Its eastern border is the South China Sea. ... For one thousand years, Vietnam was part of China. ... Chinese political and social institutions were introduced. ... Chinese style also became dominant in literature and the arts. ... The decisions were made on the basis of landholding and sent to the district magistrate for transmittal to the central government. 12. ...
This humiliating defeat toppled the French government, and it was becoming increasing difficult to maintain colonial possession over Vietnam. ... Bao Dai and loyalist Vietnamese Francophiles created an alternative government in these regions, intensifying debate concerning Vietnam's political future. ... Soon after peasant revolts, the government was required to change its policy to one of "rectification" where officials were demoted. ... By 1958 insurgents of the South began a politically motivated terror campaign, kidnapping and murdering government officials. ... In turn it...
In January 1946, Britain agreed to remove her troops and later that year, China left Vietnam in exchange for a promise from France that she would give up her rights to territory in China. ... The situation improved in 1949 after Mao Zedong and his communist army defeated Chaing Kai-Shek in China. ... When it became clear that France was becoming involved in a long-drawn out war, the French government tried to negotiate a deal with the Vietminh. They offered to help set-up a national government and promised they would eventually grant Vietnam its independence. ... China and the Sov...
(Tonkin Annam and Cochin China were regions in the North, Central and South Vietnam. ... The Chinese had no sympathy for the French and when they withdrew, they left Ho's government in place. ... The French forced the Viet Minh into the country areas and first Indo-Chinese war had begun. ... By the end of 1949, the situation had radically changed with the success of the Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army (PLA) against the Nationalist Chinese. ... In the South, "Cochin China", the communist-led forces were too weak, lacking in arms and effective leadership, to prevail against ...
However, while Ho Chi Minh established a good relationship with the Chinese. ... The US government committed to a policy of alliance with France, and in the long run, this policy precluded friendship with the DRV and the entire country of Vietnam. ... The Americans gave Bao Dai an over provisional amount of money; because, he had similarities to the U.S. government would have been able to do the same as Ho Chi Minh. ... That it was caused the American government to turn there backs to the Vietnamese. ... So when they had to fight the Americans, Ho Chi Minh was recognized by china and R...
This war took place because the Vietnams couldn't agree on one government so they broke up into two major parts, North and the South. North Vietnam wanted to have Communism for a government under the influence of Ho Chi Minh, and the South wanted to have democracy, under the influence of the French rule. ... They thought this because the Northern Vietnam was backed by China and Russia. ... Either to help South Vietnam, which was highly impossible because South Vietnam had only consisted of armies with low morale, and all the corrupted leaders and officials, or to fight against communism, ...
The people and governments of the French, U.S., Vietnam all had different motives for their involvement in the Vietnam War in the years between 1945 and 1975. ... Within days, Emperor Bao Dai abdicated, promising to support the new government as a private citizen. ... The country was then divided along the 17th parallel of latitude, with the south being supported by the United States, and the northern communist lead by Ho Chi Minh was allied by Russia and China. ... Historian Buttinger stated that, "Ho Chi Minh over the years had succeeded in creating for his country as an anti-French, ant...
We must allow a communist influence in the government instead of attempting to repress a genuinely nationalist revolution, which is the case in Vietnam. ... Ho Chi Minh was forced to ask assistance from major Communist allies - the Soviet Union and China. ... The United States and some 40 other countries supported South Vietnam by supplying troops and munitions, and the USSR and the People's Republic of China furnished munitions to North Vietnam and the Vietcong. ... Neither the U.S. nor the Saigon government agreed to the Geneva accords, but the U.S. announced it would do nothing to da...
After World War II and The Korean Conflict, the last thing U.S. citizens wanted was for the government to send troops into Vietnam. ... North Vietnam was aided by Russia and China, but not with soldiers but with finances, supplies and weaponry. ... "The American government initially believed that this conflict would not last more than two years" (Edwards 160). ... The American government controlled South Vietnam, and dictated what its governments steps should be. ... The growing anti-war movement alarmed the U.S. government, and eventually dictated the way the government ran the war. ...
The Peoples Republic of China and the USSR promoted the communist North Vietnam while the US supported South Vietnam. ... The American people called for the government to take greater control of the economy in order to prevent similar occurrences to that of the Great Depression. ... He also wanted to create social welfare systems that allowed the government to collect taxes in order to pay for improvements to society. ... Many conservatives disagreed with this system due to their ideals on taxes and government control of the economy. ...
