Is vietnam a official member of wto now??
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News  back to top\n\n7 November 2006 — General Council approves Viet Nam’s membership\nViet Nam is set to become the WTO’s 150th member following a decision by the General Council on 7 November 2006 to approve the Southeast Asian country’s membership agreement. “The remarkable efforts that Viet Nam has put into preparing for membership should be an inspiration to us all, as several members have observed,” WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy said.
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As of 2006 there exist 191 United Nations member states, including virtually all internationally recognised independent nations, except Vatican City (or the Holy See, which has declined membership but is an observer state), Palestine (whose status is still one of a de facto state, and has not yet legally declared statehood), Niue and the Cook Islands (whose foreign affairs are dealt with by the New Zealand Government), and Taiwan, which has not been internationally recognized as independent or as the Republic of China (whose status as a member state was transferred to the People's Republic of China in 1971). \nPalestine and the Holy See both have Permanent Observer Missions to the UN. Montenegro, which recently declared independence on June 3, 2006, has stated its intentions to join the UN, which will likely be easily approved by the organization.
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The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War (also known colloquially as Vietnam or Nam as well as the American War in Vietnam) 1 was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN, or North Vietnam), allied with the Soviet Union and People's Republic of China, and the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam), and its allies — notably Australia, Korea, and the United States. US combat troops were involved from 1965 until the official withdrawal in 1973. The war ended on April 30, 1975 with the military conquest of the South by the North.\n\nSummary\nThe Vietnam War began after a very large-scale division of Vietnam into two countries with a de-militarized zone (DMZ) between them. As Maurice Larkin notes, crumbling under the economic strain of the war and fearful of the tide of opinion (which had now turned decisively against further fighting for control in Indochina), the French, under Pierre Mendès-France, simply 'passed the parcel bomb' on to the Americans, slipping out of the back door, so to speak. The Vietnam War ostensibly began as a civil war between feuding governments. Being Western-oriented and perceived as less popular than Hồ Chí Minh's northern government, the South Vietnamese government fought largely to maintain its governing status within the partitioned entity, rather than to "unify the country" as was agreed to at the Geneva Conference. Fighting began in 1957 with the U.S. and Soviet-Chinese involvement, and would steadily escalate from there. The conflict spilled over into the neighboring countries of Cambodia and Laos. North Vietnam did not respect the independence or borders of either country.\n\nThe Geneva partition was not a natural division of Vietnam and was not intended to create two separate countries. But the South government, with the support of the United States, blocked the Geneva scheduled elections for unification. In the context of the Cold War, and with the recent Korean War as a precedent, the U.S. had feared that a unified Vietnam would result in a Communist government under Hồ Chí Minh, either freely or fraudulently.\n\nThe South Vietnamese government and its Western allies portrayed the conflict as based in a principled opposition to communism —to deter the expansion of Soviet-based control throughout Southeast Asia, and to set the tone for any likely future superpower conflicts. The North Vietnamese government and its Southern affiliated organization (NLF) viewed the war as a struggle to reunite the country and to repel a foreign aggressor —a virtual continuation of the earlier war for independence against the French. While North Vietnam used nationalist propaganda, its party doctrine denounced the very concept of nationalism and any form of unity other than rule by the party.\n\n\n\n\n\nFrance had gained control of Indochina in a series of colonial wars beginning in the 1840s and lasting until the 1880s. At the Treaty of Versailles negotiations in 1919, Hồ Chí Minh requested participation in order to arrange more freedom for the Indochinese colonies. His request was rejected, and Indochina's status as a colony of France remained unchanged. During World War II, Vichy France had collaborated with the occupying Imperial Japanese forces. Vietnam was under effective Imperial Japanese control, as well as de facto Japanese administrative control, although the Vichy French continued to serve as the official administrators until 1944. In that year, the Japanese overthrew the French and humiliated the colonial officials of the state in front of the Vietnamese population. The Japanese then began to encourage nationalist activity among the Vietnamese. Late in the war, Japan granted Vietnam nominal independence. After the Japanese surrender, Vietnamese nationalists expect to take control of the country and organize a socialist dictatorship. The Japanese army in Indochina attempted to assist the Viet Minh in their goal by keeping French soldier
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actually it seems to be getting better all the time.    since 1998 alone Ive seen enormous improvements in viet nam, economic, personal freedoms, infrastructuraly.. not prefect by any standard[ especially in the human rights dept] my favorite suggestion to improve vn is ;" better more available health care, a few garbage cans, and a good plumber".. there is still corruption , especially among the police, but here in the usa we didnt even begin to clean up our police force till the 1950s... the viet namese way is slow and methodical[ look how they fought their many wars] i believe the government [as corruptas it may be] means well for the people. viet nam is a country that takes pride in itself  and will do well. listen any government no matter how bad that continualy improves cant "suck".   anyway they've been able to keep out of going to war for gan 30 nam roi[ close to 30 yrs]... thats not to shabby by any standards
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Would there be opportunities? There already is...\n\nVietnam's most valuable resource is their large number of young, educated and hard working people. Half the population of Vietnam was born after the war, and are hungry for good paying jobs. Several economic reforms over the past two decades has turned Vietnam from a communist to a capitalist economy, with the recent enacted in 2001. In turn, there has been a huge infusion of foreign owned businesses with technology busineses ust starting to capitalize on the country's human resources. Oracle and Intel are two of the big technology companies that are recently investing and expanding in Vietnam. \n\nThe one big problem with technology in Vietnam is the lack of personal computers. A standard no frills desktop computer is actually more expensive to purchase in Vietnam than it is in the U.S. Add the fact that the average income is around $300 per month, and you can see that ownership of a home computer by the common Vietnamese is a rarity. This too will change soon.\n\nSeveral small computer manufacturers are already ramping up in Vietnam with many more to come. This will bring computer prices down to affordable levels very quickly. Most all the universities have advanced computer and technology training courses to include education for CISCO network engineering certification. Oracle has just invested millions of dollars to expand courses and training for Oracle database development in expectation to open a complete division in Vietnam.\n\nLong story short... What you see with technology jobs expanding in China and India will soon be expanding in Vietnam, and it will be the next formidable force in the world's technology industry.
