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Vidiot Vidiot was a children's television game show broadcast from 1992 to 1995 on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was hosted by Eden Gaha for the first two series, then Scott McRae for the 1994 and 1995 season.
Vidkärr Vidkärr is a district in Gothenburg, Sweden which belongs to Härlanda burough. The district is demarcated by the districts Strömmensberg to the west, Torpa to the east, Kålltorp to the south (by Torpagatan) and by the road E20 to the north.
Vidlizard VidLizard is a multimedia player of DVD, video files (DivX, AVI, MPEG, ASF), Audio CDs and audio files (MP3, WAV, MID) for Windows. VidLizard multimedia player has an easy-to-use skinnable interface with an optional control panel and positioning bar available during full-screen play.
Vidocq (2001 film) Vidocq is a 2001 movie, directed by Pitof, that pits the historical figure Eugène François Vidocq (played by Gérard Depardieu) against a supernatural soul-stealing monster called The Alchemist. It is notable as being the first major science fiction film to be shot entirely on digital film.
Vidofnir Vidofnir is the name of the falcon (sometimes portrayed as a rooster) that sits at the top of the World Tree Yggdrasil in Norse mythology. It quarrels constantly with Nidhogg, but since it never leaves its perch, the squirrel Ratatosk conveys insults and snappy comebacks between the two.
Vidoje Blagojević Vidoje Blagojević (born c.1950 in Bratunac, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian Serb who was charged with complicity in genocide, crimes against humanity, and violation of the customs of war by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for his actions in the Srebrenica massacre.
Vidoje Žarković Vidoje Žarković (1927 - 2000) was a chairman of the Executive Council (1967-69), president of the People's Assembly (1969-74), secretary of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Montenegro (1984), and president of the Presidium of the League of Communists of SFRY (1985-86).
Vidor, Texas Vidor is a city in Southeast Texas at the intersection of Interstate 10 and Farm Market Road 105, six miles east of Beaumont in western Orange County. The town is mostly a bedroom community for the nearby refining complexes in Beaumont and Port Arthur.
Vidsel Vidsel is a village in Ă„lvsbyn Municipality, Norrbotten County, about 900km north of Stockholm, Sweden, in the Arctic Circle; 619 inhabitants (2000). Perhaps its earliest history is as a seasonal settlement, but permanent inhabitants have lived here since the 19th century.
Vidura Vidura (Sanskrit: विदुर, vidūra) was a son of a maid-servant who served the Queens of Hastinapura, Queen Ambika and Ambalika. In some accounts, he was an incarnation of Yama or Dharma Raj, who was cursed by the sage, Mandavya, for imposing punishment on him that exceed the sin.
Vidwan A vidwan (or vidvan) is a person who has vidya (knowledge) of a particular science or art. This term is usually used for Indian Classical Musicians to denote their scholarship and experience in performing classical music concerts.
Vidyadayanee High School Spelt in many ways Vidyadayanee (Vidyadayinee),(Vidyadayani ) High School is situated in Surathkal, Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka State in India. It was established by Hindu Vidyadayanee Sangha in 1944 A.
Vidyamandir classes Vidyamandir Classes (VMC for short) is a for-profit coaching institute in Delhi for the all-India examination IIT-JEE through which people enter the IITs. The training provided at Vidyamandir is also considered good for other engineering entrance examinations.
Vidyaranya Vidyāraṇya (also known as Mādhavācārya or Mādhava Vidyāranya) is variously known as being a king maker, patron saint and high priest to Harihara Raya I and Bukka Raya I, the founders of the Vijayanagar empire. He was born to Māyaṇācārya and Śrīmatīdevī in Pampakṣetra (modern day Hampi) in 1268 CE.
Vidyaranyapura Vidyaranyapura formerly known as Narsipura is situated in the Northern Part of Bangalore City. It is the southern tip of the place 'Yelahanka' where folklore says that Kempe Gowda, the founder of Bangalore, was supposedly born.
Vidyasagar College Vidyasagar College (Bengali: বিদ্যাসাগর মহাবিদ্যালয়), named after Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, is a government-sponsored day and evening college, affiliated to the University of Calcutta in Kolkata, India.
Vidyashilp Academy Vidya Shilp Academy is a private, co-educational school in Bangalore, India. The Academy has earned recognition for the high quality of its academic processes, the teaching and learning practices, as well as its endeavor to achieve excellence in learning.
