Colonel Bui Tin

Colonel Bui Tin was born near Hanoi in 1927, and was educated in Hue. During the August Revolution in 1945, he became a active supporter to politically pressure the government of France to cede Vietnam its independence. photo confirmed Fair Use from Ngay Daily File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... photo confirmed Fair Use from Ngay Daily File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Hanoi (Vietnamese: quốc ngữ Hà Nội; chữ nôm 河内), estimated population 4,100,000 (2004), is the capital of Vietnam and was the capital of North Vietnam from 1954 to 1976. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Huế (順化 in Chinese characters) is a city in Vietnam. ... On August 19, 1945, several citizens of Hanoi, under the direction of Vietnamese Communist forces led by Ho Chi Minh began the August Revolution. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He later joined the Viet Minh along with General Vo Nguyen Giap and Ho Chi Minh. He would fight on two sides of the line, using weapons and also using his pen and paper as journalist for the Vietnam People's Army newspaper. The Viet Minh (abbreviated from Việt Nam ộc Lập ồng Minh Hội, League for the Independence of Vietnam) was formed by Ho Ngoc Lam and Nguyen Hai Than in 1941 to seek independence for Vietnam from France. ... General Vo Nguyen Giap (Vietnamese: Võ Nguyên Giáp - Võ is his family name) (born 1912) is a Vietnamese four-star general, who was the military leader of the Viet Minh guerrilla group under Hồ Chí Minhs political leadership, and of the Peoples Army of Vietnam (PAVN) in... Hồ Chí Minh Hồ Chí Minh (meaning Ho, Enlightened Will) (Chữ nôm: 胡志明)   listen? (May 19, 1890 – September 2, 1969) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, who later became Prime Minister (1954) and President (1954 - 1969) of North Vietnam. ...

He enlisted in the Vietnamese Peoples Army at the age of eighteen. He served on the general staff of the North Vietnamese army. He accepted the unconditional surrender of South Vietnam on April 30, 1975, from President Duong Van Minh. The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN) (Vietnamese: Việt Nam Dân Chủ Cá»™ng Hòa), also known as North Vietnam, was founded by Ho Chi Minh and was recognized by China and the USSR in 1950. ... Official language Vietnamese Capital Saigon Last President Duong Van Minh Last Prime Minister Vu Van Mau Area  - Total  - % water 173,809km² N/A Population  - Total  - Density 19,370,000 (1973 est. ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... DÆ°Æ¡ng Văn Minh (February 16, 1916–August 5, 2001), known popularly as Big Minh, led the South Vietnamese army under Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem. ...

He called the US antiwar movement "essential to our strategy", saying that visits from prominent American activists Jane Fonda and Ramsey Clark and various church ministers "gave us confidence that we should hold on in the face of battlefield reverses". He concluded that South Vietnam could have maintained its independence from the North if not for America's sudden decision to withdraw its support: The global peace movement refers to a sense of common purpose among organizations that seek to end wars and minimize inter-human violence, usually through pacifism, non-violent resistance, diplomacy, boycott, moral purchasing and demonstrating. ... Jane Fonda Jane Seymour Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an Academy Award-winning American actress, model, writer, fitness guru, producer, and political activist. ... United States Attorney General Ramsey Clark & President Lyndon Baines Johnson William Ramsey Clark (born December 18, 1927) served as the 66th United States Attorney General under President Lyndon Johnson. ...

"Through dissent and protest, it lost the ability to mobilize a will to win." [1]

Bui Tin went on to serve as the editor of the People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. He became disillusioned in the mid-1980s with postwar corruption and the continuing isolation of socialist Vietnam. // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Isolation can refer to: Isolation as a psychological phenomenon (see also Solitude). ... The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ...

In 1990, Bui decided to leave Vietnam and live in exile in Paris, France, in order to express his growing dissatisfaction with Vietnam's Communist leadership and their political system. Fair use confirmed http://www. ... Fair use confirmed http://www. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Exile is a form of punishment. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

Quotes

• "Through dissent and protest, it lost the ability to mobilize a will to win."
• "There is an alarming deterioration of traditional ethical, moral and spiritual values (and) confusion among the youth on whom the country's future depends."
• "the roots of the Vietnam War — its all-encompassing and underlying nature — lie in a confrontation between two ideological worlds: socialism versus capitalism for some, totalitarianism versus democracy for others. It was a conflict born of the cold war…"

External links

• Article about Ho Chi Min by Bui Tin angers Socialist Republic of Vietnam
• Interview of Colonel Bui Tin from The Wall Street Journal