Will Vietnam eventually adopt American democracy as its relationship with the USA warms?

  1. Vietnam is a dictatorship ruled by the communist party in the North. The south has very limited rights. Until recently the South had none and every person of responsibility everywhere in the country was from the ruling communist party in the North.
  2. The communist party trusts no one. Doing deals with the USA means a better life for them and their people. That’s it.
  3. Vietnam suffered for 60 years with revolution, war and embargoes. They don’t want to go back. The are cooperating with the US not just for the markets but because they are worried about China who they have feared and fought for over 1,000 years most recently in 1979. Tiếp tục đọc “Will Vietnam eventually adopt American democracy as its relationship with the USA warms?”

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Henry R. Greenfield 50+ Yrs: India, China, Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, Europe
Lives in Europe (2023–present)4y

Having lived 5 years in Vietnam, I am disappointed with the answers. Here is my view based on my direct experience from 1992–98 living there and subsequently doing business from outside of Vietnam with the country.

  1. Vietnam is a dictatorship ruled by the communist party in the North. The south has very limited rights. Until recently the South had none and every person of responsibility everywhere in the country was from the ruling communist party in the North.
  2. The communist party trusts no one. Doing deals with the USA means a better life for them and their people. That’s it.
  3. Vietnam suffered for 60 years with revolution, war and embargoes. They don’t want to go back. The are cooperating with the US not just for the markets but because they are worried about China who they have feared and fought for over 1,000 years most recently in 1979. Tiếp tục đọc “Will Vietnam eventually adopt American democracy as its relationship with the USA warms?”

Nguồn gốc Vân Nam, Trung Quốc của trống đồng Đông Sơn, Việt Nam ?

Một dòng học thuyết dựa trên bằng chứng khảo cổ cho rằng trống đồng Đông Sơn, Việt Nam có nguồn gốc từ Vân Nam, nằm ở Tây Nam Trung Quốc được mang xuống Bắc Việt Nam, phát triển rực rỡ tại Đông Sơn. Trống đồng sau đó được lan rộng ra toàn khu vực Đông Nam Á. Trống đồng là sản phẩm của quá trình hợp chủng giao thoa văn hoá, Đông Sơn, Việt Nam là điểm phát triển rực rỡ nhất, nhưng không phải là nơi khởi điểm của trống đồng.

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Trống đồng Vạn Gia Bá, Vân Nam, trung Quốc

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Theo Ben Kiernan trong quyển Viet Nam: A history from earliest times to present (2017), kỷ nguyên đồ đồng tại vùng đất là nước Việt Nam ngày nay diễn ra muộn hơn Lưỡng Hà, Trung Hoa (3000 – 2800 BC) hay Ai Cập và Âu Châu (2200 – 2000 BC) rất nhiều. Nó cùng thời với mảnh đất Thái Lan, chỉ vào khoảng 1500 – 1400 BC.

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What is it like to be a Chinese Vietnamese living in Vietnam?

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Hoang Chau · Studied Information Technology at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology6y

I’m Chinese Vietnamese but not a Hoa (Chinese from southern China).

My parents came to HCMC , Vietnam from northern China (Henan , Chengdu) in 1986. And I was born in 1991. I can speak both Vietnamese and Mandarin Chinese.

I can say I’ve never been experienced racism or discrimination for 28 years of my life.

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Giải bài toán quy hoạch nghĩa trang

Xây dựng lăng mộ cho tổ tiên và người thân là nhu cầu chính đáng của nhiều gia đình Việt. Tuy nhiên, tại nhiều khu vực nông thôn, việc làm này thường diễn ra tự phát gây ảnh hưởng tiêu cực tới môi trường, đời sống sinh hoạt và sản xuất nông nghiệp của người dân.

Vấn đề này đòi hỏi cơ quan chức năng và chính quyền địa phương cần sớm quy hoạch khu vực nghĩa trang tập trung, có phương án di dời ngôi mộ ở khu dân cư và xử phạt hành vi cố ý xây dựng mộ trái phép. Đồng thời, cần khuyến khích người dân làm tang lễ văn minh và sử dụng hình thức hỏa táng nhằm bảo vệ môi trường và sử dụng quỹ đất hợp lý.

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Why do most Vietnamese have an unfavourable view of China, even though France ransacked and colonized Vietnam while the US fought a recent war that lasted 20 years?

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Gabriel Martin · truth is truthUpdated 4y

Why do most Vietnamese have an unfavourable view of China, even though France ransacked and colonized Vietnam while the US fought a recent war that lasted 20 years?