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We've been fighting a world war since 2003. Think about it. With the start of Operation Iraq Freedom, this conflict has affect all of Europe, the United States, All of the middle east, and of course now Asia is getting affected because of North Korea's scandal of Nuclear war weapon testings. South Korea is on its toes waiting for an attack, and China is backing up North Korea. Vietnam is on the verge of another civil war because communism is eating up the economy. And with the fall of that trading agreement with the US, Vietnam will be going through a depression (not like it hasn't since the fall of the French) \n\nSo if you think about theoretically we've been in a world war. Everyone is in some ways connected to Iraq.
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check out these guys:\nhttp://www.theyesmen.org/\n\nthey, of course, are very biased about WTO effects.
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Vietnam war was a resource war. We wanted to control the tin, rubber, manganese , the still undeveloped off-shore oil and the largest rice growing region (Mekong Delta) in the world. We poisoned the Delta before we left with Agent Orange and today there are so many deformed births that they are just quietly put down. Vietnam war was a whore just like Iraq.
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If your country's basic infrastructure does not currently allow for this you must take it upon yourself to correct the situation. Do everything you can to improve the situation. Contact wealthy corporations or wealthy individuals and ask them to help you. I admire your courage and ambition. I admire your desire to improve your country. You sound like an altruistic individual. Vietnam needs more citizens like you. Don't give up. Don't take no for an answer. If you persevere you will be successful. You certainly have my respect.
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For other dude: :SCO is abbreviation of Shanghai Cooperation Organization. It is an intergovernmental organization which was founded on June 14, 2001 by leaders of the People's Republic of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.\nMongolia became the first country to receive observer status at the 2004 Tashkent Summit. Pakistan, India and Iran received observer status at the 2005 SCO summit in Astana, Kazakhstan on July 5, 2005. All four nations have applied for full membership to the organization\n\nAlthough Russia and China have a lot of disagreement in policies with NATO especially US, I don't believe there will be a direct conflict between them. Dispute their disagreement, US still need them for negotiation with North Korea. Isolated in economic world also not possible, at least for some period, due to China's economic and export  development. You can see it from the deficit trade of China compare with their US counterpart. These force them to buy some Boeing airplane from US, but they just try to solve the problem diplomatically.\n\nAs long as both parties don't make "harm" each other (which I pessimistically foresee it) they will still be a good counterpart.\nYet, I can't predict what will be US next policies for Iran (other SCO observer state).
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True,true.\n\nGood Point.Only dont expect a bunch of overweight rednecks to actually learn anything from Vietnam.
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Vietnam embassies in US, UK, Canada and Australia do not have English versions of passport applications.  I guess the idea is:  Be Viet, Speak Viet.
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There is no official peace treaty, so yes.. they are still in a state of war. The Korean border is the most heavily guarded in the world.
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Here you go: \n\nhttp://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/vietnam/index.html\n\nhope this isn't due tomorrow.
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Yes. The USSR & its communist satellite countries in the Warsaw pact such as the then East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia etc. were either directly or indirectly involved in the Vietnam war. They were either financial supporters, weapon suppliers, & military training providers & advisors for the NVA (North Vietnam Army).
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http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/vm.html\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam\n\nTry these..Hope it helps..
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U.S. involvement in Vietnam did not begin in the 1960's or even the 1940's, but in 1845. That's right -- 1845. In that year the people of Da Nang arrested a French missionary bishop for breaking local laws. The U.S. commander of "Old Ironsides" (the U.S.S. Constitution) landed U.S. Navy and Marines in support of French efforts to reclaim their missionary. Mad Jack Percival, the ship's captain, fired into the city of Da Nang, killing 3 dozen Vietnamese, wounding more, and taking the local mandarins hostage. He then demanded that the Catholic Bishop be freed in exchange for his hostages. The Vietnamese were unimpressed. They refused his demand and waited. "Mad Jack" got tired of waiting, released his hostages, and sailed away leaving the Bishop behind.\n\nDuring WW11, US and Vietnam fought against the Japanese. After the end of World war, Ho Chi Minh asked the Americans to honor their commitment to independence, citing the Atlantic Charter and the U.N. Charter on self-determination.\nHowever, by the end of the war, the U.S. government had begun to redirect its foreign policy from the wartime goal of the liberation of all occupied countries and colonies to the postwar anti-communist crusade, which became the Cold War. \nAmerican policy supported General Charles de Gaulle and his anti-communist "Free French." De Gaulle aimed to restore the glory of France, which meant the return of all former French colonies. U.S. relations with the Vietnamese turned sour. President Truman refused to answer letters or cables from Ho. Instead, the U.S. began to ship military aid to the French forces in Indochina.\nAccording to international agreement, Vietnam was to be temporarily divided into north and south, with free elections to take place nationwide in 1956. Even before the French were out, the U.S. was moving in.\n\nFrom there on the US involvement in Vietnam increased and so called vietnam war started.