Talk:Vietnam

• The focus on the American War.
• The slightly narrow view of the events leading to the end of this war.
• The part about grunding concessions of old commies, and the implied wonders of the free market.

Was this cut from the CIA factbook? This is the main article for the country, and in my opinion it should treat both its history and its current politics with respect. If nobody objects, I'd like to throw it out and write new one. -- Zork

Actually the Vietnam War should be a distinct topic - Vietnam should be about Vietnam, as you pointed out. - MMGB

What, no History of Vietnam??? — Toby Bartels, Monday, June 24, 2002

Post a new link like Vietnam/hitory or History of Vietnam on the page and thorough account should be on the new page. The current page seems to focus on history and should be adjusted to cover all aspects, e.g. political, economical, tranportion, geography etc. Ktsquare, Monday June 24 2002

I figured it out. It is indeed taken from The CIA World Fact Book (http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/vm), verbatim, at least on the main page. And the CIA, which afer all often repeats it, apparently forgot about history. I'll add a link to such a page (which I can't fill out, I'm afraid), but this still needs to be rewritten with input from other sources. Toby Bartels, Friday, June 28, 2002