Since then, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Burma, and Cambodia also have joined ASEAN.

In the spring of 1968 Gudrun Ensslin and Andreas Baader, joined by Thorwald Proll and Horst Söhnlein, set fire to two department stores in Frankfurt on 2 April as a protest against the Vietnam war.

Soon thereafter, Korea joined the Vietnam War, eventually sending a total of 300, 000 soldiers to fight alongside US and South Vietnamese troops.

Clark originally joined the Navy during the Vietnam War ( as John Terrence Kelly ) and became a Navy SEAL who participated in several special operations, one of which was the rescue of a naval aviator shot down over North Vietnam.

After starting at Vanderbilt University Law School, he joined the Arkansas National Guard during the height of the Vietnam War.

He joined the Navy and entered flight school in 1965 and in 1968 he flew more than 70 strike missions over North Vietnam and Laos in an A-4 Skyhawk off the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid ( CV-11 ).

Australia also sent troops to assist South Vietnamese and US forces in Vietnam and joined coalition forces in the Persian Gulf War in 1991.

In honor of International Human Rights Day, she joined a bipartisan group of 11 House Members that issued a letter to Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung calling for the release of two U. S. citizens arrested by the Government of Vietnam.

He then joined the Lao Dong Politburo of the Vietnam Workers ' Party in 1955, now the Communist Party of Vietnam.

The United States actively joined the Vietnam War during the early 1960s.

Thiệu initially joined the communist-dominated Việt Minh of Hồ Chí Minh but quit after a year and joined the Vietnamese National Army ( VNA ) of the French-backed State of Vietnam.

When World War II ended, Thiệu joined the Việt Minh, led by Hồ Chí Minh, whose goal was to liberate Vietnam from French colonialism.

" He defected and moved to Saigon and joined the forces of the French-backed State of Vietnam.

He joined the Air Force and served in Vietnam, where his F4 Phantom was shot down on September 10, 1966.

Marxism was also introduced into Vietnam with the emergence of three separate Communist parties ; the Indochinese Communist Party, Annamese Communist Party and the Indochinese Communist Union, joined later by a Trotskyist movement led by Tạ Thu Thâu.

In November 1963 he joined the Special Forces unit A-734 in Vietnam and fought in the Mekong Delta, where he was twice decorated.

In order to fulfill his ROTC requirements, he joined the Marines and later served a seven-month tour of duty in Vietnam.

Educated in France and Vietnam, he eventually became a supporter of Ho Chi Minh and joined the Indochinese communist movement.

In August 1950, Souphanouvong joined the Viet Minh in their headquarters north of Hanoi, Vietnam, and become the head of the Pathet Lao, along with its political arm dubbed Neo Lao Hak Sat ( Lao Patriotic Front ).

At the end of 1949, having refused to accept the offer of amnesty upon dissolution of the Lao Issara government-in-exile in Thailand, Phoumi was one of the handful of Lao who joined Souphanouvong in northern Vietnam.

In August, 1950, Souphanouvong had joined the Viet Minh in their headquarters north of Hanoi, Vietnam, and become the head of the Pathet Lao, along with its political arm dubbed Neo Lao Hak Sat ( Lao Patriotic Front ).

* Saigon Jewelry Holding Company ( Trade name-SJC ), The SJC brand is highly regarded in Vietnam as well as in Asia-Pacific region of market share in gold bullions

NTNU's connections in the Asia-Pacific region are particularly extensive, including dozens of academic institutions representing South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, and New Zealand.

This means that it is responsible for entities such as HSBC Bank Australia Limited, Hang Seng Bank Limited, HSBC Bank ( China ) Company Limited, HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad ( since 2009 ), HSBC Bank ( Vietnam ) Limited, HSBC Bank ( Taiwan ) Limited and HSBC Insurance ( Asia-Pacific ) Holdings Limited, and the management of stakes in Bank of Communications ( 19. 9 %), Barrowgate Limited ( 24. 64 %) and Industrial Bank.

The implicit assumption underlying the usage of the term is that the 21st century will be dominated, especially economically, by the states in the Asia-Pacific region, in particular China, Japan, India, South Korea, Taiwan, the ASEAN members ( particularly Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore ), Australia, Russia, Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

From this modest but auspicious beginning, the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam has emerged as a respected business organization in Vietnam and in the Asia-Pacific region, and remains actively engaged in public policy issues of importance to our members and our two countries.

Although Vietnam's historical record of leadership in the revolution and its military power and proximity will not cease to exist, Laos struck out ahead of Vietnam with its New Economic Mechanism to introduce market mechanisms into its economy.

