Conversations on Vietnam Development
James Norton · Construction Management (1982–present)3y
No American or Allied POWs escaped from North Vietnamese territory 1964 to 1973. Some Allied personnel were able to escape from NLF Viet Cong captivity in South Vietnam from 1963 to 1972. Same with Laos and Cambodia, some personnel escaped from Pathet Lao or Khemer Rouge captivity
Tiếp tục đọc “How many US soldiers successfully escaped from North Vietnam during the Vietnam War?”[TĐH; Very funny. All those simple hand-made booby traps and tunnels and even killing village leaders who cooperated with the South VN government or the US (which I don’t approve at all, and I call that Terrorism, to terrorize the Southern population) is no where near the US’ and South Vietnam government’s bombings, including B-52 “carpet bombing” to clean any path they flied by (if you heard the sound of B52, your were going to die; no way to run); Napalm bombings – burning you and everyone and the forests and everything ínsight; Agent Orange killing all the trees and left hundreds of thousands of people sick until today – third and fourth generations after the war. Saying the Vietnamese were brutal is like telling a six-year-old kid who punches the belly of a thirty-year-old man that the kid is brutal. Come on, you guys and gals, have some common sense. For God’s sake.]
Phan Thị Kin Phúc burned from Napalm
US Army RetiredApr 20
Why do Vietnam veterans lie about how the Viet Cong were so brutal? They were not.
The VC butchered their own people, making examples of village leaders who cooperated with the South Vietnamese government or the United States. Those are facts.
The VC constructed illegal booby traps, such as punji stick pits, bouncing bettys, cartridge tripwire traps, grenade tripwire traps, snake pits, the mace (photo), tiger traps, bamboo whips, and pressure release traps.
These traps were just as likely to kill or maim civilians as they were members of the ARVN or US military, as they were normally put on trails and near riverbanks.
Helmet (2nd photo).
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[TDH : Trump the Idiot. Try to attack Vietnam or any coutry defending their home against foregn aggression war like Iran or Cuba – and you shall learn, be it military or economic or 1000% tariffs. You idiotic Joker are the shame for the US, where I am practicing law as a US citizen in Washingont DC. You shame me and millions of US citizens]
Defending Democracy Shawna Topanga
SF State & ID State Univs, AS & BBS, Life & work experience Apr 22
George Wallace’s 1968 Presidential campaign featured Air Force General Curtis Lemay as the Vice Presidential nominee. Well Bombs Away Lemay also had an idea of how to end the Vietnam War quickly too: nukes. And, had he gotten any more traction than he did, there would have been lots of mushroom clouds over Vietnam … instead of having mushrooms in your dimsun soup in Hanoi.
Tiếp tục đọc “On April 21, 2026, President Trump called in to CNBC’s Squawk Box program and said “I would have won Vietnam very quickly.” Do you agree with this comment?”
Hung Nguyen · Lived in Vietnam (1991–2007)7y
My parents are heavily influenced by Northern values and ideals of Northern people. I was born in the South yet have many friends from the North. I have Northern accents yet I live a stricter-than-average Southern lifestyle. I consider myself to be a blended type. I have a couple things to add: Tiếp tục đọc “Do North Vietnamese feel superior to South Vietnamese?”
Paul Denlinger · Have worked in several China internet startups4y
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Nguyen Toan · A history learner. Easy to forget but eager to learn.Updated 1y
There is a chapter about Cu Chi Tunnel in this book : Bare Feet, Iron Will Stories from the Other Side of Vietnam’s Battlefield. by James G. Zumwalt.
He came to Vietnam after the war, against Vietnamese but latterly changed his view a little bit. It is worth reading, easy to read from US perspective if you want to research about life in tunnels.
Below are introduction about background and the author via publisher in Amazon.
Tiếp tục đọc “How did the Vietnamese survive in the tunnels they built to evade American troops during the Vietnam War?”
China Focus ·Posted by Catchjoey Mar 23
I remember a report reads that a fund manager said, “In geopolitics, everyone talks about risk, but money only cares about who can price it.” Watching the signals coming out of the China Development Forum 2026, that line suddenly feels less like a joke and more like a framework.
