Vietnam Study & Guide - AllRefer - Vietnam Information

* Table A. Chronology of Important Events
* COUNTRY PROFILE
o COUNTRY
o GEOGRAPHY
o SOCIETY
o ECONOMY
o TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
o GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
o NATIONAL SECURITY
* INTRODUCTION
* Historical Setting
o EARLY HISTORY
o THE CHINESE MILLENNIUM
+ Chinese Cultural Impact
+ Political Resistance to the Chinese
o 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
o UNDER FRENCH RULE
+ Colonial Administration
+ Phan Boi Chau and the Rise of Nationalism
+ Ho Chi Minh and the Communist Movement
+ The Nghe-Tinh Revolt
o WORLD WAR II AND JAPANESE OCCUPATION
+ Establishment of the Viet Minh
+ The General Uprising and Independence
o FIRST INDOCHINA WAR
+ Dien Bien Phu
+ The Aftermath of Geneva
o SECOND INDOCHINA WAR
+ The Fall of Ngo Dinh Diem
+ Escalation of the War
+ The Tet Offensive
+ Peace Negotiations
+ The Final Campaign
* The Society and Its Environment
o GEOGRAPHY
o POPULATION
o ETHNIC GROUPS AND LANGUAGES
+ Vietnamese
+ Minorities
+ Hoa
o THE SOCIAL SYSTEM
+ Traditional Patterns
+ Society in the 1954-75 Period
# North Vietnam
# South Vietnam
+ Vietnam after 1975
o THE FAMILY
+ Background
+ The Family since 1954
o RELIGION
+ Buddhism
+ Catholicism
+ Other Faiths
o EDUCATION
o PUBLIC HEALTH
o LIVING CONDITIONS
* The Economy
o ECONOMIC SETTING
+ Demography
+ Labor
+ Natural Resources
o HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
o 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)
o AGRICULTURE
o INDUSTRY
o INTERNAL COMMERCE
o FOREIGN TRADE AND AID
+ Foreign Currency Management
+ Decentralization of Trade
+ Direction and Composition of Trade
+ Foreign Investment Policy
+ Major Trading Partners
# Japan
# Hong Kong
# Singapore
# Soviet Union
+ External Debt
+ Foreign Economic Assistance
+ Overseas Remittances
o FINANCE
+ Budget
+ Money Supply
+ Inflation
+ Prices and Wages
+ Banking
o TRANSPORTATION
o TELECOMMUNICATIONS
* Government and Politics
o DEVELOPMENT OF THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST PARTY
o PARTY ORGANIZATION
+ The Party Congress and the Central Committee
+ Other Party Organizations
+ Front Organizations
o POLITICAL DYNAMICS
o POLITICAL CULTURE
o THE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT
+ Constitutional Evolution
+ Government Structure
# The National Assembly
# The Council of State
# The Council of Ministers
# People's Courts and People's Organs of Control
# Local Government
o FOREIGN RELATIONS
+ Laos and Cambodia
+ China
+ The Soviet Union
+ Eastern Europe
+ The United States
o ASEAN
+ Thailand
+ Other Noncommunist Nations
+ International Organizations
o THE MEDIA
* National Security
o OVERVIEW OF NATIONAL SECURITY
+ The Tradition of Militancy
+ Strategic Thinking
+ Security Concerns
o 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
o INTERNAL SECURITY
+ Problems
+ Development of the Internal Security System
+ The Police
+ Public Security
+ Law Enforcement
+ Social Control
# Population Relocation
# Re-education Camps
# Surveillance
* Appendices
o Appendix A. Tables
o Appendix B. Party Leaders in the 1980s
* Glossary