Comfort women is a euphemism for women who were forced to work as sex slaves in military brothels in Japanese-occupied countries during World War II. In the Japanese language, ianfu (慰安婦, comfort women) is a term coined by Asahi Shinbun in the 1980s to refer to these wartime prostitutes. jūgun-ianfu (従軍慰安婦, "military comfort women"), those who served in Japanese military brothels during World War II in Japanese colonies and war zones, was also used, but is seen infrequently these days. (The word ian means 'comfort' in the sense of 'comfort someone for their arduous duties ...

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Comfort women - Brothels as part of Japanese military policy Comfort women - Responsibility and compensation Comfort women - The ongoing debate over comfort women Comfort women - Military brothels human trafficking and sexual slavery in context
Comfort women - United States Comfort women - Vietnamese and Viet Cong in Vietnam Comfort women - United Nations Peacekeeping Forces Comfort women - NATO

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Viet Cong (Việt Cộng) was the general name used by South Vietnamese and allied soldiers in Vietnam, as well as by much of the English language media to refer to the armed insurgents fighting against the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The name was derived from a contraction for the Vietnamese phrase Việt Nam Cộng Sản, or "Vietnamese Communist." The primary group covered by the term is the guerrilla army formally named the People's Liberation Armed Forces (PLAF), the military of the Nation ...

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National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam, National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam - Viet Cong, National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam - After The Tet Offensive

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Việt Võ Đạo or 越武道 is the "Philosophy" behind many vietnamese martial arts. Việt or 越 = Roughly meaning "to transcdend" or "transcendence", derivative of the name for the country Vietnam. Võ or 武 = "Martial Art" Đạo or 道 = "The way", the learning person is to take / "The method" / "The principle" During and after the Vietnam war, many Vietnamese martial artists got scattered in a diaspora across the world. The "Vi� ...

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When used as an adjective, Vietnamese refers to anything that originates from Vietnam. It may refer to more than one article: The Vietnamese language, the most widely spoken member of the Viet-Muong languages The Vietnamese people, the dominant ethnic group of Vietnam Other related archivesViet-Muong languages, Vietnam, Vietnamese language, Vietnamese people, ethnic group

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The Viet Cong, also known as the National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam (Vietnamese Mặt Trận Dân Tộc Giải Phóng Miền Nam), (VC), the National Liberation Front (NLF), and as the Front National de Liberté (FNL), was the primary rebel (partisans) organization fighting the US-allied Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The VC claimed that it was a national front of all elements opposed to the existing government, whether communist or not. Its military organization was known as the People's ...

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(Vietnamese: Độc lập - Tự do - Hạnh phúc) The Socialist Republic of Vietnam, or Vietnam, is a country in Southeast Asia. Situated in eastern Indochina, it borders countries such as China, Laos, Cambodia, as well as the South China Sea. Vietnam - Terminology. The name of the country comes from the Vietnamese Việt Nam, which is in turn a reordering of Nam Việt, the name of an ancient kingdom from the ancestral Vietnamese that covered much of today's northern Vietnam. ...

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Vietnam - Terminology Vietnam - History Vietnam - Politics Vietnam - Provinces Vietnam - Geography Vietnam - Economy Vietnam - Demographics
Vietnam - Religions Vietnam - Minorities Vietnam - Percentage of ethnic Vietnamese Vietnam - Languages
Vietnam - Culture Vietnam - Miscellaneous topics

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A Vietnamese American is a resident of the United States who is of Vietnamese descent. They make up the bulk of overseas Vietnamese (Viet Kieu) and are also one group of Asian Americans. According to the 2000 Census, there are 1,122,528 people who identify themselves as Vietnamese alone or 1,223,736 in combination with other ethnicities. Of those, 447,032 (39.8%) live in California and 134,961 (12.0%) in Texas. The largest concentration of Vietnamese found outside of Vietnam is found in Orange County, California, totalin ...

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Vietnamese American - History Vietnamese American - Vietnamese Americans today
Vietnamese American - Politics Vietnamese American - Economy Vietnamese American - Ethnic subgroups
Vietnamese American - Writing and Publishing

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Viet-Muong languages usually said to be a language group that supposedly part of the greater Mon-Khmer subfamily of the Austroasiatic family. Others have debated that the Viet-Muong is a language isolate. Viet-Muong languages - Languages. Chut Arem (Vietnam) Maleng (Laos) Pakatan (Laos) Chut (Vietnam) Cuoi Hung (Laos) Tho (Vietnam) Muong Bo (Laos) Muong (Vietnam) May (Viet ...

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Viet-Muong languages - Languages

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The Vietminh (abbreviated from Việt Nam Ðộc Lập Ðồng Minh Hội, Chu nom 越南独立同盟會, "League for the Independence of Vietnam") was formed by Ho Ngoc Lam and Nguyen Hai Than in 1941 to seek independence for Vietnam from France as well as to oppose the Japanese presence. The league was later led by Nguyễn Tất Thành - better known as Hồ Chí Minh. Hồ Chí Minh, Lê Duẩn, Võ Nguyên Giáp, and Phạm Văn Ðồng slowly established their influence and ...

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Vietnamese (tiếng Việt, or less commonly Việt ngữ), formerly known under the French colonization as Annamite (see Annam) is the national and official language of Vietnam. It is the mother tongue of the Vietnamese people (người Việt or người Kinh), who constitute between 88% and 90% of Vietnam's population and of about three million overseas Vietnamese, including more than a million individuals of Vietnamese heritage in the United States. It is also spoken as a second language b ...

