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Jeri Rowe: Enrique's tale sparks compassion for others...onto a basketball court, see a group of kids sniffing glue and ask them why. Mendoza got legal status when his mother married a Vietnam veteran from Sanford. "I've heard my classmates say, 'They need to get a job over there (in Mexico or... In this article: Sonia Nazario, North Carolina, J.C. Penney, Mexico, Guilford County, and Charlotte |
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Full print edition | November 05, 2009
After the Soviet collapse: A globe redrawn
...between the Soviet Union and the West had brought a perilous stability, but had generated proxy wars from Korea and Vietnam to Angola, Central America and Afghanistan-a continuation of cold war by more traditional bloody means. Indeed the...
In this article: Russia, Inflation, Bolshevik, Vladimir Putin, Soviet Union, Korea, and Central America
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National Review Online: Politics | November 02, 2009
A New Isolationism? -- By: Conrad Black
..."partisanship ends at the water's edge. " The long nightmare in Indochina changed that. Having plunged the United States into Vietnam under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, the Democrats doomed South Vietnam and Cambodia by cutting off all...
In this article: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Afghanistan, John F. Kennedy, United States, Iraq, Contras, and Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
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washingtonpost.com | October 24, 2009
It's Vietnam, again: Does that analysis stand up for every U.S. intervention?
...removing them after negotiating with another government -- the Nicaraguan government -- that is an invitation to fall prey to the error of Vietnam and Lebanon." Sen. Gary Hart (D-Colo.), April 1984 The outcome: U.S. troops never deployed...
In this article: United States, John Kerry, Afghanistan, Chuck Hagel, Texas, Edward M. Kennedy, Kosovo, Massachusetts, and Democracy
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | June 20, 2008
Investors look elsewhere as China loses its edge smh.com.au
...and two more in Thailand. Gerald Evans, the president for global supply chain at Hanesbrands, said that compared with China, "we found more ready availability of both land and labour in both Vietnam and Thailand". Hanesbrands will also shift...
In this article: China, HanesBrands, Inflation, Nissan, India, Asia, Hanoi, and Canon
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Wikipedia | November 04, 2009
Jicama
...popiah and salads such as yusheng and rojak. Jicama has become popular in Vietnamese food, where it is called cay củ dậu (in northern Vietnam) or củ sắn or sắn nước (in southern Vietnam). It is known as by its Chinese name bang kuan to...
In this article: Rotenone, Padang, Sumatra, Southeast Asia, Yusheng, Rojak, Fruit salad, Corn chip, Potato, and Vietnamese food
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N.Y. Review of Books Founder Barbara Epstein
...created The New York Review of Books and what it stands for." In the 1960s, the Review dispatched McCarthy to Vietnam and later sent Joan Didion to report from El Salvador. Their writings helped make the Review a leading voice in...
In this article: Review, Barbara Epstein, Robert Silvers, The New York Review of Books, Mary McCarthy, Neoconservatism, and Radcliffe College
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Lavazza
...the world. Countries include Brazil and Colombia in South America, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Honduras in Central America, Uganda in Africa, Indonesia and Vietnam in Asia and the United States and Mexico in North America. Sustainable...
In this article: Caribou Coffee, Annie Leibovitz, Starbucks Coffee, Colombia, Italy, Honduras, and France
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16th parallel north
...and the Atlantic Ocean. After World War II, the parallel divided Vietnam into Chinese and British controlled zones; this eventually formed the Communist North Vietnam and the liberal democratic South Vietnam. (See Timeline of World War II...
In this article: World War II, Chadian-Libyan conflict, Operation Manta, Earth, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Asia, Africa, and Caribbean
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CIA Official John K. Smith; Sailing Coach, Avid Racer
...area in 1951, when he joined the CIA. He served as a clandestine officer in Vietnam and Iran as well as in other parts of the Middle East, Southeast Asia, South America and Central America. He retired in 1975 and was awarded the Career...
In this article: Central Intelligence Agency, Annapolis, Presidential Unit Citation, Battle of the Bulge, Purple Heart, Bronze Star, University at Buffalo, and State University of New York
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Vietnam (pronounced: /ˌviː.ɛtˈnɑːm/; Việt Nam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam), is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east. With a population of over 86 million, Vietnam is the 13th most populous country in the world.
The people of Vietnam regained independence and broke away from China in AD 938 after their victory at the battle of Bạch Đằng River. Successive dynasties flourished along with geographic and political expansion deeper into Southeast Asia, until it was colonized by the French in the mid-19th century. Efforts to resist the French eventually led to their expulsion from the country in the mid-20th century, leaving a nation divided politically into two countries. Fighting between the two sides continued during the Vietnam War, ending with a North Vietnamese victory in 1975.
Emerging from this prolonged military engagement, the war-ravaged nation was politically isolated. The government’s centrally planned economic decisions hindered post-war reconstruction and its treatment of the losing side engendered more resentment than reconciliation. In 1986, it instituted economic and political reforms and began a path towards international reintegration. By 2000, it had established diplomatic relations with most nations. Its economic growth had been among the highest in the world in the past decade. These efforts culminated in Vietnam joining the World Trade Organization in 2007 and its successful bid to become a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council in 2008.
- Name:
- Vietnam
- Conventional Long Name:
- Socialist Republic of Vietnam
- Local Name:
- Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam
- Capital:
- Hanoi
- Language:
- Vietnamese
- Motto:
- Độc lập - Tự do - Hạnh phúc
- Largest City:
- Ho Chi Minh City
- Government type:
- Socialist republic
- Founding Date:
- December 19, 1980
- Formations:
- French annexation
- Area:
- 331,690
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $240.364 billion
- GDP (nominal):
- $89.829 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $1,040
- Time Zone:
- UTC+7
- Currency:
- đồng (₫)
- Demonym:
- Vietnamese
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- VND
- Country Calling Code:
- 84
- ccTLD:
- .vn
- Anthem:
- Tiến Quân Ca
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