One of the dirty U.S. secrets of the U.S. War with Vietnam is how many companies profited from the war. For many of these companies, the Vietnam War brought them out of absurdity as they earned billions with war profits. During the Vietnam War, many U.S. companies profited from the Vietnam war. Some of these […]
Many in America wonder if the United States could have won the Vietnam war but did not do it. The reasons America lost this War have been debated in the US press. America could not have won the Vietnam war as America never won the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese people. The Americans had […]
China controlled Vietnam for over 1,000 years. Walking around many parts of Vietnam, particularly in north Vietnam, you can find many Chinese written characters on old buildings. Chinese and Vietnamese are not the same languages. A Vietnamese person cannot automatically understand Chinese, and a Chinese person can not understand Vietnamese. Even though the languages have […]
I recently came to Hanoi after spending Christmas in my home state of Wisconsin. Even though Wisconsin is cold and has a lot of snow, I was much colder in Hanoi than in Wisconsin. Winters in Hanoi can get quite cold, especially on a few days during the winter when it rains and the temperatures […]
I have lived and worked in both Vietnam and Thailand, so I am familiar with Vietnamese and Thai languages. Vietnamese and Thai have some similarities and some differences in their spoken languages. Thai and Vietnamese are Asian-based languages, but despite being Asian-based, they are from different language family groups. Both Thai and Vietnamese are tonal […]
You can’t think about the Vietnam war without thinking about the Hmong who helped, fought, and died alongside the American Soldiers. These Hmong were located mainly in Laos. When the Vietnam War ended, the Hmong in Laos was in a terrible position; the Hmong fighters were enemies of the present Laotian government and considered “persona […]