I will give my opinion:

  • I was born after the war. So as a child, I didn’t hate any country. Because I have no feeling of war even though I know how bad it is.
  • I watched a lot of animated movies on TV (mostly foreign films, because at that time, Vietnam did not produce many films). I figured out the unique characteristics of each country and now I call those things “culture”.
  • After classes at school, I became more and more aware of the unique cultural characteristics of Vietnam. When I compare the similarities and differences of cultures, I am even more proud of my culture. Probably because all cultures are equally unique and wonderful.
  • I wish I could do something in the future to plant a Vietnamese flag on the international market. I want to share more about my people’s culture to the world.
  • When I went to Quora, I met people like Huijian Wu, Goodi Shang, Cheong Tee,… They propagate stupid things like “Vietnam is an inferior nation”, “Vietnamese people are actually Han Chinese, Vietnamese leaders changed their writing so that the Vietnamese could no longer see their Han ancestors,”… They make up stories about Vietnamese history!!!

That is the cause.

The US or French government also sometimes opposes the Vietnamese government. But the Americans, the French and the Japanese for the most part don’t care much, they behave more politely. And some Chinese people keep showing their level of ignorance which makes me very uncomfortable.

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Why did Vietnam hate China?

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Lại Thái Giang · Lives in Ha-Nam, Hà Nam, VietnamUpdated 6y

Hello everyone, this is my first time to write an answer on Quora so if there is any grammar error or problem with the words I choose to use, feel free to point it out :)).

As the other answers point out the general populace don’t really hate China.However if you look at the news or our social media you will see the case is not simple as it seems to be.

  • In Vietnam, much to our dismay the topic of China and its influence on us is raised too often. Culture, Economy, Politics and etc. When you have something in your tradition that literally says: INDEPENDENCE above all else ,you will be very displeased to see that your market can be seriously affected by some rich ass dude in Guangzhou decide to buy meat from the other side. China is discussed everyday on the media, on social platforms, TV reality show, TV history show etc. You think the opinions on the mainstream media are bad? Well wait until you hear the opinions of the public:Most (people who are very poorly informed on the topics I mentioned) is very critical and to some extent extreme regarding China. Contrary to the common belief of some Chinese people (yes I know the public in China can care less about Vietnam) ,the government is very lenient when it comes to discuss China.
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Do Khmers who live in Vietnam consider themselves Vietnamese or Cambodians? And do Khmers in Thailand think of themselves as Thai or Cambodians, too?

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Lucia Millar · Lives in Asia4y

Question: Do Khmers who live in Vietnam consider themselves Vietnamese or Cambodians? And do Khmers in Thailand think of themselves as Thai or Cambodians, too?

Answer: I think that it depends on the person but you should distinguish the different concepts between nationality and ethnicity.

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When Vietnam invaded Cambodia in 1979, did they capture a lot of MiG fighters donated by China that the Khmer Rouge had never used as they had nobody who could use them?

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Alex Phan · Former Software EngineerUpdated 4y

Thanks for ask me this question.

The MIG fighter you mentioned in your question is actually CORRECT.
It was the F-6 fighters made by China based on copying MIG-19 fighters of USSR.

In China it called J-6 fighters. F-6 is its exported version.

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Why can one conclude that Vietnam suffered a crushing defeat to China in the 1979 war?

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Hoa Cỏ May · Studied at Hanoi UniversityFeb 19

In the past 1,000 years Vietnam won over all invasions in Han,Song,Yuan (2 times )Qing dynasties and lost in invasion 1407 ,but won in 1427 over army of Ming dynasty retaking independence

In 1979, 600,000 Chinese regular army troops attacked Vietnam to force Vietnam to withdraw its troops from Cambodia, but failed. Militia and local armies from six provinces managed to stop the Chinese regular army. What heroism is there to boast about?

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In 2000, China’s president, Jiang Zemin, sat down for a rare interview with American television broadcast

CBSnews.com On the eve of his visit to the United States, China’s president, Jiang Zemin, sat down for a rare interview with Mike Wallace.

In a wide-ranging and surprisingly frank interview, Jiang talked about many topics, including relations between the United States and China, Tiananmen Square and American morals.

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Jiang Zemin (born August 17, 1926, YangzhouJiangsu province, China—died November 30, 2022, Shanghai, China) was a Chinese official who was general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP; 1989–2002) and president of China (1993–2003).

Jiang joined the CCP in 1946 and graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University the following year with a degree in electrical engineering. He worked in several factories as an engineer before receiving further technical training in the Soviet Union about 1955. He subsequently headed technological research institutes in various parts of China. In 1980 Jiang became vice minister of the state commission on imports and exports. Two years later he became vice minister of the electronics industry and from 1983 to 1985 was its minister. He had meanwhile become a member of the Central Committee of the CCP in 1982. Named mayor of Shanghai in 1985, he joined the Political Bureau in 1987.