Vidzemes Augstskola Vidzemes augstskola (Vidzeme University College) enrolled its first students in the autumn of 1996. It was founded to promote economic, political and social development of the area by providing higher education in the Vidzeme Region (Latvia), and to counteract the brain drain that was occurring as youths left the area to pursue further studies.
Vieille Montagne Vieille Montagne is the name of a former zinc mine in Kelmis (La Calamine), a town in Belgium between Liège and Aachen. The mine's name is French for "the old mountain", and this is also reflected in its German name, Altenberg.
Vieira Portuense Francisco Vieira de Matos, who choose the artistic name of Vieira Portuense (Porto, 13 May 1765 - Funchal, 2 May 1805) was a Portuguese painter, one of the introducers of Neoclassicism in Portuguese painting. He was, in the neoclassical style, one of the two great Portuguese painters of his generation, with Domingos Sequeira.
Vieja synspila Vieja synspilla also known as the quetzel or firehead cichlid is a large (30 cm, 12 in) Central American cichlid species. It is perhaps the most colourful cichlid species with males displaying metallic green, blue, green, pink and orange along their flanks.
Viejas Viejas is a San Diego area casino, hotel, and golf course owned by the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians. The casino houses 2,200 slot machines, up to 86 table games, four restaurants, a deli, bingo, an off-track betting facility and a poker room.
Viejas Locas Viejas Locas (formed 1993) were a late 1990s argentine rock group, in the suburban sub-genre. Them and pioneers Los Ratones Paranoicos dominated the "Rolinga", or "stone" sub-style of suburban rock, a form of rock highly influenced by the sound of the Rolling Stones.
Vielle The vielle is a European bowed stringed instrument used in the Medieval period, similar to a modern violin but with a somewhat longer and deeper body, five (rather than four) gut strings, and a leaf-shaped pegbox with frontal tuning pegs. The instrument was also known as a fiedel or a viuola, although the French name for the instrument, vielle, is generally used.
Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder (English translation: "Maybe A Miracle Will Happen") was the Austrian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963, performed predominantly in German (although one verse is in English) by Carmela Corren.
Viena expedition The Viena expedition (Finnish: Vienan retkikunta) was a military expedition by Finnish volunteer forces to recapture White Karelia (Vienan Karjala) from the Bolsheviks in March 1918. It was one of the many Heimosodat.
Vienna (song) "Vienna" was Ultravox's third single, coming from their fourth album of the same name (and the first under Midge Ure's leadership). The single was released on Chrysalis Records on January 15, 1981, peaking at #2 in the UK singles chart.
Vienna Ab-initio Simulation Package The Vienna Ab-initio Simulation Package, better known as VASP (or alternatively VAMP), is a package for performing ab-initio quantum mechanical molecular dynamics (MD) using pseudopotentials and a plane wave basis set. VASP is based on CASTEP initially written by Mike Payne at MIT, which was brought to the University of Vienna in Vienna, Austria in July 1989 by JĂĽrgen Hafner.
Vienna Awards The Vienna Awards are two arbitral awards by which arbiters of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sought to enforce peacefully the claims of Hungary on territory it had lost in 1920 when it signed the Treaty of Trianon. The First Vienna Award occurred in 1938 and the Second in 1940.
Vienna Beef Vienna Beef is a manufacturer of the classic Chicago hot dog, as well as Polish sausage and Italian beef, delicacies of independent Chicago-style hot dog and beef stands. They also make a variety of deli meats.
Vienna Circle (esoteric) The Vienna Circle, or Landig Group, was an occultic, völkisch and Germanic mysticist group formed in 1950 that first gathered for discussions at the studio of the designer Wilhelm Landig in Vienna's 4th district of Wieden in Austria.
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations The Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (or VCCR) was completed in 1963 as a multilateral treaty to codify consular practices that developed through customary international law and numerous bilateral treaties.
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations is an international treaty on diplomatic intercourse and the privileges and immunities of a diplomatic mission. Adopted on April 18, 1961 by the United Nations Conference on Diplomatic Intercourse and Immunities held in Vienna, Austria, from March 2 to April 14.
Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals The Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals is an international treaty designed to increase road safety and aid international road traffic by standardising the road signs, traffic lights and road markings in use internationally. This convention was agreed upon by the United Nations Economic and Social Council at the UNESC Conference on Road Traffic in Vienna 7 October 1968 to 8 November 1968, and came into force 6 June 1978.
