Climate and Geographic Factors
- Winter season in northern Vietnam lasts from November to April; from early February to the end of March
- There is a persistent drizzling rain, and March and April sometimes are considered to be a transitional period.
- The summer in northern Vietnam lasts from April or May to October and is characterized by heat, heavy rain, and occasional typhoons. In central
- Southern Vietnam the southwest monsoon winds between June and November bring rains and occasional typhoons to the eastern slopes of the mountains and the lowland plains.
- Vietnam is a mere 8 degrees north of the Equator, whereas the most northern point is almost on the tropic of Cancer.
- It has a tropical, hot and humid, climate, and has only two real seasons - the monsoon season and the dry season.
- The average yearly temperature for this southern region is around 80 or 90 degrees F (27-32 degrees C). Northern Vietnam, along the Red River, has hot, wet summers (80-90 F, 27-32 C)
- The climate in Southern Vietnam is excellent for growing rice
- The mountainous regions of Vietnam, between the two lowland deltas, and forming a northern border between Vietnam and China are generally cooler,, http://library.thinkquest.org/25734/data/climate/climate.html
Agriculture and Economy
-The Vietnamese government is making out a major program to increase food production.
- Mostly for exports and to the meet to growing needs of humans population and industry livestock.
- Rice is the most important food crop including corn, cassava and sweet potato It was estimated that Vietnam will be about 80 million by the year 2000.
- Juts to feed this population they will need 5 - 26 million mt of rice, 3 million mt of maize, and 1 - 2 million mt of other food crops.
- Technical improvements have already increased yields to the level where Vietnam has become one of the world's largest rice exporters.
High-yielding pilot plots have been established with the help of skilled farmers and experienced cooperatives, and field tours and field days have been organized.
Training courses for farmers have been held.
Leaflets about new technology have been printed for distribution to farmers.
Mass media
- The most common domesticated animals in Vietnam are water buffalo, cattle, dogs, cats, pigs, goats, ducks, and chickens.
- Wild game in the central highlands includes elephants and tapirs; rhinoceroses once roamed there, but none have been seen since the early 1940s.
-Also found in the forests are large cats, including tigers, leopards
- Other common wild animals are wild boars, porcupines, jackals, otters, mongooses, hares, skunks, and squirrels, including flying squirrels.
- Vietnam domesticated animals.
- The three major events in the Vietnam War are probably the forming and actions of the Rebel Group, the “Vietcong”,
- The retreat of the Americans from the war in 1965 and the probably the introducing of compulsory conscription for 20 year old Australian Men.
- As Vietnam was 80% covered in jungle, they had a lot of cover to hide in.
- They built underground tunnels and bases in the Jungle to be unseen or heard by the enemy. They were completely unseen and hard to find.
- As the Vietcong grew bigger, they had to build more and more bases.
- South Vietnam had a hard time trying to find and kill the enemy so they had to resort to chemicals, thus making the first ever “Chemical War”.
- The retreat of the Americans in the Vietnam War was surprising but with over 67,000 American Deaths; it was understandable.
- This is what President Nixon had to say about the war 20 years after the retreat. VietnamFigures
Culture, Art and Music
- Vietnam has a strong similarity to the Chinese culture.
- Ceramics are known in Vietnam as is silk weaving, and engraved furniture
- A Known art form is wood block printing where a design or picture is carved into a block of wood, then painted.
- Chinese is seen all over Vietnam. Wooden objects are painted with black and a design, and coated over and over with a clear, glassy liquid
- Dragons and turtles are two very important animals in the Vietnamese culture.
- There are crafted sculptures of those and other important animals, people, and things all over the country.
- There are three main types of Vietnamese music: folk, classical, and choral. Folk music includes children's, work, festival, and funeral songs.
- Know Vietnamese instruments would be bamboo flutes, xylophones, the 16 string zither, double trumpets, consisting of two attached bamboo tubes, skin drums and gongs.
- Poetry is still is extremely common and known in Vietnam.
- The most famous Vietnamese poem is Kim Van Kiew. Even some people who can't read, can recite that poem by heart.
- Folk tales, orally told often involve sacred and mythological animals, and teach a lesson.
- Architecture today in Vietnam is the mixture of Chinese and French colonial manors.
- Some buildings have pointed roofs and curving eaves, like Chinese buildings
- People dress in loose pants or skirts with long sleeve shirts that can easily be rolled up.
- Most people wear sandals or go barefoot.
- Some People wear traditional dress made on looms.
- material has been a repeated pattern and is decorated with beads http://library.thinkquest.org/25734/data/culture/culture.html
Social-Political
- Every year on March 8 International Women's Day, the Vietnam Communist Party's government organizes nationwide ceremony honoring the female citizens for their role in the society
- Women in civil labor groups directly supported NVA army combat engineer units - or Chinese Communist engineer units
- After the war, woman's status has not been better. In the countryside, the war swallowed a great number of young men, leaving hundred thousands of young widows.
- 1950s after the Communist government took over Hanoi, it introduced what was called "Doi Song Moi" or "New Way of Life." Under this new way, if a man offered his seat on a bus a woman
- After the Communists took. control of territory north of the 17th Parallel in 1954, women in the North began their new life.