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Vietnamese language - Classification Vietnamese language - History Vietnamese language - Geographic distribution
Vietnamese language - Official status Vietnamese language - Dialects
Vietnamese language - Sounds
Vietnamese language - Vowels Vietnamese language - Tones Vietnamese language - Consonants
Vietnamese language - Grammar
Vietnamese language - Tense Vietnamese language - Topic comment structure Vietnamese language - Plural Vietnamese language - Classifiers Vietnamese language - Pronouns Vietnamese language - Reduplication
Vietnamese language - Vocabulary Vietnamese language - Writing system Vietnamese language - Computer support Vietnamese language - Examples
Vietnamese language - Original Chu Nom version Vietnamese language - Literal English translation
Vietnamese language - Reference & suggested reading
Vietnamese language - Pedagogical Vietnamese language - Reference & linguistics

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rule So. Vietnam - 1,250,000+ US - 58,226 Wounded: 153,303 (US) The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War 1 was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN, or North Vietnam), allied with the National Liberation Front (NLF, or "Viet Cong") against the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam), and its allies — notably the United States military in support of the South, with US combat troops involve ...

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Vietnam War - Overview Vietnam War - Background Vietnam War - The beginning of the war
Vietnam War - NLF National Liberation Front in the South Vietnam War - John F. Kennedy and Vietnam Vietnam War - The propaganda campaign Vietnam War - Escalation
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Vietnam War - Johnson and the Gulf of Tonkin Vietnam War - Operation Rolling Thunder Vietnam War - U.S. forces committed
Vietnam War - The Tet Offensive
Vietnam War - Tet aftermath
Vietnam War - Opposition to the war Vietnam War - Pacification and hearts and minds Vietnam War - Vietnamization Vietnam War - The end of U.S. involvement
Vietnam War - Fall of Saigon
Vietnam War - Casualties Vietnam War - Domestic effects and aftermath in Indochina
Vietnam War - Vietnam Vietnam War - Cambodia
Vietnam War - Domestic effects in the U.S.
Vietnam War - War Powers Resolution Vietnam War - Social impact Vietnam War - Social attitudes and treatment of veterans
Vietnam War - Common military medals of the Vietnam War Vietnam War - Notes Vietnam War - Lists

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A comforter is a type of bedding— a soft flat bag used on a bed as a type of bed cover. It is filled with either an artificial material (such as polyester batting) or a natural material. A comforter usually doesn't cover the pillows or box spring of the bed. Its purpose is primarily decorative, since comforters don't provide much warmth, unlike blankets whose purpose is to provide warmth. A similar type covering made from feathers (often including down) is generally referre ...

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Vietnamese literature is literature, both oral and written, created by Vietnamese-speaking people. For much of its history, Vietnam was dominated by China and as a result much of the written work during this period was in Classical Chinese. Chữ nôm, created around the 10th century, allowed writers to compose in Vietnamese using modified Chinese characters. Although regarded as inferior to Chinese, it gradually grew in prestige. It flourished in the 18th century when many notable Vietnamese writers and poets composed their works in ...

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Vietnamese literature - Script
Vietnamese literature - Classical Chinese Vietnamese literature - Chữ nôm Vietnamese literature - Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese literature - Genres
Vietnamese literature - Folk literature Vietnamese literature - Written literature

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Vietnam veteran is a phrase used to describe someone who served in the armed forces of participating countries during the Vietnam War. The term is usually associated with veterans who were in the armed forces of South Vietnam, the United States armed forces and countries allied to them, whether or not they were actually stationed in Vietnam during their service. However, those who did not actually serve in Vietnam are s ...

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Vietnam veteran - Negative stereotypes of Vietnam veterans

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United States:    1,223,736 (2000, [2]) Cambodia and Laos:    600,000 France:    300,000 China:    250,000 Australia:    174,200 (2001, [3]) Canada:    151,410 (2001, [4]) Germany:    83,526 (2004, [5]) Russian Federation:    up to 150,000 Poland:    30,000+ Norway:    16,944 (2003, [6]) Czech Republic:    app ...

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Vietnamese people - Origins Vietnamese people - Distribution

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Although exact numbers are difficult to ascertain, it is safe to say that several million people served in the South Vietnamese armed forces — the vast majority of them in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) — between 1956 and 1975. It is known that during 1969-1971, there were about 22,000 ARVN combat deaths per year and the army reached a peak strength of about one million soldiers during 1972. The official number of anti ...

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People's Army of Vietnam - Organization. The President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is the Commander-in-Chief, while the Minister of National Defense oversees operations of the PAVN. The Minister of National Defense oversees such agencies as the General Staff and the General Logistics Department. However, military policy is ultimately directed by the Central Military Commission of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam. The PAVN is composed of a main force and local forces. As with most countries' a ...

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During the celebration of Tet in 1968, the Viet Cong violated the holiday ceasefire and attacked points all across the country. The US embassy in Saigon was attacked, and it appeared at first glance that the Viet Cong could attack anywhere with impunity. The Tet Offensive was quickly defeated, however, and the Viet Cong failed to achieve any of their strategic goals or hold any of their brief gains. The military forces of the Viet Cong were more or ...

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National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam, National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam - Viet Cong, National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam - After The Tet Offensive

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Buddhism in Vietnam - Syncretism. Buddhism in Vietnam - Ying-yang harmony. Buddhism in Vietnam - Flexibility. ...

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Buddhism in Vietnam, Buddhism in Vietnam - Formation and Spread of Buddhism in Vietnam, Buddhism in Vietnam - Zen Buddhism, Buddhism in Vietnam - Pure Land Buddhism, Buddhism in Vietnam - Vajrayana Buddhism, Buddhism in Vietnam - Characteristics of Vietnamese Buddhism, Buddhism in Vietnam - Syncretism, Buddhism in Vietnam - Ying-yang harmony, Buddhism in Vietnam - Flexibility, Buddhism in Vietnam - Hoa Hao Buddhism

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