Vienna Convention on Road Traffic The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is an international treaty designed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the contracting parties. This convention was agreed upon at the United Nations Economic and Social Council's Conference on Road Traffic (October 7, 1968 - November 8, 1968).
Vienna Convention on Succession of States in respect of Treaties The Vienna Convention on Succession of States in respect of Treaties is an international treaty promulgated in 1978 to set rules on succession of states. It was adopted partly in response to the "profound transformation of the international community brought about by the decolonization process".
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (or VCLT), adopted on May 22, 1969 and opened for signature on May 23, 1969, codified the pre-existing customary international law on treaties, with some necessary gap-filling and clarifications. The Convention entered into force on January 27, 1980.
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or Between International Organizations The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or Between International Organizations (VCLTIO) is an extension of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties which deals with treaties between States. It was developed by the International Law Commission and opened for signature on March 21, 1986.
Vienna Coronation Gospels The Vienna Coronation Gospels, also known as the Treasury Gospels (Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Weltliche Schatzkammer) is a late 8th Century illuminated Gospel Book. Traditionally, it is considered to be the same manuscript that was found in the tomb of Charlemagne when it was opened in the year 1000 by Otto III.
Vienna Independent Shorts Vienna Independent Shorts (VIS) is a short film festival that takes place once a year in Vienna. Being Austria's largest short film festival, it was founded in 2004 by the merger of several smaller film festivals and associations.
Vienna International School The Vienna International School is a non-profit international school made up structurally of the parents of each student at the school, and located in Vienna, Austria. The school was built to accommodate the children of UN employees and diplomats when the UN decided to locate one of its offices in Vienna, and it remains affiliated to the UN.
Vienna New Year's Concert The New Year Concert (in German: Das Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker) of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is a concert of classical music that takes place each year in the morning of January 1 in Vienna, Austria. It is broadcast around the world to an estimated audience of one billion in 44 countries (as of 2006).
Vienna Observatory Universitäts-Sternwarte Wien (Vienna Observatory) is an astronomical observatory in Vienna, Austria. The first observatory was built in 1753/1754 on the roof of one of the buildings of the University of Vienna.
Vienna Opera Ball The Vienna Opera Ball (Wiener Opernball in German) is an annual Austrian society event which takes place in the building of the Vienna State Opera on the Thursday preceding Ash Wednesday. Together with the New Year Concert, the Opera Ball is one of the highlights of the Viennese carnival season.
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra The Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (German: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien) is the only radio orchestra in Austria. Founded in 1969, it was known as the ORF Symphony Orchestra (German: ORF-Symphonieorchester) until 1996.
Vienna S-Bahn The Vienna S-Bahn is a is a suburban metro railway network in Vienna, Austria. As opposed to the city-run urban metro network, the Vienna U-Bahn, it extends beyond the borders of the city, is operated by the Ă–BB (federal railways), and consists of many branch lines.
Vienna Secession The Vienna Secession or (also known as Secessionsstil, or Sezessionsstil in Austria) was part of the highly varied Secessionism movement that is now covered by the general term Art Nouveau. It was formed in 1897 by a group of 19 Vienna artists who had resigned from the Association.
Vienna School of Dermatology The Vienna School of Dermatology was a group of dermatologists affiliated to the University of Vienna who became an important reference in the development of modern dermatology in the second half of the 19th century. It was founded by Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra (1816-1888) with the collaboration of his mentor, Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky (1804-1878) and Carl Wedl (1815-1891), a pathologist with interest in skin diseases.
Vienna School of Fantastic Realism The Vienna School of Fantastic Realism is a group of artists founded in Vienna in 1946. It includes Ernst Fuchs, Arik Brauer, Rudolf Hausner, Wolfgang Hutter, Anton Lehmden and Fritz Janschka, all students of Professor Albert Paris GĂĽtersloh at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts.
Vienna Symphonic Library The Vienna Symphonic Library (VSL) is a library of samples of orchestral instruments renowned for their lifelike performance and high quality. The VSL boasts a specially constructed silent stage for recording samples.
Vienna U-Bahn The Vienna U-Bahn is a rapid transit (Metro) system consisting of five lines mostly running underground, except for the central section of line U6, which runs above ground on the viaduct of the old Vienna Stadtbahn. The first section of the modern U-Bahn opened on 8 May 1976, but two of the lines (U4, U6) go back to the Stadtbahn system, which first opened in 1898.
Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration The Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (WU Wien) or Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is the largest University focusing on business and economics in Europe and, in terms of student body, one of the largest universities in Austria. Its current rector is Christoph Badelt.
Vienna valve trombone Vienna valve trombones use Vienna Valves which were one of the earliest valve systems used in wind instruments. These valves were first publicly reported in 1815 and valved trombones were first introduced in the late 1830s.
Vienna Volksoper The Vienna Volksoper (Volksoper Wien or Vienna People's Opera) is a major opera house in Vienna, Austria. It gives about three hundred performances of twenty-five productions each season which runs from September to June.
Vienna–Bratislava–Budapest Supermarathon The Vienna–Bratislava–Budapest Supermarathon (Vienna–Budapest Supermarathon until 2005) is a 320 kilometer five-day ultramarathon connecting the capitals of Austria, Slovakia and Hungary. It is the largest and most significant ultramarathon race in Hungary and one of the biggest in Central Europe.
Viennawood Boys' Choir The private choirschool of the Viennawood Boys' Choir (German: Sängerknaben vom Wienerwald) is a traditional singing-school for boys and girls in Maria Enzersdorf/Mödling, in the south of Vienna (Wien) in Lower-Austria (Niederösterreich) and are at home in St. Gabriel (Missionshaus St.
Vienne River The Vienne is one of the most important rivers in south-western France, a significant left tributary of the lower Loire. It supports numerous hydro-electric dams, and it is the main river of the Limousin region and also of the eastern part of the Poitou-Charentes region.
Viennese Actionism The term Viennese Actionism describes a short and violent movement in 20th century art that can be regarded as part of the many independent efforts of the 1960s to develop "action art" (Fluxus, Happening, Performance, Body Art, etc.).
Viennese Basin The Viennese Basin (German: Wiener Becken, Czech: Vídenská kotlina, Slovak: Viedenská kotlina) is a sedimentary basin between the Alps and the Carpathian Mountains. More than 50% of the Viennese basin is located in Lower Austria, the rest is in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Viennese German Viennese German is an East Central Austro-Bavarian dialect spoken mostly in the Austrian capital of Vienna. Even in Lower Austria, the state surrounding the city, many of its expressions are not used, while farther to the west they are often not even understood.
Viennese Opera Ball in New York The Viennese Opera Ball in New York is an annual society ball that has taken place in NYC each year since 1956. The opening performances of the ball normally comprise four main elements: a presentation of female debutantes and their male partners (generally these participants are ages 16-25), a waltz routine by a troupe of young ballroom dancers (males and females ages 18-30), professional ballet soloists, and professional opera singers.
Viennetta Viennetta is an ice cream product made in Unilever factories and sold under the various Heartbrand logos around the world. It was launched first by Wall's Ice Cream Ltd in 1982 using a technique devised by Kevin Hillman, development manager at Wall's Gloucester factory.
Vientiane Vientiane (vyen tyn, Lao ວຽງຈັນ Viangchan) is the capital city of Laos, situated in the Mekong Valley. The estimated population of the city is 200,000 (2005) while the number of people living in the Vientiane metropolitan area (the entire Vientiane Prefecture and parts of Vientiane Province) is believed to be over 730,000.
Vientiane Treaty The Vientiane Treaty was a cease-fire agreement between the two warring Lao factions - the monarchial government of Laos and the communist Pathet Lao - signed in Vientiane (the capital of Laos), on February 21, 1973.
Viento de Levante Viento de Levante or The Levanter is an easterly wind that blows in the Western Mediterranean. The wind rises in the central Mediterranean or around the Balearic Islands and blows westwards reaching its greatest intensity through the Strait of Gibraltar.
Vier gegen Z Vier gegen Z (also written as 4XZ) is a German children's television program shown on ARD and KI.KA in which four children are appointed as "Wächter" (guardians) by their deceased aunt Hedda to prevent Zanrelot, the "Herrscher der Finsternis" (lord of darkness) from leaving the underworld and gaining control over Lübeck.
Viera Scheibner Viera Scheibner, PhD, (1935 - present) (real name Viera Scheibnerová) is a retired micropaleontologist (a branch of geology). From 1958 until 1968 she was assistant professor in the department of geology at Comenius University, Bratislava.
