Vietnam
Indochina's eastern nation
Vietnam is a country in Southeast Asia, occupying a narrow S-shaped strip along the eastern Indochina Peninsula.
For Americans, Vietnam often evokes the Vietnam War (1955–1975), a divisive conflict that shaped U.S. politics and culture for generations: He served two tours in Vietnam.
The war's legacy appears in phrases like Vietnam syndrome, describing reluctance to engage in foreign military intervention.
Vietnam's seat of government
- Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam's southern economic center
- Da NangVietnamese coastal metropolis
- SaigonFormer Vietnamese capital
- Southeast AsiaTropical peninsula and islands
Indochina · ASEAN · S-shaped · coastline · Central Highlands · Red River · South China Sea · tropical
Opposition between parties
- Tet OffensiveCoordinated 1968 guerrilla assault
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
- Viet CongVietnamese communist guerrilla force
- napalmFlammable gel for bombs
helicopter · DMZ · draft · POW · Ho Chi Minh Trail · jungle warfare · booby trap · refugees
Tiered Asian temple tower
- lotusSacred aquatic flower
- silkFine woven insect fiber
- lanternsEnclosed portable light sources
- ancestral worshipReligious honoring of forebears
Confucianism · Buddhism · dragon dance · calligraphy · rice paddy · bamboo · incense · lacquerware
Informal fake spelling
- banh miVietnamese filled baguette
- spring rollsWrapped fried appetizers
- fish sauceFermented anchovy condiment
- rice paperThin edible Asian wrapper
vermicelli · lemongrass · rice noodles · street food · wok · herbs · cilantro · mint
Successive family rulers
- emperorMale ruler of empire
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- independenceFreedom from external control
- French IndochinaSoutheast Asian colonial territory
Ho Chi Minh · Tonkin · resistance · reunification · partition · Geneva Accords · feudal · mandate
Hanoi
Vietnam's seat of government
- Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam's southern economic center
- Da NangVietnamese coastal metropolis
- SaigonFormer Vietnamese capital
Southeast Asia · Indochina · ASEAN · S-shaped · coastline · Central Highlands · Red River · South China Sea · tropical · monsoon
conflict
Opposition between parties
- Tet OffensiveCoordinated 1968 guerrilla assault
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
- Viet CongVietnamese communist guerrilla force
napalm · helicopter · DMZ · draft · POW · Ho Chi Minh Trail · jungle warfare · booby trap · refugees · veterans
pagoda
Tiered Asian temple tower
ancestral worship · Confucianism · Buddhism · dragon dance · calligraphy · rice paddy · bamboo · incense · lacquerware · conical hat
pho
Informal fake spelling
- banh miVietnamese filled baguette
- spring rollsWrapped fried appetizers
- fish sauceFermented anchovy condiment
rice paper · vermicelli · lemongrass · rice noodles · street food · wok · herbs · cilantro · mint · broth
dynasty
Successive family rulers
- emperorMale ruler of empire
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- independenceFreedom from external control
French Indochina · Ho Chi Minh · Tonkin · resistance · reunification · partition · Geneva Accords · feudal · mandate · imperial
- AsiaChina, India, Japan, Thailand, Korea
- countriesChina, Brazil, France, Germany, India
- NationsChina, France, Japan, Germany, Mexico
- destinationsParis, Hawaii, Rome, Maldives, Santorini
- Southeast AsiaThailand, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia
- US HistoryAmerican Revolution, US history, Civil War, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln
VietnamSouth Vietnam
Former U.S.-backed Asian state
South Korea · Thailand · Singapore · Hong Kong · West Germany
VietnamWorld War II
Second global military conflict
Desert Storm · Gulf War · D-Day · Grenada · Panama
VietnamUnited States
North American federal republic
America · USA · South Vietnam · France
- Vietnam WarCold-era Indochina military engagement
- Vietnamese peopleInhabitants of Indochina's east
- Vietnam vetSoutheast Asian conflict veteran
- southern VietnamPeninsula's lower half
- North VietnamFormerly divided nation's communist half
- Vietnam veteranOne who served in Indochina