...* What is Vietnam doing in Burundi? Abstract Viettel is a mobile provider from Vietnam, is operating in more than one country in Africa and has a 95 percent market share in Burundi. In this paper I will review different effects of globalization. With globalization I mean the international integration of markets in goods, services and capital. Further, I will outline the different choices of market entries. Finally, I will develop a conceptual framework which could be used to analyse the strategic move of Viettel to operate in Burundi. Introduction In summer 2013, I visited Burundi for two weeks with a group of young people. We had raised a charity fund and were now operating and realizing our targets. One thing I noticed when I was there, were the many advertisements for Viettel (a provider of a mobile network) and the large amount of people who have got a mobile phone or smartphone. And this was impressive, because it is one of the poorest countries in the world. So I have been looking for the provider Viettel, which was the dominant provider there and found a recent news article with the following title: “Vietnam's Viettel Wins Mobile Operator License in Burundi” (Davis, 2014). It says that the Vietnam’s military owned mobile network operator Viettel has won a mobile operator licence in the African country of Burundi according to local news reports. It states that a holding company, Viettel Burundi will own 95% of the mobile network. On the occasion of this news,...
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...Systems & Information Systems Copyright © Peter Bednar. 2014 peter.bednar@port.ac.uk STT: Inf. And Cyber-Security Q 2014-15 Page 2/5 Information and Cyber Security Questionnaire All answers in questionnaires are to be kept anonymous. Department (e.g. section): Grade (e.g. category of work): Information and Cyber Security Questionnaire - Part 1 Planning 1. What information assets are critical to your work? 2. What kinds of risks could they be exposed to? 3. What legal and compliance requirements is your work and organization subject to? 4. How could you continue to do your job if your information requirements could not be fulfilled with your IT support? 5. How can you manage risks and threats to your information assets on an ongoing basis? Implementing 6. Have you put in place the right security controls to protect your equipment, information, IT system and external (or outsourced) services? 7. Do you and your co-workers know what your responsibilities related to IS and Cyber Security are? 8. Do you and your co-workers know what good IS and Cyber Security practices are? 9. If there is a IS Security threat or Cyber-attack, or something goes wrong with related to your Information Assets – how will you deal with it and get back to normal practices again? 10. If there is an IS Security issue or Cyber-attack, that you cannot solve yourself – who will you turn to for help? Reviewing 11. Are you reviewing...
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...its independence in what is known as the “First Vietnam War”. France was supported by the United States, who paid 80% of their war costs in hopes of containing communism. France wanted all of Vietnam to be democratic but Ho Chi Minh wanted a communist country. The eight year war ended with the signing of the Geneva Accords of 1954, stating that Vietnam would be split into a northern communist country and a southern democratic country. The new leader of South Vietnam was Ngo Dinh Diem. Nearly 600 american advisors were sent by President Dwight Eisenhower, to South Vietnam to help patrol the land and train the South vietnamese military. John F. Kennedy sent 16,500 advisors or Green Beret by 1963. He witnessed 200 of his men killed in action....
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...Chris Crowe had multiple purposes throughout this book. One specific purpose is to show the different views on the Vietnam War. The main character, Ashe, has an anti-war activist mom and his father on the other hand, supporting the war. Ashe’s parents don’t get along and get divorced partly because of this. Another purpose is shown with Ashe’s teacher, Mr. Ruby. Every week Mr. Ruby writes the estimated U.S deaths in Vietnam. The death toll is also written on the beginning of every chapter along with weeks spent in Vietnam during the year 1968. After 52 weeks, the death toll has climbed to staggering 16,592 estimated U.S deaths. This was only estimated because there was likely more. This book had many purposes that were meant to give the reader...
