Vietnam
Paul Nung 2nd
Introduction
People and Culture
Foods
Part of the culture is the foods. Vietnam food is considered one of the healthiest foods. Each Vietnamese dish has a flavor that comes form soy sauce or shrimp paste or other ingredients.
Religon
Vietnam has many religions, such as Confucianism and Taoism and Animism. Animism has a great influence on a majority of Vietnamese. Animism is a belief in spirits and that every human and inanimate object has one. Once the spirit has left the body of the person they can become very angry. The animist would try to send the spirit into the spirit world by doing sacrifices/offerings and prayers. Because Vietnam is made of many ethnic groups such as Chinese they also believe in Confucianism, but Vietnam's main religion is Buddhism. The Chinese version Mahayana Buddhism became the religion for most of the population of Vietnam. You can find many statues of Buddha in Vietnam.
Traditions and Culture
Vietnam is made of many ethnic groups so it has many different cultures. Respect for parents and those who are older than you is a big part of Vietnamese culture. In fact the oldest male in the family is the head of the family and then it's past on to his son. In Vietnamese culture the parents chose who their child marries and if a member of the family dies then they bur incense and fake money in their honor. They do this to honor the member and in hope that he will protect the family in return. Vietnam has a lot of western influence on it due to the French. They start to have more freedoms and more rights are given to women. Võ thuật Cổ Truyền Việt Nam is also another form of tradition which is a martial arts that is similar to kung fu.
Geography Of Vietnam
Geography and Climate
It has a tropical like monsoon. Vietnam has one rainy season during the south monsoon. In some areas like ones near the coastline the season that has the most rain is during the south monsoon. During the summer the southern region has light rain and is dry and sunny. Frost and snow may occur in the mountains. North and central Vietnam get cold air from china during the north monsoon.
Government and Citizenship
The president of Vietnam is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government, in a one party system. From the 1800s to the 1950s Vietnam was under french rule. Vietnamese communist drove them out and took control over Vietnam.Ever since then Vietnam has a communist government. Which means that all the income is split by the government and everything is equal. In Vietnam's communist society every thing is controlled by the communist party or government. They don't allow religion and the party always has to be in power. Eventually they allowed religion and became more lenient with their restrictions. The communist party has control over the state and military. When communist took over north Vietnam, american's occupied the southern part. This started the Vietnam war.