Vietnam - A Country Study

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Table A. Chronology of Important Events COUNTRY PROFILE GEOGRAPHY SOCIETY ECONOMY TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS NATIONAL SECURITY INTRODUCTION Chapter 1. Historical Setting EARLY HISTORY THE CHINESE MILLENNIUM Chinese Cultural Impact Political Resistance to the Chinese NINE CENTURIES OF INDEPENDENCE The Great Ly Dynasty and the Flowering of Buddhism The Tran Dynasty and the Defeat of the Mongols Renewed Chinese Influence The Le Dynasty and Southward Expansion Partition and the Advent of the Europeans The Tay Son Rebellion The Nguyen Dynasty and Expanding French Influence UNDER FRENCH RULE Colonial Administration Phan Boi Chau and the Rise of Nationalism Ho Chi Minh and the Communist Movement The Nghe-Tinh Revolt WORLD WAR II AND JAPANESE OCCUPATION Establishment of the Viet Minh The General Uprising and Independence FIRST INDOCHINA WAR Dien Bien Phu The Aftermath of Geneva SECOND INDOCHINA WAR The Fall of Ngo Dinh Diem Escalation of the War The Tet Offensive Peace Negotiations The Final Campaign Chapter 2. The Society and Its Environment GEOGRAPHY POPULATION ETHNIC GROUPS AND LANGUAGES Vietnamese Minorities Hoa THE SOCIAL SYSTEM Society in the 1954-75 Period South Vietnam Vietnam after 1975 THE FAMILY Background The Family since 1954 RELIGION Buddhism Catholicism Other Faiths EDUCATION PUBLIC HEALTH LIVING CONDITIONS Chapter 3. The Economy ECONOMIC SETTING Demography Labor Natural Resources HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ECONOMIC ROLES OF THE PARTY AND THE GOVERNMENT The Second Five-Year Plan (1976-80) The Third Five Year Plan (1981-85) The Fourth Five-Year Plan (1986-90) AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY INTERNAL COMMERCE FOREIGN TRADE AND AID Foreign Currency Management Decentralization of Trade Direction and Composition of Trade Foreign Investment Policy Major Trading Partners Japan Hong Kong Soviet Union External Debt Foreign Economic Assistance Overseas Remittances FINANCE Money Supply Inflation Prices and Wages Banking TRANSPORTATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS Chapter 4. Government and Politics DEVELOPMENT OF THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST PARTY PARTY ORGANIZATION Other Party Organizations Front Organizations POLITICAL DYNAMICS POLITICAL CULTURE THE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT Government Structure The Council of State The Council of Ministers People's Courts and People's Organs of Control Local Government FOREIGN RELATIONS Laos and Cambodia China The Soviet Union Eastern Europe The United States ASEAN Thailand Other Noncommunist Nations International Organizations THE MEDIA Chapter 5. National Security OVERVIEW OF NATIONAL SECURITY The Tradition of Militancy Strategic Thinking Security Concerns THE ARMED FORCES History Postwar Development Conflict with Cambodia Conflict with China The Legal-Constitutional Basis of the Military The Military's Place in Society Party Control in the Military Divisive Issues The Model Soldier Mechanisms of Control Organization Leadership Administration Foreign Military Relations INTERNAL SECURITY Problems Development of the Internal Security System The Police Public Security Law Enforcement Social Control Population Relocation Re-education Camps Surveillance

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