The Johnson administration kept tight control at first because they feared that if they beat up the NVA to bad then China and the Soviet Union might step in as defenders of communism. ... Bombing was prohibited within 25 miles of the Chinese border, within 10 miles of Hanoi and within 4 miles of Haiphong So, by placing the capital, Haiphong and surrounding areas off limits, the U.S. ... The North Vietnamese government claimed to have dug over 30,000 miles of tunnels under the ground. ...
Argentina, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma, Chile, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Korea, North, Korea, South, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, and last but not least, Vietnam. ... They have urged the U.N. and national governments to ban the production, stockpiling, sale, export and use of mines. ... China, Russia, United States and a few other countries have still tossed the idea around whether to pull through and stop ...
"Australians were supportive of Menzies Governments' decision to send troops to Vietnam in support of President Diem's Resistance of Ho Chi Ming. ... Views of Save Our Sons, the Catholic Church and Menzies Government will be focused on in the text. ... This wasn't a big issue until 1966 when the government announced they would be sending the conscripts overseas to fight in the Vietnam War. ... This will be decided between the colossi of the United States and China, with Japan and Indonesia exerting some influence on the ultimate result". ... In conclusion, the view of ...
He proved time and time again that his tactical and governmental strength was minimal, if not non-existent. ... From these contacts sprang many of his latter commanding officers and government officials (Tucker 81). ... After achieving this position Diem returned to Sai Gon and established a new government, formed to " embrace all of Vietnam- (Tucker 82). ... Many of the nationalist parties opposed him for his absence during the Indo-China Wars, they saw Diem as a sellout for leaving his country during times of war. ... Nhu was given undue control over the police force, ARVN, and key gov...
North Vietnam, under the leadership of the skilled guerilla fighter Ho Chi Minh, was lending military support to a group of communist insurgents in the south who were attempting to overthrow the South Vietnamese government in order to become a unified communist nation. The United States became involved in Vietnam because it believed that if all of the country fell under a communist government, communism would spread throughout Southeast Asia and beyond. ... (Bender, 14) The U.S. government, therefore, supported the South Vietnamese government. In 1962, the United States sent 4000 troops to ...
At the end of the Second World War, France lied in ruins and Vietnam was left with no governmental occupation after the surrender of the Japanese. ... Ho and the Viet Minh realised that a peaceful approach to achieving their goal was not possible, as they had been rejected by the democratic super powers (USA and Allies), Ho and the Viet Minh followed communist ways and went to seek assistance from Russia and China. ... With the supplies and tactics provided by China, the Viet Minh began their resistance movement by uses of guerrilla warfare. ...
There was not a representative present from the Saigon government. ... Corruption in the Saigon government hurt the south's chances. The government was corrupt from the lowest village ranks to the president himself. ... The Saigon government following the Paris peace conference had the backing of the U.S. military, through the leadership of President Nixon. Nixon was able to persuade China and The Soviet Union to not escalate efforts in North Vietnam. ...
It was impressed upon him that he should reject French rule, and later Ho evidently did this by defying not only the French but also Japan, China and the United States. ... Ho encouraged the country and his cadres to help the government to augment finances and national defence. ... These points evidently reflected US and French values, "equal rights for Vietnamese and French in Indo-China" and "freedom of press and opinion" being just a selection. ...
Business protocol has more ritual with government officials than it does within the private sector. When you meet with government officials, a local person will accompany you to make your introduction. ... In a government office, your hosts will show you where to sit. ... Show respect to the senior people, especially in the government structures. ... Though Vietnamese is the official language of Vietnam there are several other languages spoken, such as, Chinese, English, French, Khmer, and tribal languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian). ...
American's thought that Vietnam was thought to be the gateway for China and Soviet Union. ... Some people wanted to change the Saigon government. Intense debate was started in the U.S. government. ... Large told CIA agent Lussen Ciaen, "My instructions were that I was to inform General Mien that the US government would not thwart there cool. ...
During this time, Ho Chi Minh had asked for the United States help in defending against the corrupt government of the south, but was refused. So, he turned to the Soviet Union and Communist China for aid and both countries were more than happy to help his cause. Being aided by these countries was the catalyst for Ho Chi Minh's North Vietnam adopting a communist government. ... It requires that men from the ages of 18 to 26 register with the government funded organization of the Draft Board. ... Try as it might, the American government could not hide the massive failures happening in Vietn...
Congress was threatening a bill of impeachment indicated it would cut off all funding for operations in Indo-china once U.S. forces had withdrawn. ... Thieu's government was ill equipped to treat the mass unemployment and deepening poverty that resulted from the U.S. withdrawal. ...
