methods and war tactics. Booby traps‚ underground rat tunnels‚ and guerrilla warfare were a few ways the VC and the North Vietnamese Army defeated the United States. The weapons used by the NVA and VC were also more powerful and effective than the American weapons. Camouflage used by the Vietnamese was more concealing and outsmarted the United States soldiers as well. The North Vietnamese community helped and supported their country by doing anything they were asked like leaving villages so the NVA could
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6/25/12 Paper One Vietnamese Immigration Supposedly‚ the history of Vietnamese immigration to the United States is “relatively recent.” (Povell) Prior to 1975‚ most Vietnamese residing in the US were wives and children to American servicemen in Vietnam. In 1975‚ the ‘Fall of the Saigon’ marked the end of the Vietnam War‚ which prompted the first of two main waves of Vietnamese emigration towards the US. The first wave included Vietnamese who had helped the US in the war and “feared reprisals
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Informative speech. Speech 1311 The Vietnamese culture‚ is a rich heritage on many different levels‚ one of the best ways to view Vietnamese culture is to look at the system of yin and yang. On one side you have the yang the more male side that has more of a fondness towards hierarchy where the father or the eldest male is the leader of the family with conventional rules to follow depending on their social roles. On the other hand you have the yin moving towards human equality‚ female contribution
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In most Asian families‚ most kids’ first language is their native language. My first language is English but my second language is Vietnamese. It has always been equally important to me in my life. My parents spoke English‚ but little of it. As I was getting a little older‚ one day I heard my parents talking in Vietnamese and it was something about me because they said my name‚ I got really curious and asked them. They would not tell me anything and would just laugh so it made me angry. I realized
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American? That question in and of itself is already a difficult one to answer. Then‚ what does it mean to be a Vietnamese American? Vietnamese American is a term to describe a person with Vietnamese ancestral roots residing in the United States. The influx of Vietnamese Americans can be attested to the “Fall of Saigon” on April 30‚ 1975‚ which initiated hundreds of thousands of Southern Vietnamese to emigrate out of Communist Vietnam either by boat or by trekking through Cambodia or Laos to reach Thailand
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years‚ the culture is characteristic with many dimensions and values. In both the material and spiritual life‚ Vietnamese have shown their specialty culture through many aspects. Based on Hostede’s point of view ( 1980)‚ the Vietnamese can be described as moderate uncertainty avoidance‚ high context‚ especially high power distance and high collectivism. They are typical aspects in Vietnamese culture that are grasped through diverse illustration in folk literature and noble values. First of all‚ Vietnam
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Vietnamese Habits In Vietnamese society‚ people gather together to form villages in rural areas‚ and guilds in urban areas. Villages and guilds have been forming since the dawn of the nation. These organizations have gradually developed for the population to be more stable and closer together. Each village and guild has its own regulations called conventions. The purpose of these conventions is the promotion of good customs within populations. All the conventions are different but they are always
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ethnic and social relationship. Culture is language; the most widely-spoken language in Vietnam is Vietnamese. Vietnamese is the official language of Vietnam and it uses in government‚ education‚ offices‚ and hospitals everywhere. Other ethnic groups in Vietnam have a different language but everybody in Vietnam knows and uses Vietnamese. It is also a mother-tongue of Vietnamese people. Some Vietnamese vocabulary came from other language around the world such as Chinese‚ French and English. And many
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By the 1930s Vietnamese nationalists‚ led by Ho Chi Minh‚ had burnt out most options for achieving self-determination peacefully. The revolutionary activism that followed was the only choice Vietnam had to attain their freedom from the occupying colonial France. A few years before World War I all the way through the 1960s‚ Ho Chi Minh tried persistently to gain basic rights and freedoms for his people to no avail. The French had oppressed the Vietnamese during the duration of their occupation and
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weapon dropped from planes‚ they sprayed the sticky glue like substance and then set it on fire‚ it burns and does not cease until there is no napalm left • Agent orange used to kill trees as Vietnamese used to hide in the jungle and surprise attack the Australian troops‚ by demolishing the vegetation the Vietnamese were unable to hid from the Australians
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