However, between 2003 and 2005, Vietnam fell dramatically in the World Economic Forum's global competitiveness report rankings, largely due to negative perceptions of the effectiveness of government institutions.

Although Vietnam's historical record of leadership in the revolution and its military power and proximity will not cease to exist, Laos struck out ahead of Vietnam with its New Economic Mechanism to introduce market mechanisms into its economy.

The addition of two new ministerial bodies also resulted from the 1986 Congress: a Ministry of Information to replace the Vietnam Radio and Television Commission, and a Commission for Economic Relations with Foreign Countries to act as a coordinating body for foreign aid.

Throughout the 1980s, Vietnam received nearly $ 3 billion a year in economic and military aid from the Soviet Union and conducted most of its trade with the USSR and other COMECON ( Council for Mutual Economic Assistance ) countries.

* Hardy, Andrew ( 2009 ): " Eaglewood and the Economic History of Champa and Central Vietnam " in Hardy, Andrew et al.

It denounced the Wilson government's timidity on nationalisation and devaluation, opposed its moves to join the European Economic Community ( EEC ) and attacked it for failing to take a principled position against the Vietnam War.

This development would become Myanmar's first Special Economic Zone, which includes plans to develop a industrial estate, with sea, land ( railway and road ) infrastructure links to Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam, as well as a gas pipeline to Thailand ’ s Kanchanaburi Province and commercial and residential developments.

Category: Economic history of Vietnam

The 14 September, 2008, Political and Economic Risk Consultancy ( PERC ) survey reported Hong Kong and Singapore have the best judicial systems in Asia, with Indonesia and Vietnam the worst: Hong Kong's judicial system scored 1. 45 on the scale ( zero representing the best performance and 10 the worst ); Singapore with a grade of 1. 92, followed by Japan ( 3. 50 ), South Korea ( 4. 62 ), Republic of China on Taiwan ( 4. 93 ), the Philippines ( 6. 10 ), Malaysia ( 6. 47 ), India ( 6. 50 ), Thailand ( 7. 00 ), People's Republic of China ( 7. 25 ), Vietnam's ( 8. 10 ) and Indonesia ( 8. 26 ).

The 14 September, 2008, Political and Economic Risk Consultancy survey reported Hong Kong and Singapore have the best judicial systems in Asia, with Indonesia and Vietnam the worst: Hong Kong's judicial system scored 1. 45 on the scale ( zero representing the best performance and 10 the worst ); Singapore with a grade of 1. 92, followed by Japan ( 3. 50 ), South Korea ( 4. 62 ), Taiwan ( 4. 93 ), the Philippines ( 6. 10 ), Malaysia ( 6. 47 ), India ( 6. 50 ), Thailand ( 7. 00 ), China ( 7. 25 ), Vietnam's ( 8. 10 ) and Indonesia ( 8. 26 ).

De Jesus, representing San Beda College, signed an agreement with the Presidents of Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia ; Universitas Kelantan, Malaysia ; Ho Chi Minh Business University, Vietnam ; and University of St. Galen, Switzerland ( in collaboration with Singapore ), establishing the ASEAN Network for Inter-Cultural Management and Economic Studies ( ANIMES ).

Carlos P. Garcia and member of the House of Representatives ; Ramon Lapez, another House member ; Ricardo Miranda, governor of the then only Davao province ; Fermin Mesina, commercial attaché to Japan and Vietnam ; Purisimo R. Castillo, commercial attaché to Spain ; Rene Lopez Relampagos, Bohol ’ s youngest governor ; current Budget Undersecretary Mario Relampagos ; and Romulo L. Neri, former Secretary of Economic Planning and Director General of the National Economic and Development Authority ( NEDA ) who is currently the president of the Social Security System ( SSS ).

* Economic history of Vietnam

Category: Economic history of Vietnam

The 14 September 2008 Political and Economic Risk Consultancy ( PERC ) survey reported Hong Kong and Singapore have the best judicial systems in Asia, with Indonesia and Vietnam the worst: Hong Kong's judicial system scored 1. 45 on the scale ( zero representing the best performance and 10 the worst ); Singapore with a grade of 1. 92, followed by Japan ( 3. 50 ), South Korea ( 4. 62 ), Taiwan ( 4. 93 ), the Philippines ( 6. 10 ), Malaysia ( 6. 47 ), India ( 6. 50 ), Thailand ( 7. 00 ), China ( 7. 25 ), Vietnam's ( 8. 10 ) and Indonesia ( 8. 26 ).

After Vietnam joined the Soviet-dominated Council for Mutual Economic Cooperation ( Comecon ) and signed the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation with the Soviet Union in 1978, China branded Vietnam the " Cuba of the East " and called the treaty a military alliance.