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Lee Kuan Yew, the Prime Minister of Singapore about Americans – Interview in 1965

Footage of an interview of Lee Kuan Yew, the Prime Minister of Singapore, conducted by Australian and British journalists.

Quote: “If the British withdraw, I am prepared to go on with the Austrialians and the New Zealanders. But, I am not prepared to go on with Americans. ….I think they are highly intelligent, often well-meaning, people, and some of their leaders like Mr. Kennedy, the late President, had signs, of growing greatness, depth. But, by and large, the administration lacks depth. But, by and wisdom which comes out of an accumulation of knowledge of human beings and human situations over a long period of time. That is lacking, and it is not their fault what have they got? Three, four hundred years of history, and they have become a nations just recently. I will tell you this. I have had three experiences, only three experiences, with the Americans. And, they did not intend any harm in each one of them. But, the tragedy was; they did real harm.”

Lee Kuan Yew was 44 at the time. He revealed an attempt in 1960 by an agent of the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to bribe an official of the Singaporean Special Branch to report on the activities of the Singaporean state. He also revealed that the American agent was arrested and threatened with prosecution. But the case did not come to open court. He told the journalists that he sent a message to the American government, which he accused of “lacking finesse”, to give Singapore $100 million dollars for economic development. However, the Americans responded by offering Lee and his political Party $10 Million. He refused.

Read full interview: National Archive of Singapore TRANSCRIPT OF AN INTERVIEW BY FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OF SINGAPORE, MR. LEE KUAN YEW, HELD AT TV SINGAPURA AT 1130 HOURS ON 30TH AUGUST

Thế giới hậu thuộc địa: Đòi tiền và đòi danh dự

“Phi châu đang tìm cách đòi bồi thường những thiệt hại do chế độ thực dân gây ra trong những thế kỷ trước, hay chí ít là những lời xin lỗi và trả về những hiện vật, di tích lịch sử và nghệ thuật.” (Trích phần mở bài dưới đây).

VN cũng là thuộc địa của Pháp. VN cũng nên “tìm cách đòi bồi thường những thiệt hại do chế độ thực dân gây ra trong những thế kỷ trước, hay chí ít là những lời xin lỗi và trả về những hiện vật, di tích lịch sử và nghệ thuật.”

Đừng khôn nhà dại chợ.

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Is the Forbidden City in Vietnam built according to the architectural style of the Forbidden City in China?

[TĐH: The original name of this article is: “Is it true that
China Forbidden City was built by a Vietnamese architect?
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I have changed the title, to reflect accurately the answer below]

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Richard Wang · Knows Chinese Updated 9mo

Even Chinese people, few people know that the Forbidden City in Beijing is not very big. The current palace in Beijing is actually a simplified version of the Forbidden City in Nanjing, while the one in Nanjing is the original & complete version.

The missionary Matteo Ricci, who visited Beijing and Nanjing, once commented, “Nanjing, whether it is the palace or the entire city, has a larger scale than Beijing.” According to the ruins of the Forbidden City in Nanjing, its area is 1.13 sq km; The area of the Forbidden City in Beijing is 0.72 sq km.

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Nỗ lực gìn giữ tiếng nói và chữ viết của đồng bào Khmer tại Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long

Cộng đồng người Khmer ở ĐBSCL đang chung tay để truyền dạy văn hóa và chữ viết của dân tộc mình. Các lớp dạy chữ Khmer và chữ Pali được tổ chức tại các chùa và trường học do chính các nhà sư cũng như thầy cô đảm trách. Cùng với đó, chính quyền địa phương và người dân luôn hỗ trợ để duy trì việc dạy và học cho các em học sinh Khmer.

Đồng bào Khmer ở ĐBSCL đang tạo năng lượng tích cực cho đất nước. Mong rằng tinh thần trách nhiệm và đoàn kết giữa chính quyền địa phương, nhà chùa, nhà trường và người dân Khmer sẽ được học hỏi và lan tỏa khắp cả nước, để văn hóa của mỗi dân tộc được gìn giữ và ngày càng giàu đẹp.

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“Một chính phủ thông minh là một chính phủ có ý thức bảo tồn di sản”

Đại biểu Quốc hội Trương Trọng Nghĩa nói rất đúng: “Một chính phủ thông minh là một chính phủ có ý thức bảo tồn di sản” (trích).

Từ năm 2019 trở về trước, báo chí thường nói về quy hoạch di sản với những câu chuyện đau lòng về mất mát di sản ở khắp nơi. Nhưng từ 2020 đến nay (2026), google “quy hoạch di sản” thì gần như không có kết quả. Có vẻ chỉ có Huế có thực hiện quy hoạch di sản nhưng ở mức độ cầm chừng. 

Xem ra, Chính phủ của chúng ta nên tích cực hơn trong việc bảo tồn di sản.

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