Vietnam

Học thuật
Thân thiện
Definition
  1. Proper noun:
    • A country in Southeast Asia: Vietnam is a nation located on the eastern coast of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia.
    • The Vietnam War: A major 20th-century conflict involving North Vietnam and South Vietnam, with significant international involvement.
Usage
  • As a country name:
    • I traveled to Vietnam last summer to visit Ha Long Bay.
    • The capital of Vietnam is Hanoi.
  • Referring to the war:
    • My grandfather served in Vietnam. (This commonly implies service during the Vietnam War era).
    • The history class studied the politics of Vietnam in the 1960s.
Advanced Usage
  • "Vietnam syndrome": A historical term referring to a period of American public reluctance to intervene militarily overseas, stemming from the experience of the Vietnam War.
    • The debate over foreign policy was influenced by the Vietnam syndrome.
  • Used attributively to describe things originating from or related to the country.
    • She collects Vietnam era memorabilia.
    • We ate at a Vietnam restaurant.
Variants and Related Words
  • Vietnamese (adj): Of or relating to Vietnam, its people, or their language.
    • She is studying Vietnamese culture.
  • Vietnamese (n): A person from Vietnam; the official language of Vietnam.
    • He is a Vietnamese from Ho Chi Minh City.
    • She is fluent in Vietnamese.
Synonyms
  • Socialist Republic of Vietnam: The official full name of the country.
  • Indochina: The broader geographical region containing Vietnam (Note: This is a regional term, not a direct synonym for the country).
Related Phrases
  • "the Vietnam War": The specific name for the prolonged conflict (1954-1975).
    • He wrote a book about the Vietnam War.
  • "post-Vietnam": Referring to the period after the Vietnam War.
    • The film examines post-Vietnam America.
Noun
  1. a prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States
  2. a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945