vietnam was officially united‚ and in that time it has done a remarkable job of healing its wounds. Today‚ this gracious and graceful country is an outstanding travel destination for visitors
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