I think most people are aware of the horrors that happened during the Vietnam war.
But it’s seldom talked about.
Agent Orange was used to kill the jungle, with no attention paid to the effects of people who were soaked in it.
The Kent State massacre is seldom talked about, and when it is, people on both sides try to minimize their responsibility.
The US dropped 7.5 million tons of bombs, only 1 million tons were dropped on North Vietnam. 400,000 tons of napalm was also dropped.
350 million cluster bombs were dropped on Laos, and the US wasn’t at war with Cambodia or Laos.
My Lai massacre , 504 unarmed civilians, many of them women and children, were slaughtered by US soldiers.
It would have been many more, if a helicopter crew hadn’t intervened. We have no idea how often this might have happened.
Phan Kim Phuc picture, of a 9 year old girl, running, crying down the street, after being caught in a napalm attack.
There were 900 fragging incidents, where 86 americans were killed and 700 were wounded, by grenades thrown at their own officers. Grenades were collected after combat to stop this.
The US pulled out of Vietnam and left their allies to die.
I am an attorney in the Washington DC area, with a Doctor of Law in the US, attended the master program at the National School of Administration of Việt Nam, and graduated from Sài Gòn University Law School. I aso studied philosophy at the School of Letters in Sài Gòn.
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I have worked as an anti-trust attorney for Federal Trade Commission and a litigator for a fortune-100 telecom company in Washington DC.
I have taught law courses for legal professionals in Việt Nam and still counsel VN government agencies on legal matters.
I have founded and managed businesses for me and my family, both law and non-law.
I have published many articles on national newspapers and radio stations in Việt Nam.
In 1989 I was one of the founding members of US-VN Trade Council, working to re-establish US-VN relationship.
Since the early 90's, I have established and managed VNFORUM and VNBIZ forum on VN-related matters; these forums are the subject of a PhD thesis by Dr. Caroline Valverde at UC-Berkeley and her book Transnationalizing Viet Nam.
I translate poetry and my translation of "A Request at Đồng Lộc Cemetery" is now engraved on a stone memorial at Đồng Lộc National Shrine in VN.
I study and teach the Bible and Buddhism. In 2009 I founded and still manage dotchuoinon.com on positive thinking and two other blogs on Buddhism.
In 2015 a group of friends and I founded website CVD - Conversations on Vietnam Development (cvdvn.net).
I study the art of leadership with many friends who are religious, business and government leaders from many countries.
I have written these books, published by Phu Nu Publishing House in Hanoi:
"Positive Thinking to Change Your Life", in Vietnamese (TƯ DUY TÍCH CỰC Thay Đổi Cuộc Sống) (Oct. 2011)
"10 Core Values for Success" (10 Giá trị cốt lõi của thành công) (Dec. 2013)
"Live a Life Worth Living" (Sống Một Cuộc Đời Đáng Sống) (Oct. 2023)
I practice Jiu Jitsu and Tai Chi for health, and play guitar as a hobby, usually accompanying my wife Trần Lê Túy Phượng, aka singer Linh Phượng.
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