Viera, Florida Situated on former ranch and scrub forest land, Viera is a fast-growing, newly developed master planned community in Brevard County, Florida, located in the Space Coast region. Viera is home to many of the county's government buildings and the Space Coast Stadium, which is the home field for the Brevard County Manatees, former spring training home to the Florida Marlins, and now training home to the Washington Nationals.
Vierendeel bridge A Vierendeel bridge is a bridge] employing a [[Truss#Vierendeel truss|Vierendeel truss. Such trusses do not have the usual trianglular voids seen in a pin–joint truss bridge, rather employing rectangular openings and rigid connections in the elements, which (unlike a conventional truss) must also resist substantial bending forces.
Viersen (district) Viersen is a Kreis (district) in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Cleves, Wesel, district-free Krefeld, Neuss, district-free Mönchengladbach, Heinsberg and the Dutch province Limburg.
Vieska, Dunajská Streda District Vieska (literally: Little Village; Hungarian: Kisfalud) is a municipality (village) in Slovakia in the Dunajská Streda District. According to the 2001 census, 391 Hungarian people and 30 Slovaks live in the village.
Viet Cong and NVA strategy and tactics This article focuses on the strategy and tactics used by the National Liberation Front or Viet Cong (VC), and NVA/PAVN (Peoples Army-Vietnam/North Vietnamese Army) to defeat their American and South Vietnamese (GVN/ARVN) opponents during the Second Indochina War (better known to Americans as the Vietnam War). The terms VC and NVA will be used here due to their widespread popular usage by both South Vietnamese and American military personnel and civilians.
Viet Minh The Việt Minh (abbreviated from Việt Nam Ðộc Lập Ðồng Minh Hội, "League for the Independence of Vietnam") was a revolutionary national liberation movement formed by Hồ Chí Minh in 1941 to seek independence for Vietnam from France as well as to oppose the Japanese occupation.
Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng, or VNQDD or Viet Quoc, is the Vietnamese Nationalist Party. Formed in 1927, it was decimated by the failed 1930 Yen Bai uprising against the French, and later by Viet Minh purges, but it retained pockets of strength, particularly in Central Vietnam.
Vieta (crater) Vieta is a lunar impact crater that lies due north of the Schickard walled plain, in the southwestern part of the Moon. About a half crater diameter to the southeast is the smaller Fourier crater, and to the north-northeast lies Cavendish crater.
Vietic languages The Vietic languages are a branch of the Austroasiatic language family. Also referred to by the term Việt-Mường languages, but this is commonly understood to refer to a sub-branch of Vietic restricted to Vietnamese and Mường.
Vietnam at the 2000 Summer Olympics Vietnam competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The Vietnam Sports Contingent participated in Sydney with fifteen members including (seven athletes, five coaches and three officials) in four sports: athletics, swimming, shooting and taekwondo.
Vietnam at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games Vietnam competed at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines under the IOC country code VIE. By sending a delegation of 516 athletes and competing in 33 out of 40 sports and in 352 out of a total of 439 events, it aimed for a top three placing in the medals table.
Vietnam Airlines Vietnam Airlines is the national flag carrier of Vietnam, and was established as a state enterprise in April 1989. Vietnam Airlines Corporation was subsequently formed in 1996, after bringing together several service companies.
Vietnam Armed Forces Honor Medal The Vietnam Armed Forces Honor Medal was a decoration of South Vietnam that was first created in 1953. The medal was issued in two grades and reached its height of bestowals during the years of the Vietnam War.
Vietnam Campaign Medal The Vietnam Campaign Medal is a military recognition awarded for service South Vietnam. Established in 1966, the decoration is a service medal of the Vietnam War and was the most commonly bestowed foreign military award to the United States military personnel prior to the Gulf War.
Vietnam Civil Actions Medal The Vietnam Civil Actions Medal is a decoration of South Vietnam which was first established in 1964. The decoration is a mid-level service award which was awarded to any member of the Vietnamese military who performed outstanding civic service to the state or who participated in civil service actions of significant benefit.
Vietnam era music Vietnam era music is music that is from the era of the Vietnam War, more specifically the late 1960's to the early 1970's. Although not all music from this era is considered to be Vietnam music, the common factor in all these songs is that they have some sort of defining relation to the war itself.