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...What can Catholic Social Teaching Group do for families in Vietnam? I thought our group is very strong, but actually... Actually our group consists of a dozen guys, a few persons in Saigon, and some in Hanoi! You guys are not even considered a Catholic Association? No, we’re just a small group of laypeople. We go to the church on Sunday afternoon and gather in a parish room. We pray and then share news about the Church and society. There is “no father” at the beginning. Then arrives the father who gives some lecture on the social teaching. We attend Mass until dismissal! Do you learn about the family? Yes, we learn these vital points: 1. The family is the first natural society (Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, 211), the vital cell of society (211), and the sanctuary of life (231); 2. The family makes up the fundamental structure for human ecology, suited to teach and transmit cultural, ethical, social, spiritual and religious values (212 and 238); 3. The family must have priority over society and the State (214); 4. Divorce is a plague on society (225); 5. Homosexual persons are to be fully respected in their human dignity (228); 6. The family is an active participant in social life (246-251); and 7. Society is at the service of the family (252-256). When practicing the CST, do you participate in indirectly serving the family? Yes, we do. The Group’s members when living the values of Freedom, Love, Truth and Justice are already applying the...
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...signing of the Paris Peace Accord failed to resolve the Vietnam conflict; whilst it marked the withdrawal of US forces from Vietnam, North and South Vietnamese forces breached the cease fire agreement as they tried to gain control of as much territory as possible.1 The fighting was not large scale, despite involving a three-phase campaign of four divisional attacks, destined to capture vital ground. It was initially at least for the North Vietnamese, limited to small-scale operations to consolidate authority of the local government or by way of causing political agitation against the South Vietnamese President.2 At the end of 1973, the Hanoi leadership discussed military policy, as the Lao Dong party assessed progress. General Van Tien Dung, Chief of Staff, of the Peoples Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Defence Minister Vo Nguyen Giap urged the use of conventional military operations, believing that morale would be affected if a more passive approach was adopted.3 Premier Pham Van Dong worried that resuming operations would drain resources. The result was the formation of ‘Resolution 21’.4Bibliography Dougan, C. and Fulgham, D. (1985), The Fall of the South, Boston: Boston Publishing Company. Giap, Vo Nguyen and Van Tien Dung. (1976), How We Won the War, Philadelphia: RECON Publications. Goodman, Allen E. (1978), The Lost Peace, Stanford CA: Hoover Institute Press. Joes, Anthony J. (1989), The War for South Vietnam. New York: Praeger. Herrington, Stuart A. (1983), Peace...
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...To what extent can the Tet Offensive of 1968 be described as the key turning point in the Vietnam War 1968-75? A ‘turning point’ of the Vietnam War could be interpreted in different ways. For example, the Tet Offensive, which took place January 31st, 1968, could be understood as a turning point in the US state of the war (were they winning at this point?) as well as entirely changing the opinion of the US public – literally splitting them in two as to whether the war could be justified. Alongside the Tet Offensive, several other factors could also be interpreted as a turning point in the war. The Cambodian Offensive, of 29th March 1970 could be used alongside President Richard Nixon’s resignation and the entire withdrawal of soldiers in Vietnam. As the largest set of battles during the course of the War, causing severe losses to the communist side of the NVA (North Vietnamese Army) and Viet Cong, the Tet Offensive was the first majorly reported part of the Vietnam War and thus changed many people’s opinion on the war after realization of the tragic event. Approval rating of current president Lyndon B. Johnson plummeted by almost 20%. Despite Walter Cronkite’s interview stating that the war was “unwinnable”, opinion on the war had changed long before. Violent protests took place in Washington during 1968, forcing Johnson to stop the sending of 200,000 troops – this effectively marked the end of the gradual escalation policy in Vietnam. Tet could be argued as a severe turning...
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...the media in the Vietnam War Media brought the horrors of the Vietnam War into everyone’s house. It showed people the sensational news that were going on in Vietnam during the war. This caused people to have a wrong opinion about the war, soldiers, and what their country was fighting for. For example, Richard M. Nixon said “No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now”. Even though, the media was broadcasting some parts of the war instead of the whole picture, it was better than it used to be. During fifties, people were able to get visual information about the war only in theaters; therefore, it was mostly based on propaganda and not truth. In early sixties, 90 percent of the United States population had TV in their house and they were able to get information about the war. This caused people to create some effective anti- war movements that helped to bring this horrifying war to an end. Television coverage of the war was not balanced and objective. It was not showing the big picture of the war and the truth about it. Television was broadcasting only some sensational news about the war and that influenced American citizens in a bad way. Media almost never mentioned what communism was; therefore, people did not know what their country was fighting for and why so many innocent people were dying. Moreover, American people did not know what should they be aware...