- Communists are fighting but woman nationalists did involve actively in the sacred fight for national independence.
- 20th Century when patriotism came to a high point with uprisings and subversive attempts against the French, more women were sent to school.
- women in civil labor groups directly supported NVA army combat engineer units - or Chinese Communist engineer units.
- The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is run by the Communist party.
- The national assembly is a group of 395 people elected every 5 years.
- Politburo is a group of 15 people that heads the communist party.
- The communist party is the only party and makes all of the decisions.
- members of the national assembly, serves a five year term.
- The prime minister runs the government with the approval of 15 other people. http://library.thinkquest.org/25734/data/government/gov.html
Weapons and Transportation
Weapons
-Weapons consisted of: F-100 Supersabre jet aircraft, F-101 Voodoo jets,
F-102 Delta Dagger jets, F-104 Starfighter jets,
-F-105 Thunderchiefs,
-F-4 Phantoms, F-8 Crusaders,
-A-1 Skyraiders (propeller driven), A-4 Skyhawks,
A-6 Intruders (medium bombers), A-7 Corsair II's,
-B-57 Canberra bombers, B-52 Stratofortress bombers,
-C-130 Spectre Gunships.
-M-48 Patton tanks,
-M-551 Sheridan tanks, M-41 Walker Bulldog tanks (used only the the South Viet Army), 155mm, 175mm, 8",
-Self Propelled guns;
-105mm, 155mm towed guns (field guns).
-M-42 Dusters (twin barreled 40mm guns),
-106mm and 90mm recoilless rifles, 60mm, 81mm, and
-4.2" mortars
- Small Arms, Infantry:
M-14 rifle, later the M-16 rifle;
M-3 submachingun (grease gun), M-60 machingun, .
50 caliber machingun, .45 pistol.
South Vietnamese Army and marines for usually
armed with the US WWII M-1 carbines.
Until later in the war when they recieved M-16 rifles.
Transportation
- Brown Water Navy (Riverine Forces):
-Swift Boats (Patrol Craft Fast), PBR's (Patrol Boat River),
-Alpha Boats (ASPB-Assault Support Patrol Boats),
-and Monitors (River Battleships).
The Military Sea Transportation Service had the job of bringing war supplies to Vietnam -- 10,000 miles from the Pacific coast http://www.usmm.org/vietnam.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons_of_the_Vietnam_War
Climate and Geographic Factors
- Winter season in northern Vietnam lasts from November to April; from early February to the end of March
- There is a persistent drizzling rain, and March and April sometimes are considered to be a transitional period.
- The summer in northern Vietnam lasts from April or May to October and is characterized by heat, heavy rain, and occasional typhoons. In central
- Southern Vietnam the southwest monsoon winds between June and November bring rains and occasional typhoons to the eastern slopes of the mountains and the lowland plains.
- Vietnam is a mere 8 degrees north of the Equator, whereas the most northern point is almost on the tropic of Cancer.
- It has a tropical, hot and humid, climate, and has only two real seasons - the monsoon season and the dry season.
- The average yearly temperature for this southern region is around 80 or 90 degrees F (27-32 degrees C). Northern Vietnam, along the Red River, has hot, wet summers (80-90 F, 27-32 C)
- The climate in Southern Vietnam is excellent for growing rice
- The mountainous regions of Vietnam, between the two lowland deltas, and forming a northern border between Vietnam and China are generally cooler,,
http://library.thinkquest.org/25734/data/climate/climate.html
Agriculture and Economy
-The Vietnamese government is making out a major program to increase food production.
- Mostly for exports and to the meet to growing needs of humans population and industry livestock.
- Rice is the most important food crop including corn, cassava and sweet potato It was estimated that Vietnam will be about 80 million by the year 2000.
- Juts to feed this population they will need 5 - 26 million mt of rice, 3 million mt of maize, and 1 - 2 million mt of other food crops.
- Technical improvements have already increased yields to the level where Vietnam has become one of the world's largest rice exporters.
- The most common domesticated animals in Vietnam are water buffalo, cattle, dogs, cats, pigs, goats, ducks, and chickens.
- Wild game in the central highlands includes elephants and tapirs; rhinoceroses once roamed there, but none have been seen since the early 1940s.
-Also found in the forests are large cats, including tigers, leopards
- Other common wild animals are wild boars, porcupines, jackals, otters, mongooses, hares, skunks, and squirrels, including flying squirrels.
- Vietnam domesticated animals.
http://www.agnet.org/library/bc/46015/
http://www.tuvy.com/Countries/vietnamese/land_of_vietnam.htm
Events and leaders
- The three major events in the Vietnam War are probably the forming and actions of the Rebel Group, the “Vietcong”,
- The retreat of the Americans from the war in 1965 and the probably the introducing of compulsory conscription for 20 year old Australian Men.
- As Vietnam was 80% covered in jungle, they had a lot of cover to hide in.
- They built underground tunnels and bases in the Jungle to be unseen or heard by the enemy. They were completely unseen and hard to find.
- As the Vietcong grew bigger, they had to build more and more bases.
