VIETNAM

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VIETNAM
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Vietnam, Hai PhongBy Reed Blanchard
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What I think
NOT

• I think it would be a BAD place to go to vacation
  because
• There is nothing to do.
• There are a lot of diseases you can get.
• There is also nothing sanitary
• and it cost a lot to do nothing.

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VIETNAM

• Relative Location
• S.E. Asia
• Bordered by China, Laos, Cambodia The South
  China Sea

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The Land

• Physical Features
• Mekong River
• Red River
• Mountains
• Tropical Rainforest
• Coastline/Beach

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The Land

• 4 Geographic Regions

• North - tangled mass of rugged and heavily
  forested mountains
• East/Southeast - alluvial plain (Red River Delta)

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The Land

• 4 Geographic Regions

• Central Highlands plateau between Cambodian
  border and South China Sea
• South fertile, marshy farmland (Mekong River
  Delta)
• Vietnam Landscape of the old and the new.
• A farmer with a water buffalo houses in the
  background (right) are made of cement.

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Life in Vietnam
Most of the population live in small rural
villages
Ho Chi Minh City
Rice Field and House
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B. Cities

• Hanoi
• Capital city
• Located in North Vietnam
• Hanoi was founded in 1010 C.E.
• SE Asias oldest city
• Ho Chi Minh
• Largest most Industrialized City
• Located in Southern Vietnam / In the Mekong River
  delta
• Formerly known as Saigon which was the capital
  of S. Vietnam during the war.
• What was the purpose of the name change?

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C. The People

• ETHNIC GROUPS
• Vietnamese 85-90, Chinese, Hmong, Thai, Khmer,
  Cham, mountain groups
• LANGUAGE
• Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly
  favored as a second language), some French,
  Chinese, and Khmer
• RELIGION
• No religion is officially recognized because of
  Communist Philosophy
• Buddhist, Toa/Hoa/Dao, Christian, indigenous
  beliefs, Muslim
• Oh and they wear really cool hats!

Vietnam Buddhist University
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D. History

• Ancient History consists of many separate
  autonomous empires, villages, tribes, and\or
  ethnic groups
• Also the ruling of many emperors and kings who
  ruled from the
• The Forbidden Purple City
• Located just outside of Hue the former capital

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E. VIETNAM WAR Mid1950s - 1975
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E. Vietnam War

• France occupied all of Vietnam by 1884.
• In the early 1900s it was also overtaken by
  Japan
• Independence was declared 2 September 1945 (from
  France) following World War II
• French continued to rule until 1954 when
• France was defeated by Communist forces under the
  Communist leader Ho Chi MINH.
• Then Vietnam was officially divided into 2
  separate nations North South Vietnam
• US sent economic and military aid to South
  Vietnam enabling NGO DINH DIEM to stay in power
  and as an attempt to bolster the government
• DIEM, also an oppressive leader, made many
  enemies within S. Vietnam.
• US, under John F. KENNEDY just sent and
  advisors until 1963

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WAR
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E. Vietnam War (cont)

• DIEM was assassinated in 1963 by a political
  opponent.
• KENNEDY was assassinated 3 weeks later.
• 1964 Thousands of U.S. troops are sent.
• By 1970 over 500,000 U.S. troops
• US armed forces were withdrawn following a
  cease-fire agreement in 1973. (58,000 U.S.
  soldiers die)
• Two years later, 1975, North Vietnamese forces
  overran the south.
• Communist North Vietnam controls entire country.
• Begin rebuilding cities Renaming Saigon
• Ho Chi Minh City
• Economic reconstruction of the reunited country
  based on communism proved to be a failure and the
  economy collapsed soon after the collapse of the
  Communism in the former Soviet Union
• It continued to improve very slowly as aging
  Communist Party leaders have only grudgingly
  initiated change and free enterprise
• Only in the past 4-5 years has the country seen
  significant economic growth as the new leadership
  has openly restructured with an free-enterprise
  (capitalism) system.

F. Economy
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VIETNAM ECONOMY

• Vietnam is poor
• Areas of Dense population
• Has had to recover from the ravages of war
• Loss of financial support from the old Soviet
  Bloc
• Many domestic industries, including coal, cement,
  steel, and paper, have reported large stockpiles
  of inventory and tough competition from more
  efficient foreign producers.

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VIETNAM ECONOMY

• Although a Communist State, they have allowed
  free enterprise (capitalism), which has helped
  stimulate the economy
• WORK FORCE - agriculture 67, industry and
  services 33
• UNEMPLOYMENT - 25
• INDUSTRY - food processing, garments, shoes,
  machine building, mining
• DEBT 13,200,000,000

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VietnamIssues

• Logging practices contribute to deforestation
• Slash-and-burn agricultural contribute to soil
  degradation
• Water pollution and over-fishing threaten marine
  life populations
• Growing urban industrialization and population
  migration are rapidly degrading environment in
  Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City - Urbanization
• Domestic opium / heroin / methamphetamine
  addiction problems Drug Problems
• High Risk of Disease

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