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By Emma Holscher and Haley Brinkmann

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*Did you know that Vietnam is about twice the size of Arizona?
*Did you know an estimate of 300,000 Vietnamese refugees reside in China?
*Did you know the infant mortality rate is 17.3 deaths out of 1,000 live births?
*Did you know there are 54 officially recognized ethnicities in Vietnam?
*Did you know that Vietnam is the world's second largest producer of coffee, with Brazil coming in first?
*Did you know that Vietnam is the longest official era of peace?

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*It's in the southern and eastern part of the Indochinese peninsula in Southeast Asia.
*The president of Vietnam is Nguyen Phu Trong (Present).
*The official name of Vietnam is the "Socialist Republic of Vietnam"
*It is the 14th largest country in the world according to population.
*The population is 92,700,000

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*Vietnam focuses on many different Religion. One of their most popular religions is Buddhism followed by Taoism. Vietnamese people also are Catholics and Protestants.
*Folk Religions, Buddhism, Taoism, ancestor worship and Confucianism.
*The major religious traditions in Vietnam are Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Caodaism and the Hoa Hao Sect.

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Vietnam is in the southern and eastern part of the Indochinese peninsula in Southeast Asia.

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This is one type of housing in Vietnam. It's called Old Style Local Apartments. The rent for these apartments are under $200 a month. Most people who are single and under 30 would live in this kind of apartment.

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Can you say these simple Vietnamese sentences/phrases? Challenge a friend to see who can memorize the most Vietnamese sentences/phrases in a minute and a half; then have a little battle without looking at the words!
*Hello = Xin Chao (Sin Chow)
*How are you? = Ban Khoe Khong (Ban Kwe Khom)
*Thank you = Cam on (Kahum Uhn)
*Sorry = Xin Loi (Sin Loy)
*No Problem = Khong co gi (Khong koh zi)
*Goodbye = Tam Biet (Tarm Byeet)
*What is your name? = Ten ban la gi?  (Ten bang la zi)
*I am hungry = Toi doi bung qua (Toi doi bhung wa)

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People from Vietnam normally eat noodles, fish, meats, and sometimes exotic food such as turtle, snake, and dog. A common dish in Vietnam is called Bo Kho which includes beef and vegetable stew. The picture at the bottom is the common dish Bo Kho.

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In Vietnam, people are entertained and play sports in their free time. The common sports are martial arts, soccer, football, golf, tennis, and more. There are also amusement parks that people like to go to. There are beaches that run along the coast of Vietnam. Da Nang is in the world's top 20 greatest beaches. Their entertainment can include sitting at a café, going to the movies, or watching a puppet show. The picture below is Da Nang.

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This is a third type of housing in Vietnam. It's simply called Houses. The rent for these Houses are $600-700 for 4 bedrooms. Most foreigners will most likely not live in these houses because they would be the only foreigner around. The design isn't very traditional; each bedroom is very cramped, you can barely fit a queen-sized bed in there. There will be no open concept kitchen and a lot of natural light. You will most likely not have good water pressure or consistent hot water.

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This is the final type of housing in Vietnam. This type of housing is called Villas. The rent for these Villas are $1,700 and up. A Villa is a private home surrounded by a wall providing security and privacy. They all have gardens and if you want, a pool even though you'll have to pay extra. These Villas are great for a family because they have about 5-7 bedrooms; if you don't have a family, the villas are a waste.

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This is a second type of housing in Vietnam. It's called Modern Apartment Towers. The rent for these kind of apartments are from $900-1,200 a month for a 2-bedroom apartment. These kind of apartments are 5-star complexes with 24 hour security and cafes on the ground floor

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This is one artifact. This is a famous silk painting from Vietnam.
Channeling Experience with a Medium, 1931
Silk Painting

Nguyen Phan Chanh started promoting silk painting in Vietnam.  He realized that the silk painting of ancient China had a unique and transparent appearance.  These qualities of silk painting and the Vietnamese expertise in creating them could help Vietnamese artists differentiate their national art of Vietnam from the popular European oil paintings.   By using the everyday life scene and charming transparency colors, Nguyen Phan Chanh successfully proved that silk painting could become one of the appropriate art forms of Vietnam.

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Education in Vietnam is overseen by the Ministry of Education and Training and it is an extensive network of state-run schools for students from roughly four years old to college-age. There is 5 categories in the Vietnamese school system; kindergarten, primary, secondary, upper-secondary (high school) and university level.

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This is another artifact from Vietnam. This is a historical document from the Vietnam War.

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In Vietnam, the men wear many different types of clothing. Some of the clothing options are Tunics and Trousers. Tunics and Trousers are white trousers and a long brown shirt. Lower ranked court officials would wear blue, higher ranked officials would wear purple or red. Another type of clothing was the Ao Dai like the women, the male Ao Dai is shorter, fuller and worn with regular fitting trousers. Vietnamese men wear the Tunic and Trousers for special occasions which are made of intricate details.
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In Vietnam, the women wear many different statement pieces. Some pieces are the Ao Dai, which means "long shirt" it's mostly worn by students, secretaries and it is also worn on special occasions; it's made out of a gorgeous Vietnamese silk. Another piece is the Conical Hat; the legend with the hat is that during a particularly harsh rainfall, an enormous woman descended from the heavens, protecting mankind from the rain with her hat made from four bamboo leaves that stretched enormously across the sky. (You may watch the video to wherever you want).

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Vietnam has a young population, stable political system, commitment to sustainable growth, low inflation, stable currency and etc. The country's infrastructure fails to meet the needs of an expanding middle class. Vietnam brings in about $214 billion of total exports. they mostly export clothes, electronics, shoes, seafood, crude oil, rice, coffee, wooden products and machinery.

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The first constitution of the Vietnamese government was enacted in 1980. Vietnam has a Communist government and is one of the world's four remaining one-party socialist states. The President is head of the republic and the Prime Minister is the head of the government. The Executive branch consists of the President, Prime Minister and the Government. Vietnam has a unicameral parliamentary system that is the national assembly which is the highest representative organ. The highest organ of the Judiciary branch is the Supreme People's Court.

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