General Information Official name: The Socialist Republic of Vietnam Capital: Hanoi Population: 87 million people (2011) Total Area: 331.212 square kilometers Major religion: Buddhism Major language: Vietnamese Monetary unit: Vietnam dong Location Vietnam is one of the most beautiful countries located in the South East Asia. In the North‚ Vietnam shares the long borderline with China. In the East‚ Vietnam is bordered by the Gulf of Tonkin‚ inn the East and South by the South China
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Regardless of whether one refers to the United States’ military involvement in Vietnam as a "war‚" or if one prefers to use the more commonly-used‚ (albeit‚ more historically accurate) term: "Military Conflict‚" the effects caused by this historical tragedy remains obvious to anyone who has ever bypassed a homeless veteran on the street begging for spare change. Likewise‚ one only needs to pass by the endless lines that trail out from amongst the front doors of the emergency room at the Long Beach
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* There where many affects that impacted Australia on the Vietnam war ranging from the veterans psychologically and physically‚ their families whether it’s the loss of their son and husband or the damage inflicted on them psychologically and physically taking care of them for the rest of their lives or/until they are able to sustain by themselves. The biggest impact of the war was on the vetrans themselves. The things they seen and had to do some without a true explanation drove them insane with
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Executive Summary This report is written to analyze the dollarization in Vietnam‚ including the causes‚ current situation‚ its effects in the domestic economy and some proposed solution to minimize the dollarization. According to the standard set up by IMF‚ Vietnam is considered as one of countries that have underwent the dollarization. Also‚ in IMF’s judgment‚ among three types of the dollarization‚ our country’s current situation is on the way of unofficial dollarization. About the reasons
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Dove takes on the cosmetics industry Dove is at it again…flying in the face of convention‚ that is. Many of you will be familiar with the Real Curves campaign used to launch Dove’s firming lotion. It was noteworthy because it featured “real” women instead of impossibly slim models. Earlier this year‚ the brand took the campaign into “enemy territory” by advertising on the male media niche of the U.S. Superbowl. Now the brand is undermining the foundations of the cosmetic industry with its new
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http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_the_Vietnam_War_affect_the_World The Vietnam War Ericka Davis History 135 - One of the most critical outcomes of armed conflict is the impact on societies. Armed conflict has far-reaching effects and substantially impacts societies. Below is a list of conflicts the United States fought after 1918. •Choose one (1) conflict from the list below:•World War II •Korean Conflict •Vietnam Conflict •Cold War •Analyze two to three (2–3) major consequences the
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The Relationship Between The Vietnam War And Music Of The U.S.A. Case Study: Jimi Hendrix This essay looks at musician Jimi Hendrix’s musical reactions to the American involvement in the Vietnam War. This research has taken place as part of a larger piece of work examining the links between the Vietnam War and Music in the U.S.A. US troops became officially involved in the war from 1965 and didn’t withdraw until 1973 following the signing of the Paris Peace Accords. During this time 58
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Education in Vietnam. Education in Vietnam is divided into five levels: preschool‚ primary school‚ secondary school‚ high school and higher education. Formal education consists of twelve years of basic education. Basic education consists of five years of primary education‚ four years of intermediate education‚ and three years of secondary education. The majority of basic education students are enrolled on a half-day basis. The main educational goal in Vietnam is improving people’s general knowledge
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In the War of 1812‚ some Americans thought that the war was a great idea‚ (A.K.A. the war hawks)‚ but others thought the idea of a war was absolutely terrible‚ (A.K.A. the doves). In this situation even though the people that wanted the war had there opinions like if the U.S. won they could maybe get land in Canada‚ the people who were against the war(which was mostly people around the East Coast) were mostly right when they claimed that the war was a terrible idea for things like losing big cities
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Corruption‚ Negative Effects of Corruptions on Economic Growth and Solutions to High Level of Corruption in Vietnam In any society‚ large-scale corruption might have some harmful effects on economic and political development. Corruption is considered as a widespread phenomenon occurring daily in human societies all over the contemporary world. It can be defined in some different ways such as political bribery‚ public exploitation and misuse of public office for personal gain. Corruption has been
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