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¶ … American verses Vietnam culture. It include History,( events impacted culture); Political (system governs culture); Economy (current economical system, producing distributing goods services; receives, profit transaction, (Capitalism, Socialism Mixed Economy).
Vietnamese culture largely differs from North American culture: firstly because of the influences that each of the countries have had over the years and secondly because of the form of government administering each state. Both the U.S. And Vietnam were at a certain point colonies and while the 1775-1783 Independence War made it possible for colonists to achieve autonomy, it was not until 1954 that the Vietnamese managed to remove French leadership.
The Independence War was the principal factor in installing a democratic system and the First Indochina War had Vietnam divided into two parts: one led by communist forces under the leadership of Ho Chi Minh, and the other under the ruling of emperor Bao Dai. Although democracy dominated the U.S. In the recent centuries, Vietnam gradually turned into a communist state as the North Vietnamese expanded their sphere of influence. To a certain degree, both nations have survived a civil war as certain groups focused on imposing their ideology over others. While this endeavor was constructive when considering the U.S. (the Civil War made it possible for Americans to gain...
The party does not allow other political organizations to function as long as they are not associated with it. The government administers most of the provinces and is actively involved in controlling people. Even with that, thinking appears to have slightly changed in the last few years as the Vietnamese started to express an increased interest in becoming an active part of the international environment. This has had a positive effect on the state's economy, given that export rates increased significantly and people were encouraged to become competitive on a local level. Vietnam joined the WTO in 2007 and in spite of the fact that the government still controls most of the businesses in the country, individual companies are supported in becoming a part of a large industry focused on export. Although the global recession had a severe effect on Vietnam's economy, its number of poor individuals experienced a constant decline in the recent years.
The American Civil War strengthened connections between states and made the country's citizens feel that they had to live in accordance with a…
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Dinh Te, Huynh, "Family Relationships," Retrieved October 1, 2011, from the Vietspring Website: http://www.vietspring.org/values/family.html
"Vietnam," Retrieved October 1, 2011, from the CIA Website: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/vm.html
"United States," Retrieved October 1, 2011, from the CIA Website: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
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