How is Vietnamese culture any different from American culture? Some people wonder how Vietnamese and Americans are different besides their race. Well‚ Vietnamese culture is different by their ways of showing affection/greeting‚ celebrating different holidays‚ clothing‚ food‚ and housing. Ways that Vietnamese and American are different are their ways of showing affection and greeting. When showing endearment in America‚ it is acceptable to touch your lady in public‚ as in holding hands or kissing
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In most Asian families‚ most kids’ first language is their native language. My first language is English but my second language is Vietnamese. It has always been equally important to me in my life. My parents spoke English‚ but little of it. As I was getting a little older‚ one day I heard my parents talking in Vietnamese and it was something about me because they said my name‚ I got really curious and asked them. They would not tell me anything and would just laugh so it made me angry. I realized
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6/25/12 Paper One Vietnamese Immigration Supposedly‚ the history of Vietnamese immigration to the United States is “relatively recent.” (Povell) Prior to 1975‚ most Vietnamese residing in the US were wives and children to American servicemen in Vietnam. In 1975‚ the ‘Fall of the Saigon’ marked the end of the Vietnam War‚ which prompted the first of two main waves of Vietnamese emigration towards the US. The first wave included Vietnamese who had helped the US in the war and “feared reprisals
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methods and war tactics. Booby traps‚ underground rat tunnels‚ and guerrilla warfare were a few ways the VC and the North Vietnamese Army defeated the United States. The weapons used by the NVA and VC were also more powerful and effective than the American weapons. Camouflage used by the Vietnamese was more concealing and outsmarted the United States soldiers as well. The North Vietnamese community helped and supported their country by doing anything they were asked like leaving villages so the NVA could
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years‚ the culture is characteristic with many dimensions and values. In both the material and spiritual life‚ Vietnamese have shown their specialty culture through many aspects. Based on Hostede’s point of view ( 1980)‚ the Vietnamese can be described as moderate uncertainty avoidance‚ high context‚ especially high power distance and high collectivism. They are typical aspects in Vietnamese culture that are grasped through diverse illustration in folk literature and noble values. First of all‚ Vietnam
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Informative speech. Speech 1311 The Vietnamese culture‚ is a rich heritage on many different levels‚ one of the best ways to view Vietnamese culture is to look at the system of yin and yang. On one side you have the yang the more male side that has more of a fondness towards hierarchy where the father or the eldest male is the leader of the family with conventional rules to follow depending on their social roles. On the other hand you have the yin moving towards human equality‚ female contribution
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Kate Middleton’s Wedding Dress The wedding dress was designed by Sarah Brunton. Catherine Middleton has followed her own taste‚ a V-neck décolleté and a silhouette that stayed close to her torso‚ and long‚ delicate lace sleeves that evoked‚ perhaps‚ the wedding dress worn by Grace Kelly when she married Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956. On her head‚ she wore the Cartier Halo tiara (lent by the Queen‚ who herself was given it by her mother on the occasion of her eighteenth birthday) which carried
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VIETNAMESE FOOD INTRONDUCTION Vietnamese food is very rich and diverse because Vietnam is an agricultural country of origin of hot‚ tropical monsoon. Besides Vietnam’s territory is divided into three regions is markedly North‚ Central and South. However‚ the most important in Vietnamese food are Fish sauce and Pho (Noodle Vietnamese) Body Vietnamese Food is a style of cooking derived from Vietnam with fish sauce‚ soy sauce‚ rice‚ fresh herbs‚ fruits and vegetables all commonly used. Vietnamese
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ethnic and social relationship. Culture is language; the most widely-spoken language in Vietnam is Vietnamese. Vietnamese is the official language of Vietnam and it uses in government‚ education‚ offices‚ and hospitals everywhere. Other ethnic groups in Vietnam have a different language but everybody in Vietnam knows and uses Vietnamese. It is also a mother-tongue of Vietnamese people. Some Vietnamese vocabulary came from other language around the world such as Chinese‚ French and English. And many
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By the 1930s Vietnamese nationalists‚ led by Ho Chi Minh‚ had burnt out most options for achieving self-determination peacefully. The revolutionary activism that followed was the only choice Vietnam had to attain their freedom from the occupying colonial France. A few years before World War I all the way through the 1960s‚ Ho Chi Minh tried persistently to gain basic rights and freedoms for his people to no avail. The French had oppressed the Vietnamese during the duration of their occupation and
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