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  2. CIA activities in Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    The primary cause and motivation behind the intervention of the U.S. and CIA through 1954 was to gather intelligence and provide interpretations of the events that occurred in Indochina through an American perspective. Outside of North Vietnam, the agency's broad span of activities reached into almost every aspect of the Indochina war.

  3. Complications of prolonged standing - Wikipedia

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    Standing for long periods can change the distribution of blood in the extremities. This in turn causes the blood to pool and reduces the circulating blood plasma volume leading to hemodynamic changes that impact the body. The authors reported that long periods of standing at work were significantly associated with atherosclerotic progression.

  4. Vietnamese famine of 1944–1945 - Wikipedia

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    The Vietnamese famine of 1944–45 (Vietnamese: Nạn đói Ất Dậu – famine of the Ất Dậu Year or Nạn đói năm 45 – the 1945 famine, due to most of the deaths occurring in 1945) was a famine that occurred in northern Vietnam in French Indochina during World War II from October 1944 to late 1945, which at the time was under Japanese occupation from 1940 with Vichy France as an ...

  5. History of Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    Viet Nam, named Đại Việt (Great Viet) was a stable nation, but village autonomy was a key feature. Villages had a unified culture centered around harmony related to the religion of the spirits of nature and the peaceful nature of Buddhism.

  6. Viet Cong order of battle controversy - Wikipedia

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    At its foundation, the American O/B controversy derived from the appraisal by analysts of a foreign enemy's ability to field combatants. Its wider effect involved a host of issues: the entire war in Southeast Asia and domestic public opinion, the politics of military intelligence and the utility of combat/support formations, presidential electioneering confronting an intelligence estimate ...

  7. Health in Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    Cho Ray Hospital, the largest hospital in Ho Chi Minh City Pharmacy in Vietnam Life expectancy in Vietnam. Health in Vietnam encompasses general and specific concerns to the region, its history, and various socioeconomic status, such as dealing with malnutrition, effects of Agent Orange as well as psychological issues from the Vietnam War, tropical diseases, and other issues such as ...

  8. COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    The COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam has resulted in 11,624,000 [1] confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 43,206 [1] deaths. The number of confirmed cases is the highest total in Southeast Asia, and the 13th highest in the world.

  9. Viet Cong and People's Army of Vietnam use of terror in the ...

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    Murder, kidnapping, torture and intimidation were a routine part of Viet Cong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) operations during the Vietnam War.They were intended to liquidate opponents such as officials, leaders, military personnel, civilians who collaborated with the South Vietnamese government, erode the morale of South Vietnamese government employees, cow the populace and boost ...