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...Trade policies in Vietnam have restrictions in their trade agreements to protect their country interests and those of its people. A major protection from their perspective is the ability to protect domestic production. However the official powers recognize the benefits of participating in trade agreements with other countries. To that extent they have entered into traded agreements and joined numerous official trade unions with many countries, including the United States. Vietnam has applied for entrance into the WTO (World Trade Organization) and joined ASEAN(ASEAN Free Trade Area) in 1997 with the intent to comply with trade agreements rules as defined by AFTA (Asian Free Trade Area) and CEPT (Common Preferential Tariff Scheme) (Department of Planning, 2006).The motivating factor for Vietnam to join ASEAN with its accompanying trade guidelines of AFTA and CEPT, among others, was to raise awareness and understanding of tariff traded items with their related and non-related measures, called NTMs and non-tariff trades barriers, called NTBs (United Nations Development Project, 1999). To trade within a given market such as country versus international arena you must know the guidelines of a given entity to know boundaries and comply. This is the very purpose of all the various trade agreements. The agreements provide benefits and standards that can be used for any and all companies and countries. Additional agreements are created and maintained for compliance and repercussions...
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...The Vietnam War was a very controversial war in American history. The War was infamously known as being a War supported by few if even any Americans. Many people lost their lives fighting in this war, and the people that survived are left with mental scars from the War. Most troops wrote letters home (America) detailing the events that were occurring in Vietnam. These letters allow us the readers to gain insight to a very honest detail of the events occurring in Vietnam. DB Post and Response 3. Jeff Rogers enlisted in the navy after a year at Harvard Medical because he realized he no longer wanted to be a doctor. “In America in 1968, any young man who left school was likely to be drafted in the army” (265), so it was either enlist or be drafted. Jeff Rogers’ father, William Rogers, was Secretary of State and had also served in World War II which might have influenced him to enlist instead of wait to be drafted. 4. Nixon’s Vietnamization policy was a policy brought forth “to advocate a withdrawal from Vietnam” (267). Vietnamization Policy was a combined effort of Secretary of Defense, Melvin Laird, and Secretary of State, William Rogers. The two men were focused on a peaceful retreat from Vietnam. The Vietnamization Policy “meant training and equipping the Army of the Republic of [South] Vietnam to wage its own war for an independent democracy against the Democratic Republic of [North] Vietnam. In reality, Vietnamization meant replacing American casualties with South Vietnamese...
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...France pulled out of Vietnam the U.S felt like they had to take action in order to prevent South Vietnam from falling into Communism. Starting in 1955-56 the U.S started to send military advisors to assist the South Vietnamese army. The U.S was worried that Ho Chi Minh, leader of the North Vietnamese Communists would try to unify Vietnam under Communist rule. At this time president Truman viewed Communism as the greatest post-war threat and was worried about the spread of communism in Vietnam. Truman believed that the U.S should be world police and prevent the spread of communism. As the U.S tried to fight against the spread of communism the power of Communist rebels in South Vietnam kept increasing. As a result president Truman felt obligated to send more and more military advisors until finally in 1965 Truman sent a large number of American combat troops into Vietnam to prop-up South Vietnam. This war was obviously between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States of America and other anti-communist countries. The United States played a big role taking the side of the South Vietnamese army but failed to have the support of the American people. The involvement of the United States into the Vietnam War was obviously not justified for many reason which I will talk about in the following. Since the American people didn’t support the U.S getting involved in war with communist North Vietnam it clearly went against...