Vietnam General Confederation of Labour The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) is the sole national trade union center in Vietnam. It was founded July 29, 1929 as the Red Workers' General Union in Northern Vietnam, and extended into the entire country after the collapse of South Vietnam in 1976.
Vietnam Meritorious Service Medal The Vietnam Meritorious Service Medal was a military decoration of South Vietnam that was issued between the years of 1950 and 1974. Each of the three Vietnamese military services issued its own version of the Meritorious Service Medal.
Vietnam Military Merit Medal The Vietnam Military Merit Medal was the highest military decoration of South Vietnam during the years of the Vietnam War. Created in 1950, the Military Merit Medal was modelled after the French MĂ©daille militaire, and was the Vietnamese equivalent to the United States Medal of Honor and was authorized to those soldiers who had performed extreme acts of bravery or had given their lives in armed combat with enemy forces of Vietnam.
Vietnam Navy Gallantry Cross The Vietnam Navy Gallantry Cross was a military decoration of South Vietnam which was issued during the years of the Vietnam War. The Navy Gallantry Cross was awarded to any member of the military who displayed meritorious or heroic combat while engaged in naval operations to benefit South Vietnam.
Vietnam People's Navy The Vietnam People's Navy (or, more simply, Vietnamese Navy) is part of the Vietnam People's Armed Forces and is responsible for the protection of national waters, islands and interests of the maritime economy, as well as for the coordination of maritime police, customs service and the border defense force.
Vietnam Railways The railway system in Vietnam is operated by the state-owned Vietnam Railways (Đường sắt Việt Nam). The principal route is the thousand-mile single-track line, running north-south between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
Vietnam Special Service Medal The Special Service Medal was a decoration of South Vietnam which was issued between the years of 1950 and 1974. The decoration was awarded to any military service member who performed an act of outstanding meritorious service to the Vietnamese State.
Vietnam Staff Service Medal The Vietnam Staff Service Medal was a military award of South Vietnam which was issued between the years of 1964 and 1973. The medal was awarded in two degrees and presented for exemplary service while performing military duty on the staff of a major Vietnamese military command.
Vietnam Syndrome Vietnam Syndrome is a term used by people with conservative and right-wing politics in the United States to describe US foreign policy after the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War. It is part of a conservative polemic on US foreign policy and is primarily used in public political rhetoric.
Vietnam tea Vietnamese tea refers to chiefly black tea tea produced within Vietnam. Vietnamese black tea has a reputation for being cheap and is often used for blending, but this is a misconception as a few good teas exist, mostly of orthodox production.
Vietnam veteran Vietnam veteran is a phrase used to describe someone who served in the armed forces of participating countries during the Vietnam War. The term is usually associated with veterans who were in the armed forces of South Vietnam, the United States armed forces and countries allied to them, whether or not they were actually stationed in Vietnam during their service.
Vietnam Veterans Against the War Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) is a tax-exempt Non-profit organization and corporation, originally created to oppose the Vietnam War. VVAW describes itself as a national veterans' organization that campaigns for peace, justice, and the rights of all United States military veterans.
Vietnam Veterans Against The War Anti-Imperialist Vietnam Veterans Against the War Anti-Imperialist (VVAW-AI) is a relatively small anti-war group formed after a split from the similarly-named Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW). The main VVAW web site describes VVAW-AI as "the creation of an obscure, ultra-left sect called the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) ...
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge carries the Pocahontas Parkway, signed as Virginia State Highway 895, across the James River between the independent city of Richmond and Henrico County. Crossing the southernmost extremity of Richmond, it provides a connection between Henrico and the southern end of Chippenham Parkway near U.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. (VVMF) was set up on April 27, 1979 as a non-profit organization by Jan Scruggs and several other Vietnam War veterans, in order to create a memorial for those who died during the Vietnam War without making any political statement about the war itself.
Vietnam War The Vietnam War was a military conflict in present day Vietnam occurring from 1959 to April 30, 1975. The conflict was a successful effort by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV or North Vietnam) and the indigenous National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam, (also known as the Việt Cộng, or more informally as the "Charlie", "VC" or "Cong") to unify Vietnam as a communist state, defeating the South Vietnamese Republic of Vietnam (RVN).
Vietnam War Crimes Working Group Files The United States "National Archives and Records Administration" houses a collection of formerly secret documents compiled by Pentagon investigators in the early 1970s. Confirming that atrocities by U.

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