Vietnamese and internationals alike in Saigon and other cities quickly realised the potential wealth of the American presence. American servicemen, civilian personnel, contractors and other Americans in Vietnam realised with equal cleverness that there was money to be made. In a 'bonanza atmosphere'...
Treasury Department under section 311 of the Patriot Act that the Banco Delta Asia, based in Macao, was a “primary money laundering concern” because of its links to a number of North Korean banks, individuals and companies alleged to have engaged in product and currency counterfeiting, drug ...
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When I heard the term folly last week, it triggered a memory of reading Barbara Tuchman’s 1984 book –The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam. After reading her Pulitzer Prize winning treatise on the opening days of World War I –The Guns of August– I immediately became a huge fan ...
Moreover, the US-owned, China-based manufacturers who have entered the Vietnamese market have largely tended to retain their China operations – not least because many of them have an eye on the Chinese domestic market and either plan to or are already servicing domestic China demand. ...
Vietnamese military bases inside Cambodia. In five years of subsequent civil war, North Vietnam overran large areas of eastern Cambodia, which it gave to the Khmer Rouge. Two weeks before North Vietnam’s conquest of Saigon, in April 1975, Cambodia’s democratic government surrendered to the ...
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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – Ben Thanh Market: A bustling hub offering the best of Vietnamese street food. Try the Pho and Banh Mi for an authentic taste. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Jalan Alor: This street transforms into a lively food market at night, offering Malaysian delicacies like ...
That did really end the war for the US., but not for the South Vietnamese or the North Vietnamese. They continued to fight for control of Vietnam for the next two years. In 1973, President Nixon, who had been re-elected in landslide in 1972, was in peril over a new problem. He...