Vietnam
or Vi·et Nam
Official name Socialist Republic of Vietnam. a country in Southeast Asia, comprising the former states of Annam, Tonkin, and Cochinchina: formerly part of French Indochina; divided into North Vietnam and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War but now reunified. 126,104 sq. mi. (326,609 sq. km). Capital: Hanoi.: Compare North Vietnam, South Vietnam.
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Army veteran John Hoefen, 73, served in Vietnam and has a 100% disability rating from the VA for Parkinson’s disease related to Agent Orange exposure.
To Vaccinate U.S. Veterans, Health Care Workers Must Cross Mountains, Plains and Tundra | Patricia Kime / Kaiser Health News | February 18, 2021 | TimeWhether it be me because I got a B, or whether it be my sister, because she was against the war in Vietnam and he wasn’t.
In Vietnam, India and Brazil, people with higher English speaking proficiency can earn about two to three times more than their colleagues, she said.
English learning app ELSA lands $15 million Series B for international growth and its B2B platform | Catherine Shu | February 1, 2021 | TechCrunchYou know, when I was in Vietnam, we were pretty much under constant mortar and rocket attack.
Vann returned to Vietnam as a civilian adviser and ended up commanding the military operations of an entire province.
Neil Sheehan, N.Y. Times reporter who obtained Pentagon Papers and chronicled ‘Bright Shining Lie’ of Vietnam, dies at 84 | Harrison Smith | January 7, 2021 | Washington Post
Compared with neighbors Myanmar, Vietnam, and Laos, Cambodia appears to have a blossoming civil society.
Take the chief metric of the war in Vietnam—body counts, which ultimately did not answer whether the strategy was working.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War | Nancy A. Youssef | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSame with my uncle and cousins when their planes landed from Vietnam.
A Veteran’s View: NYC Cold War Between Cops and City Hall | Matt Gallagher | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne of the most horrific episodes of the Vietnam War is being made into a government-funded opera.
In Vietnam, Lewis was advisor to a Vietnamese infantry unit, whose nickname for him was “Captain of Many Kilos.”
They talk about how badly the Vietnam veterans were treated when they came back, but I think what happened to us was just as bad.
The Biography of a Rabbit | Roy BensonThe Vietnam War is a grim reminder of the political nature of conflict and how our power was once outflanked.
Shock and Awe | Harlan K. UllmanThe experiences that this study group collectively had in Vietnam makes this concern very strongly held.
Shock and Awe | Harlan K. UllmanPolicy statements have also consistently voiced support for the communist effort in South Vietnam.
Area Handbook for Romania | Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. WalpoleTo have done so might have averted at least some of the racial turmoil visited on the services in the Vietnam era.
Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 | Morris J. MacGregor, Jr.
British Dictionary definitions for Vietnam
Viet Nam
/ (ˌvjɛtˈnæm) /
a republic in SE Asia: an ancient empire, conquered by France in the 19th century; occupied by Japan (1940–45) when the Communist-led Vietminh began resistance operations that were continued against restored French rule after 1945. In 1954 the country was divided along the 17th parallel, establishing North Vietnam (under the Vietminh) and South Vietnam (under French control), the latter becoming the independent Republic of Vietnam in 1955. From 1959 the country was dominated by war between the Communist Vietcong, supported by North Vietnam, and the South Vietnamese government; increasing numbers of US forces were brought to the aid of the South Vietnamese army until a peace agreement (1973) led to the withdrawal of US troops; further fighting led to the eventual defeat of the South Vietnamese government in March 1975 and in 1976 an elected National Assembly proclaimed the reunification of the country. Official language: Vietnamese. Religion: Buddhist majority. Currency: dong. Capital: Hanoi. Pop: 92 477 857 (2013 est). Area: 331 041 sq km (127 816 sq miles): Official name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam
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Cultural definitions for Vietnam
[ (vee-et-nahm, vee-et-nam) ]
Republic in Southeast Asia, bordered by Cambodia and Laos to the west, China to the north, and the South China Sea (an arm of the Pacific Ocean) to the east and south.
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