Vietnamese Nationalism

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Indochina, modernly known as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is located on the border of the eastern Indochinese peninsula and it occupies, according to the online encyclopedia (encyclopedia.com), about 331,000 kilometers squared, where in 1987, 25% of that land was under cultivation. Vietnam is bordered by the South China Sea, the Gulf of Thailand, and Gulf of Tonkin; and it is alongside China, Laos, and Cambodia. Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital since the nation’s reunification, is located in the northeast; and Vietnam’s largest city, Ho Chi Minh City, also known as Saigon, is located in the southeast of Vietnam. However, before becoming independent from Imperial China in 938 AD, Vietnam’s capital was “Đại La”, where it was located in present-day Hanoi. Additionally, the northern part of Vietnam is mainly composed of highlands and the Red River Delta; and the southern part of Vietnam is divided into coastal lowlands, large forests, and mountains of the “Annamite Range”. Vietnam’s official language is Vietnamese, and their largest ethnic group in Vietnam is the Kinh people, which takes about 86% of the nation’s population.

In addition, Vietnam had and still has a Communist government and a socialist economic model. However, the Vietnamese are trying to move more towards a free market system. Meaning that the Vietnamese want a market economy where the forces of supply and demand are not controlled by the government, nor any other authority. Moreover, every members of the government are elected by Vietnam’s National Assembly. Additionally, Vietnam is one of the fastest growing financial country in the world with, according to bbc.com, a nominal GDP that reached about $170 billions. Also, Vietnam became one of the highest leading agri...

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...d, and several members of that nationalist party joined the recently founded Indochinese Communist Party.

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