Foundation Ancient Vietnam About 2‚000 years ago people in North Vietnam began growing rice in the Red River Valley. To irrigate their crops they built dykes and dug canals. They were forced to work together and so an organized kingdom emerged called Van Lang. However in the 2nd century BC the Chinese conquered the area. The Chinese ruled northern Vietnam for more than 1‚000 years and Chinese civilization had a great impact on the Vietnamese. However in South Vietnam there was Indian influence.
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Explain the changing attitudes to Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was the long struggle between nationalist forces attempting to unify Vietnam and prevent the spread of communism. Australia was involved in the Vietnam War from August 1962 – December 1972‚ with approximately 60‚000 men and women serving. Australia was called to fight by the United States and on the request of the South Vietnamese government for assistance. The war was seen as necessary at first because
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United States involvement in Vietnam in the 1960’s. There is no definitively acknowledged date that signifies the beginning of America’s involvement within Vietnam. Rather it is a series of events‚ establishments and decisions‚ ultimately made and determined by American attitudes and principles toward Asia‚ Communism and their own nations prestige‚ power and place in the world. Within this essay the aforementioned aspects and attitudes of the American’s in regard to Vietnam will be explored further
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Vietnam: A Better Place for a Factory Executive summary After taking every possible factor into consideration‚ Vietnam is chosen as a better alternative to build a factory instead of Croatia and Botswana. The purpose of this report is to explain the reasons why Vietnam is an advisable choice‚ the selection of international direct investment as entry mode‚ as well as the risk assessment and management. When it comes to the investment in Vietnam‚ the obvious reason first come to people’s mind
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The Vietnam War started in 1955‚ which was few years after the beginning of World War 2. Even though War was between Northern and Southern Vietnam‚ the War was actually between Communism and Democracy. The Northern Vietnam was under the control of China‚ which was dominated by Communism. The Southern Vietnam was supported by the United States and also had many soldiers placed in there. Dwight D. Eisenhower was the president of the United States at that time. He had a lot of pressure from the citizens
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Hanoi‚ December 2012 RESEARCH PAPER VIETNAM COUNTRY RISKS OVERVIEW INDEX | | A. INTRODUCTION | | B. VIETNAM COUNTRY RISKS ANALYSIS | | 1. Political Risks | | 2. Financial Risks | | 3. Geographical Risks 4. Environment and Social Risks 5. Attractiveness of Vietnam | | 6. SWOT Analysis | | C. RECOMMENDATION FOR INVESTORS IN VIETNAM | | D. REFERENCES | | A. INTRODUCTION Vietnam is a transition economy moving from a centrally
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History AP 23 April 2010 The Vietnam War With the end of World War II in 1945‚ many Americans hoped to head toward an era of prosperity and renewal. However‚ this was made impossible as the anti-communist tensions of the Cold War between the United States and the USSR sparked almost immediately after the destructive world war. The tensions between anti-communists and communists eventually led to one of the most controversial events in American history: the Vietnam War. Historians have still left
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The Vietnam War There were some very interesting causes of the Vietnam War in 1954-1975. The Vietnam War a very deadly war during this time that took place in South Vietnam‚ North Vietnam‚ Cambodia‚ Laos. The causes of the Vietnam War revolve around the simple belief held by America that communism was threatening to expand all over south-east Asia. Neither the Soviet Union nor the United States could risk an all-out war against each other‚ such was the nuclear military might of both. The
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Effect Vietnam War The causes of the Vietnam War trace their roots back to the end of World War II. A French Colony‚ Indochina (Vietnam‚ Laos‚ & Cambodia) had been occupied by the Japanese during the war. In 1941‚ a Vietnamese nationalist movement‚ the Viet Minh‚ was formed by Ho Chi Minh to resist the occupiers. Before World War Two‚ Vietnam had been part of the French Empire. During the war‚ the country had been overrun by the Japanese. When the Japanese retreated‚ the people of Vietnam took the
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Macro-Environmental Factors Vietnam is a peninsula‚ which located in the Southeast Asia monsoon zone. Its long narrow territory stretches 1700km from north to south and in the center a mere 50km from east to west‚ the territory looks like a dragon stand at east of the Indo-Chinese peninsula. The coastline‚ which extends for 3260km‚ has fine beaches and archipelagos. It not only has beautiful landscape attracts countless tourists and also can get rich seafood‚ provided favorable conditions for raw
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