Held at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse just after China’s Two Sessions, the forum carried an unusually coherent message: in a world where geopolitical tensions, supply chain fragmentation, and protectionism are all intensifying, China is positioning itself not as the loudest player, but as the most predictable one. That distinction matters more than it sounds. In Washington’s policy language, uncertainty is often weaponized, through tariffs, export controls, and strategic ambiguity. In Beijing’s language, uncertainty is treated as something to be absorbed, managed, and reduced.
Tiếp tục đọc “China isn’t chasing growth, it’s selling predictability in a fractured world”
Tim Tran ·
Vietnamese-born Chinese 1y
Some may refer to the kingdom of Xích Quỷ (2879–2524 BCE) established by King Kinh Dương, in which written records described it of this size:
Unfortunately, this is legendary, and not real. There is no evidence of Xích Quỷ’s existence or being this big. At most, the records written centuries later were referring to the Baiyue tribes as a whole. In reality, those tribes never formed a united nation.
Some may refer to the kingdom of Văn Lang (7th cent.–258 BCE) established by Lạc Long Quân, in which written records described it of this size:
Unfortunately, this is also legendary, and not real, with the same basis as Xích Quỷ’s. However, it was plausible that the kingdom of Văn Lang was real, just not this big, and was ruled by the Lạc Việt, of whom China and Vietnam have differing opinions on its location. According to official Vietnamese history, this was its actual size:
Tiếp tục đọc “Did ancient Vietnam ever have any sort of large empire?”
Interested in the Sino-Vietnamese War of 19794y
In short answer, during the Sino-Vietnamese War, after suffering a large number of casualties and before the coming of the Vietnamese crack troops, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (P.L.A) had to withdraw their forces. The “road to Hanoi lay open and the city could have fallen to China” was also a war myth. In fact, all the roads from the border regions to Hanoi were heavily fortified and garrisoned by several main force divisions of the People’s Army of Vietnam (P.A.V.N).
Tiếp tục đọc “During 1979 Sino-Vietnamese conflict why did China decide to withdraw their troops when the road to Hanoi lay open and the city could have fallen to China?”
The Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces commonly wore rubber sandals (often called “Ho Chi Minh sandals” or dép lốp) for practical, tactical, economic, and cultural reasons. Key factors:
Examples and outcomes
Tiếp tục đọc “Why did the Viet Cong wear rubber sandals in the jungle during the Vietnam War?”QOURA
Here’s something that doesn’t happen every day. Just one week after being elected Vietnam’s president, To Lam flew to Beijing for a state visit. Oh, and by the way—he’s also the Communist Party chief. This is his *second* time making China his first overseas trip after taking a new top job. The first was in August 2024, within 10 days of becoming party general secretary.
So what’s going on?
Tiếp tục đọc “Why Vietnam’s New Leader Chose China Again (And Again)”
Kien Do · Language Teacher (Retired)Updated Dec 7
Yes. They suffered — big time.
Life in South Vietnam after the Communist takeover in 1975 was marked by political oppression, property confiscation, economic hardship, and deep social upheaval.
There was a popular saying at the time: “If a lamp post could walk, it would flee the country too.”
That’s how bad it was, in a nutshell.
Let me expand — just a little.
Tiếp tục đọc “Did the South Vietnamese people suffer after the Vietnam War ended?”QUORA
China Focus · Posted by CatchjoeyApr 9
I was in New York a few years ago when a senior executive from a Chinese state-owned enterprise (SOE) said something that stuck with me: “Going global is easy. Staying global is hard.” At the time, it sounded like a cliché. Today, it reads more like a policy diagnosis.
On April 8, China quietly made a move that many outside observers may underestimate: the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council established a dedicated bureau for overseas state-owned assets. On paper, it looks administrative. In reality, it signals a structural upgrade in how China thinks about globalization, not expansion first, governance second, but both simultaneously.
Tiếp tục đọc “China just rewrote the rules of “going global”, but not the way you think”
Bob Wilson · Former Professional geoscientist 7mo
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.
Tiếp tục đọc “What happened during the Vietnam War that nobody talks about today?”
Dan McDermott · Former Worked in Land Surveying (Retired}7y
The North Vietnamese ( NVA) forces suffered huge losses in men and materiel. The bulk of the ground fighting was carried by the South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) who defended their country ferociously. They still do not receive adequate credit and recognition.
Tiếp tục đọc “How badly were the North Vietnamese defeated during the 1972 Spring Offensive [Mùa hè đỏ lửa]?”
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