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...Vietnam was a questionable War. People either agreed with it or did not agree at all. As people fought over it back in America soldiers got an experience they will never forget. An experienced filled with terror and suffering but also filled with friendship and love. American literature has shown the struggles of the soldiers in the Vietnam War. Often times the literature tries to pull the readers in with stories to help them understand what life was like. Tim O’Brien is one of the most popular when it comes to this. In his novel, The Things They Carried, questioning morality, O’Brien gives first hand narrations of stories which show the impact of the Vietnam War on society. Tim O’Brien’s life is filled with many wonders and success. O’Brien...
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...The Causes of the Vietnam War The Vietnam War is now considered as one of the most distressing moments during the 20th Century. The Vietnam War was caused by many factors that contributed to the war in Vietnam during the years of 1959 to April 30, 1975. This war just prolonged the struggles between nationalist forces attempting to unify the country of Vietnam. Most of the factors that contribute to the war were the beliefs by a lot of people who wanted to prevent Vietnam of becoming an Independent Country. There are many people who suffered a lot due to this war going on and still due to this day people still picturing how they fought the war. What were the causes of the Vietnam War? Why did the United States become involved in this war? Why did the Vietnam War have such a huge impact both on the Vietnam and the United States? What was the impact that Ho Chi Minh had during the War? One of the most important features when describing the Vietnam War was why the United States became involved in the war, and their reasons for conflict amongst the Vietnamese in the North of the 17th Parallel. It is known that the US was involved for many reasons, particularly their belief in the Domino theory where if one country fell to Communism, the rest of South-East Asia would fall along with it. There are many other reasons why the United States became involved in this war. There are many reasons why the United States became involved was them being concerned with Vietnam and that would lead...
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...Impact of US Foreign Policy on the Vietnam War The Vietnam War is one of the most talked about wars in history. It began in 1959 and did not end until 1975. These years saw protests, conflicts, casualties, and confusion for the United States, as well as the terms of three presidents: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard Nixon. When U.S. involvement in the war began under Kennedy, it was originally put out as a plan for the United States to only aid the South Vietnamese, but, after his assassination, Johnson was put in charge. The path that the war took under Johnson was filled with controversy and large numbers of casualties. When Johnson did not run for a second term, Nixon was left in charge to ultimately turn things around. Soon, all of the American troops were removed from Vietnam, and the war slowly began to come to a close. But what was it about Nixon’s foreign policy that was so much more successful than Johnson’s? Was Nixon’s policy more closely related to Kennedy’s successful strategy than Johnson’s was, and, if so, why didn’t Johnson do a better job modeling his policy after Kennedy? These are all questions that political scientists still look at today as a way to solve the many questions that are still being posed about the war. I have looked deeply into these questions, and found answers through researching the history of Vietnam as well as the three presidents. As I read about each event that unfolded, it became clear to me why there were such...
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...involvement in the conflicts in Vietnam? Involve- * Bibliography * 1 Primary source – 1950’s/1960 * 5 books – Secondary sources * Watch films, documentaries and videos. * Historians point of views(opinions) Geneva Agreement – election to be held in 1956 to reunify Vietnam but did not happen because Ngo Dinh Diem cancelled it because he knew he would not win it. If Ho chi Minh wins 1956 elections: * Vietnam will re-unify as a communist country * Other surrounding countries will follow – communism will spread ‘Domino Theory’ (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, Bangladesh, and India. Geneva Agreement – election to be held in 1956 to reunify Vietnam but did not happen because Ngo Dinh Diem cancelled it because he knew he would not win it. If Ho chi Minh wins 1956 elections: * Vietnam will re-unify as a communist country * Other surrounding countries will follow – communism will spread ‘Domino Theory’ (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, Bangladesh, and India. Communist Communist Vietnam was split into North and South in 1954 – Geneva agreement officially split into North led by Ho Chi Minh and South ruled by Ngo Dinh Diem. Vietnam was split into North and South in 1954 – Geneva agreement officially split into North led by Ho Chi Minh and South ruled by Ngo Dinh Diem. Capitalist Capitalist Primary Sources Finally, you have broader considerations that might follow what you would call the "falling domino"...
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