are there still pows in vietnam 2017?
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As of 2015, more than 1,600 of those were still “unaccounted-for.” The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) of the U.S. Department of Defense lists 687 U.S. POWs as having returned alive from the Vietnam War. North Vietnam acknowledged that 55 American servicemen and 7 civilians died in captivity.
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A number of detainees have since been returned to their countries of origin, including Iraq and Iran. By November 2018, some refugees from Nauru (430 in total from both offshore facilities) had been resettled in the United States, but hopes of the US taking more had faded.
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To begin working in Vietnam, expats need to secure a work permit. To do this, foreigners need to have a work contract and an employer who is willing to arrange the details for them. They will apply to the local Department of Labor, War Invalid & Social Affairs in their city.
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Vietnam maintains close economic ties with China, which is Hanoi's largest two-way trading partner, and many Vietnamese officials are wary of scaring off Chinese investors. Some Vietnamese strategists also doubt that the U.S. would come to their country's defense should a major conflict erupt in the South China Sea.
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Last Vietnam vet on active duty to retire after 42 years of service: report. His story is the story of America in the last four decades. ... Rigby, the last Vietnam draftee still on active duty, stepped down in November, and he told the publication he does believe he's the last Vietnam vet still in uniform.
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Parliamentary elections were held in Vietnam on 22 May 2016.
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Healthcare in Vietnam. ... The Vietnamese government is currently working to develop a universal healthcare plan which will cover all residents with basic medical care. At present, most Vietnamese citizens have to pay for medical services themselves at both private and public hospitals.
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The third 1949 Geneva Convention also classifies other categories of persons who have the right to POW status or may be treated as POWs. POWs cannot be prosecuted for taking a direct part in hostilities. Their detention is not a form of punishment, but only aims to prevent further participation in the conflict.
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['Trẻ 1 tuổi cần rất nhiều chất dinh dưỡng để đáp ứng nhu cầu phát triển của não bộ và thể chất, đặc biệt là những trẻ bị suy dinh dưỡng, nhẹ cân, chậm lớn. Do đó, thực đơn cho bé 1 tuổi chậm tăng cân cần được cân đối kỹ lưỡng.', 'Cháo thịt bò khoai tây cà rốt.', 'Cháo yến mạch cà rốt.', 'Cháo hạt sen.']
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By late 1973, the remains of over 700 Americans killed in Southeast Asia had been returned and identified. ... U.S. Private First Class Robert R. Garwood is often cited as the last U.S. POW from the Vietnam War. In 1979, Garwood reemerged, claiming he and other POWs had remained imprisoned after the war.
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In the end, even though the American effort to block a communist takeover failed, and North Vietnamese forces marched into Saigon in 1975, communism did not spread throughout the rest of Southeast Asia. With the exception of Laos and Cambodia, the nations of the region remained out of communist control.
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['French Laos (1893-1953)', 'French Cambodia (1863-1953)', 'Annam (now Vietnam) (1883-1953)']
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SALT LAKE CITY — New missions will be opened in Vietnam, the Congo and Nigeria, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Thursday, Jan. 7. ... A press release posted by the church in 2014 said there were more than 1,600 Mormons in Vietnam.
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Names are still being added to the memorial. When the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was first dedicated three decades ago, Lin's wall contained the names of 57,939 American servicemen believed to have lost their lives in the Vietnam War. But since then, that number has jumped to 58,282.
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Drugs in Vietnam are very much illegal. Penalties for possession can be strict depending on quantity and what substance you are caught with. Possession of even a small amount of heroin for example can lead to an immediate death sentence.
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Ages range from 97 to 55 years old (born between 1918 and 1960). Median age is 68 years. An overwhelming majority of Vietnam Veterans are male (6.2M) while in the civilian populaƟon females (47.7M) outnumber males by 20.5M.