... in many restaurant so that people can have it as easy as in Viet Nam. Although they have some similarities, Ho Chi Minh City and Orange County are different from each other, especially in traffic system, civil construction planning and family culture. First of all, the traffic system of Ho ... Chi Minh City is different from Orange County mainly in means of vehicle, transportation infrastructure and traffic design. People who travel for the first time to Ho Chi Minh City are surprised ... reside in the commercial building because zonings of residence and commercial building are distingui...

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... wave refugees. Little Saigons have sprung up in U.S cities including Philadelphia, Houston, Chicago, and San Jose. But the most renowned and officially recognized Little Saigon is located in Orange County California, considered the Vietnamese capital of the United States. On June 17, 1988 Governor George Deukmejian came to Westminster, CA and granted official designation to the area (Trinidad ... ). This was an emotional day for the Vietnamese community. Orange County's Little Saigon has became a major hub of the Vietnamese diaspora. It has grown to nearly 2000 commercial establishments, ...

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... not and end up loosing your life by its carelessness with the usage of its weapons on the battlefield. And used along side Napalm was Agent orange, a pesticide used with the intention of depriving Vietnamese farmers and guerrilla fighters of clean food and water in hopes they would relocate to areas ... the operation over twenty million gallons of herbicides and defoliants were sprayed over forests and fields. Destroying and affecting more than was originally intended. Agent Orange still ravages through certain areas of Vietnam til this day as The Vietnam Red Cross recorded over 4.8 mil...

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... and Special Forces, also known as the Green Berets, to work with and train the Army Republic of Vietnam. This is where aerial spraying of herbicides such as Agent Orange. "The notorious Agent Orange was just one of these chemical herbicides, but it received special attention because large plained bitterly, afterwards, of suffering serious health problems. Sprayed onto forests, it entered into ... ...

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... the 2,000,000 veterans of the war suffered many illnesses once they returned back to the U.S. Some of them included insomnia, drug abuse, mental illness, and over exposure to Agent Orange, a chemical used in Vietnam to thin out all the brush from the trees. This caused cancer and other major illnesses in people who were around it. Most of them were ... Vietnam, more in the South because that is where the fighting was. The amount of war refugees in Vietnam amounted to over 10 million. Because of the pesticides and Agent Orange, the South's cropland was destroyed permanently. In 1976 it w...

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... Bombing of Germany in WWII. The bombs destroyed most of North Vietnams industrial and transportation systems. Most fighting took place in South Vietnam, which suffered the most damage. Bombs, Agent Orange, and Napalm (proven cancer causing chemicals) were used to clear forests which scarred the landscape and permanently damage most South Vietnamese cropland, plant and animal life. The North Vietnamese government ... in the war and battles. Most veterans adjusted smoothly to civil life. Many health risks were involved, including the length and time of service, if they were exposed to Age...

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... . He had been fighting a conventional war of 'search and destroy' which he thought would wear the VC down. He also used his technological superiority with helicopter gunships and Agent Orange, which destroyed vegetation in the countryside. However, Westmoreland's policy had not achieved victory by 1968 and so after Tet he asked for a further 206,000 troops which he hoped would ... ...

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... . They can see the bombs dropping and everyone running and screaming. It gives the feeling of how innocent the Vietnamese were and so quickly, without knowing, bombs, guns, and Agent Orange, took over their country, and there wasn't anything they could do about it. As Speaker One asks, " Had they an Epic poem?" (__) It is simply stated, "It is not remembered ... ...

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... they could never win. Richard Nixon was in office and his scandal was to influence politics for years to come. The bright blue bell-bottom pants with the pink and orange flowers sewed on were the coolest thing oh excuse me, I mean the "grooviest" thing to have. Big cars were the big thing and inflation was as "high" as the teenagers ... ...

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... problem caused by anxiety and depression. In the states 20,000 veterans committed suicide. The unemployment and prison rate was the highest for veterans than any other general population. Agent Orange caused by defoliants was a major disease for many veterans. It also caused birth defects in many soldiers children. The Vietnam War is not a war that the U.S. should be proud of ... ...

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... ) 1.00 0.70 Bottle of wine 20.00 13.50 Fresh' beer 0.20 0.13 Pineapple (whole) 0.15 0.10 Heineken (330ml) 2.50 1.70 Hanoi beer (330ml) 0.75 0.50 Baguette 0.08 0.06 Fresh orange juice 3.00 2.00 Soft drink (300ml) 0.15 0.10 Silk dress (bespoke) 12.00 8.20 Cappuccino 2.50 1.70 Obstacles: Vietnam still have potential obstacles. Vietnam has three basic regional cuisines. North ... ...

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... the Ho Chi Minh trial making it difficult for the Vietcong to hide themselves within the vegetation for ambush. The operation grew as the Allied forces sprayed s chemical called "Agent Orange," within the forests of Vietnam to kill off much of the crops that fed the Vietcong men. When Operation Ranchhand ended nine years later, 1/7 of the nation's vegetation and forestry ... ...

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... Vietnam and should stop destroying the foliage by spraying extremely hazardous chemicals, which were also a threat to humans. The veterans had begun feeling the effects from such defoliators like agents orange, blue and white. The slow withdrawal of American forces was taking its toll on Americans still left in Vietnam. Soldiers were growing very afraid of all Vietnamese and thinking that ... ...

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... slaughtered in the Vietnam jungle." The war tactics used by America in Vietnam were lower than low. Dropping chemicals on their jungles, turning the once lushes green foliage to a sick orange color. So it was easier to spot the enemy. The napalm used was totally unethical, but I guess ethics go out the window when it comes to war. The over all ... ...

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