- South Vietnam had a hard time trying to find and kill the enemy so they had to resort to chemicals, thus making the first ever “Chemical War”.
- The retreat of the Americans in the Vietnam War was surprising but with over 67,000 American Deaths; it was understandable.
- This is what President Nixon had to say about the war 20 years after the retreat.
Vietnam Figures
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
- Bao Dai
- Duong Van Minh
- Ngo Dinh Diem
- Ngo Dinh Nhu
- Nguyen Cao Ky
- Nguyen Khanh
- Nguyen Van Thieu
http://www.vietnam-war.info/figures/bao_dai.phphttp://www.socyberty.com/History/Major-Events-in-the-Vietnam-War.37468
Culture, Art and Music
- Vietnam has a strong similarity to the Chinese culture.
- Ceramics are known in Vietnam as is silk weaving, and engraved furniture
- A Known art form is wood block printing where a design or picture is carved into a block of wood, then painted.
- Chinese is seen all over Vietnam. Wooden objects are painted with black and a design, and coated over and over with a clear, glassy liquid
- Dragons and turtles are two very important animals in the Vietnamese culture.
- There are crafted sculptures of those and other important animals, people, and things all over the country.
- There are three main types of Vietnamese music: folk, classical, and choral. Folk music includes children's, work, festival, and funeral songs.
- Know Vietnamese instruments would be bamboo flutes, xylophones, the 16 string zither, double trumpets, consisting of two attached bamboo tubes, skin drums and gongs.
- Poetry is still is extremely common and known in Vietnam.
- The most famous Vietnamese poem is Kim Van Kiew. Even some people who can't read, can recite that poem by heart.
- Folk tales, orally told often involve sacred and mythological animals, and teach a lesson.
- Architecture today in Vietnam is the mixture of Chinese and French colonial manors.
- Some buildings have pointed roofs and curving eaves, like Chinese buildings
- People dress in loose pants or skirts with long sleeve shirts that can easily be rolled up.
- Most people wear sandals or go barefoot.
- Some People wear traditional dress made on looms.
- material has been a repeated pattern and is decorated with beads
http://library.thinkquest.org/25734/data/culture/culture.html
Social-Political
- Every year on March 8 International Women's Day, the Vietnam Communist Party's government organizes nationwide ceremony honoring the female citizens for their role in the society
- Women in civil labor groups directly supported NVA army combat engineer units - or Chinese Communist engineer units
- After the war, woman's status has not been better. In the countryside, the war swallowed a great number of young men, leaving hundred thousands of young widows.
- 1950s after the Communist government took over Hanoi, it introduced what was called "Doi Song Moi" or "New Way of Life." Under this new way, if a man offered his seat on a bus a woman
- After the Communists took. control of territory north of the 17th Parallel in 1954, women in the North began their new life.
- Communists are fighting but woman nationalists did involve actively in the sacred fight for national independence.
- 20th Century when patriotism came to a high point with uprisings and subversive attempts against the French, more women were sent to school.
- women in civil labor groups directly supported NVA army combat engineer units - or Chinese Communist engineer units.
- The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is run by the Communist party.
- The national assembly is a group of 395 people elected every 5 years.
- Politburo is a group of 15 people that heads the communist party.
- The communist party is the only party and makes all of the decisions.
- members of the national assembly, serves a five year term.
- The prime minister runs the government with the approval of 15 other people.
http://library.thinkquest.org/25734/data/government/gov.html
Weapons and Transportation
Weapons
-Weapons consisted of: F-100 Supersabre jet aircraft, F-101 Voodoo jets,
F-102 Delta Dagger jets, F-104 Starfighter jets,
-F-105 Thunderchiefs,
-F-4 Phantoms, F-8 Crusaders,
-A-1 Skyraiders (propeller driven), A-4 Skyhawks,
A-6 Intruders (medium bombers), A-7 Corsair II's,
-B-57 Canberra bombers, B-52 Stratofortress bombers,
-C-130 Spectre Gunships.
-M-48 Patton tanks,
-M-551 Sheridan tanks, M-41 Walker Bulldog tanks (used only the the South Viet Army), 155mm, 175mm, 8",
-Self Propelled guns;
-105mm, 155mm towed guns (field guns).
-M-42 Dusters (twin barreled 40mm guns),
-106mm and 90mm recoilless rifles, 60mm, 81mm, and
-4.2" mortars
- Small Arms, Infantry:
M-14 rifle, later the M-16 rifle;
M-3 submachingun (grease gun), M-60 machingun, .
50 caliber machingun, .45 pistol.
South Vietnamese Army and marines for usually
armed with the US WWII M-1 carbines.
Until later in the war when they recieved M-16 rifles.
Transportation
- Brown Water Navy (Riverine Forces):
-Swift Boats (Patrol Craft Fast), PBR's (Patrol Boat River),
-Alpha Boats (ASPB-Assault Support Patrol Boats),
-and Monitors (River Battleships).
The Military Sea Transportation Service had the job of bringing war supplies to Vietnam -- 10,000 miles from the Pacific coast
http://www.usmm.org/vietnam.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons_of_the_Vietnam_War
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