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The guerilla warfare tactics of the North Vietnamese required U.S. military leaders to modify their combat strategy during the Vietnam War.

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U.S. Veteran Describes Fighting in the Vietnam War

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Environment:

https://www.export.gov/article?id=Vietnam-Environmental-and-Pollution-Control-Equipment-and-Services

History:

https://www.britannica.com/place/Vietnam/The-two-Vietnams-1954-65#ref260888

https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-history

Economy:

https://www.oxfam.org/en/research/even-it-how-tackle-inequality-vietnam

Territory:

https://asean.org/?static_post=vietnam-in-asean-toward-cooperation-for-mutual-benefits

https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2019/country-chapters/vietnam

Population and Culture:

https://asiasociety.org/education/religion-vietnam

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-culture-of-vietnam.html

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People identify as Buddhist (7.9%), Catholic (6.6%), Hoa Hoa (1.7%), Cao Dai (0.9%), Protestant (0.9%), Muslim (0.1%), or non religious (81.8%). While the majority of people in Vietnam don’t identify as someone who practices religion, the vast majority of them live their life as if they were religious. Their “religion” is more spiritual and superstitious; for example, they will be wary of even naming their child after any relative, dead or alive, in fear that scolding their child would transcend upon their relative.

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About 35.9% of the Vietnamese population lives in an urban setting.

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Vietnamese is the official language spoken in Vietnam. English, French, Chinese, and variations of Khmer (mountain area languages) are also spoken throughout Vietnam. The development of English throughout Vietnam shows how westernized Vietnam has become.

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The life expectancy at birth in Vietnam is 73.9 years.

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About 23% of the population is 1-14 years old, 16% are 15-24 years old, 46% of the population is 25-54 years old, 9% of the population is 55-64 years old, and 6% of the population is 65 years old and older. Most of the population of Vietnam is in the age range of 24-54 years old.

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The growth rate is approximately 0.9%.

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Regarding inequalities, millions of people; ethnic minorities, small scale farmers, migrants and informal workers, and women, are more likely to remain poor and excluded from services and political decision making.

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Only 8% of the people in Vietnam live below the poverty line. This is really good for Vietnam considering the fact that the US population below the poverty line is about 15.1%. In total, 78% of the people in Vietnam live with access to improved sanitation. The quality of life in the region is not as good as other more developed places like the United States. The economy may be growing, but the people may not be experiencing the best and cleanest life.

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15.3% of Vietnam's activities are in the agricultural sector, 33.3% are in the industrial sector, and 51.3% are in services.

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1. He declared the independence of Vietnam on September 2, 1945, after being under French rule for almost six decades.

2. The Geneva Accords created two Vietnam’s (Communist North and Capitalist South) post WWII.

3. The war in the South was provoked by Communism wanted in the North, and the remnants of the party in the South of Vietnam.

4. Vietnam's invasion created conflict with China.

5. Vietnam was no longer divided because the North's way of communism defeated that of the South's capitalism. They became one system under the same rule.

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Vietnam's GDP per capita is about $6,900. This is about 150th in the world which shows that Vietnam's economy has a lot of room to grow. It also shows Vietnam's GDP in terms of its population and everyday standard of life for its average person.

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Vietnam's GDP real growth rate is approximately 6.8%. This reveals just how much the economy is growing in Vietnam. Compared to the United States’ GDP real growth, Vietnam is growing far more (2.2% vs. 6.8%).

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The French colonized Vietnam in the mid 1800s, and they took over the region in the year 1887.

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Five Key People/Events/Conflicts after WWII

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Five Key People/Events/Conflicts after WWII

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1. Chi Ho Minh, the revolutionary communist leader of Vietnam.

2. The Geneva Accords were signed by the French and Viet Minh representatives between April and July of 1954.

3. One million North Vietnamese civilians emigrated to South Vietnam to avoid persecution from the imminent Communist regime. At the same time, Viet Minh armed forces from South Vietnam were also moving to North Vietnam, as dictated by the Geneva Accord (Vietnam War 1954-1975).

4. In Cambodia, The Vietnamese invasion had stopped the genocide of millions of Cambodians by the Khmer Rouge. The pro-Vietnamese People's Republic of Kampuchea was created with Heng Samrin as chairman in January 1979.

5. On July 2, 1976 the Socialist Republic of Vietnam was officially proclaimed, with its capital at Hanoi. Vietnam at peace faced formidable problems: in the south alone, millions of people were homeless, and one seventh of the population was sick or wounded.

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Worsening in 2018, the basic political and civil rights of the people in Vietnam are being diminished. The government imprisoned dissidents for longer prison terms, sanctioned thugs to attack right defenders, and passed draconian laws that threaten freedom of expression.

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ASEAN is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Vietnam’s role in ASEAN involves their economic growth, driving to reform its own economy; furthermore, its accession to various ASEAN agreements demonstrates the commitment as a full member to economic cooperation in the Southeast Asia region.

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The current President of Vietnam is Nguyen Phu Trong. The Communist Party of Vietnam is the only party that is legal to operate in Vietnam, but there are secret groups in Vietnam and just outside of it: People’s Action Party of Vietnam, Vietnamese Nationalist Party, Democratic Party of Vietnam, and the Viet Tan Vietnam Reform Party.

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Vietnam has a communist government. Communism is the political and economical ideology that oppositions itself from liberal democracy and capitalism, advocating a classless system where production is owned communally; and private property does not exist.

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In Vietnam, there is a lot of groundwater contamination that limits the water supply. This could be as a result from the degradation of the soil and the urbanization of many cities in the region. The problem is getting much worse because the state continues to industrialize, and it also keeps adding chemicals to soil.

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A lot of the agricultural advancements have caused deforestation and degradation.

Overfishing is a major problem that could end up affecting the marine life in the region severely.

Air pollution and increased urbanization have happened in the most recent years.

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Vietnam contains coal, arable land, hydropower, and other rare earth elements.

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The climate is TROPICAL and TEMPERATE.
There are many monsoons and a considerable amount of sun. Two major rivers  run through the country: the Red River and the Mekong River. Because of the uncomfortable climate and aspects of the physical geography, the population distribution is uneven throughout the region, where most people live near the major rivers and other water sources.