http://recruitinvietnam.com/tabid/0/patriotism-the-tranquil-and-steady-dedication-of-a-lifetime-2919.htmlDuring my first trip to Vietnam in January 1996 to set up a summer program for U.S. students, I caught a glimpse of what could be a rapidly changing nation just opening up to world after decades of isolation and poverty, mostly the result of a U.S.-led economic embargo and the legacy of two cataclysmic wars with France and the U.S. following in the former’s bloody and foolhardy footsteps. What I knew about Vietnam at the time came mostly from history books and a few Vietnamese students studying in the U.S. in the "early days."Fri, 06 Sep 2019 17:40:41 GMTYour RSS Generator name and version