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Vietnamese New Year Traditions New Year in Vietnam is not only a holiday but also the biggest event of the year. It is tradition of thousand years of history. In Vietnamese, New Year means Nam Moi or Tet Nguyen Dan, which also means “the very first morning”. Nevertheless, people commonly call it Tet as its short form. As traditionally, the holiday lasts three days, starting from January first on lunar calendar. However, the spirit of Tet starts on December twenty third, seven days before Tet’s

Most Offensive Facts About the world we live in. A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone. Just a glimpse in our history and we see people, society, kings, governments being the cause of pain to their so called own people. Some of those acts confuses us while some are just plainly horrible. All becomes easy when we follow the current of opinion, it is the ruler of the world. Whatever is the case, we are all curious and sometimes we even want to know things about the world

However, documentation rapidly turned negative after the Tet Offensive which was a coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on cities and outposts in South Vietnam. The Tet Offensive was an attempt by the South Vietnamese population to encourage the United States to scale back its involvement in Vietnam. Americans saw the death and destruction of the attacks on their

Why are personal interviews so vital when trying to evaluate the past? Perhaps it is because their firsthand accounts of a particular occurrence are something that can not be obtained from a book. These primary sources are crucial to anyone trying to recollect information about a certain topic about the past. However, the interviewer must be cautious when taking someone at their word regarding a certain event for fear of bias and a possible hazy recollection of the actual circumstances surrounding

My father was born on December 15, 1950, in Da Nang, a sleepy city located in Central Vietnam. His mother, my grandma, died when he was very little, so growing up, it was just him and his dad (my grandpa). Hearing my dad tell stories of him and Grandpa together brought to light just how much my grandpa meant to Dad. Every principle that Dad has taught me, he has learned from Grandpa. Sadly, that relationship was short-lived; my grandpa died when Dad was in high school. From the day his dad died to

Should we abandon our country? The Vietnam war was the war between South Vietnam and North Vietnam. Northern Vietnam wanted to spread communism to the Southern part of Vietnam while the Southern part wanted democracy. Many people opposed the war because it was a foreign war and the U.S had no business digging its nose into it. Others claimed that it was intervening with Vietnam’s own independence. During the war the U.S had “drafted” many poor american citizens to fight in the war. Being drafted

introduces the chapter when the NVA launched major offensive against the US Marine base at Khe Sanh, located just below the DMZ (165). The goal was not the Khe Sanh as the target, but the US commanders decided to send 50,000 of his men as reinforcements in order to secure and hold the base. Viet Cong chose the Khe Sanh in order to make the Americans forces weaker farther into the South, which is a more significant offensive. The Viet Cong begun the Tet Offensive, which is Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnamese Communists

last stand the Tet Offensive. The communist rule in Vietnam would not go out with out a fight they planned air raids on 40 cities. The key city they wanted to focus on was the city of Saigon, this was the capital city of the democratic Vietnam. If they could take this city over this would mostly likely mean the withdrawal of the United States. The Tet offensive was the turning point in the Vietnam war. It is known as one of the largest military campaigns ever. The Tet offensive took place on the Vietnam

Offensive language is a part of television that has increased dramatically over the past decades. Public television shows such as Family Guy, Southpark, The Office, Tosh.0 and countless others are riddled with offensive jokes that target nearly every group of people on the planet. With so much offensive language it is hard not to question whether or not this is completely changing how offensive media is perceived outside of the media. These shows have jokes that use negative stereotypes on almost

Although the Tet offensive was one of America’s greatest tactical victories, however it was a great political loss for the Americans. America saw a victory and a loss, tactically America won while politically America suffered a drastic loss. The attack intensified the anti-war movement in America, it also discredited U.S. president Lyndon Johnson and the U.S. military officials. The Tet offensive was a great representation of a major turning point politically and socially against the Americans. When