It is paradoxical yet commendable to see an American giving lectures on the History of Vietnam to an audience of young Vietnamese living in America. Mr. Stephen Young has the right stature for the job, he is highly qualified both in terms of knowledge and sentiment.
I think you do not know how Vietnamese language formed today. That’s the history of Vietnamese language,politics and economy until today. The policy of making all people becoming poor and uneducated originated from ancient Chinese and now used in Vietnam. It’s about a story of colony of China more than 1000 years until now.
Prof. Stephen I just wanted to say I have never meet anyone with such knowledge and profound understanding of my culture. Being a Vietnamese Canadian this video has given me an depth understanding of my background, something I wish I knew more. After watching this video you are now on my list of top 3 people I would love to have lunch with to gain more knowledge on the history of Vietnam. So, thank you for taking the time to educate me and the rest the Vietnamese community. I will be watching the rest of the series when I have the time. Cheers
The teacher said by Vietnamese : "Hạ ngươn nay đã hết đời, Phong ba biến chuyển đổi dời gia cang. Năm Mèo Kỹ Mão rõ ràng, Khắp trong trần hạ nhộn nhàng xiết chi" good teacher. He knows history Of Vietnam clealy. Tks. I'm Vietnamese.
Thanks so much for uploading this! I've been looking for something like this for a long time, but almost all Vietnamese history in English seems to be about the wars in the 20th century.
Thank you. I am 52 and I think I am learning my Vietnamese culture and history for the first time. Many comments here say you are not accurate and that is important. However, you can learn a lot even if someone is 90 percent accurate, or 80, or 70 percent. Thank you sir. And I am also a mother’s boy :-) When you talk about mothers, I laughed.
I recently spent one week cycling in north Vietnam.My first visit although i live close by in Yunnan China. This lecture has to be about the quickest way you can learn about the complexities of Vietnam and its relations with China. Great delivery. I am very grateful tobe able to listen to this.
Thank you for sharing this video. VN has always been about the historical emphasis on Occupation and War. Aside, there is also good food. Thanks again for posting.
Just checked the "talent" and the "disaster" words in Vietnamese, I found that "talent" (tai nang) sounds rather similar to "accident" (tai nan) , but "accident" is close t' "disaster" in English, though . The prof is very good, I really enjoy his job here
tài = tài giỏi = talent năng = kỹ năng, năng khiếu = skills, instinct when you combine it the word tài năng means skillful, talent, gifted Tai họa Tai = tai nạn = accident Họa = hiểm họa = threats Tai họa leans more about like karmar or future karmar or disaster
Just a little note, The Shang dynasty and the Xia “City States” were apart of the same family group as the Vietnamese but were not Viet. The Shang and Viet cultural relationship can be expressed as modern day cultural evolution like 50’s america to the 90’s the Viets being the 50’s and the Shang/Xia states being the 90’s
Vietnamese culture, tradition, and history synced seamlessly. I don’t understand what there is to criticize. He explains the Vietnamese political thoughts, social identity, and is even proficient in the language
Attention, Note: Topic: Interesting, very good Writing articles, film making, video. Thanks. Send Press, Newspapers, TV Television, Wikipedia, book publisher, help write this article. Thanks. Important: Topic: Ha Nam Ninh province is the birthplace of the Vietnamese King. History King and Lord of Vietnam. Hometown, the whereabouts of the King, Lord. Vietnam. Printed paper books are different from e-books, different from internet, different year of publication, different years of editing. Books written in the 1st century, 2nd century, 3rd century, 8th century, 9th century, 10th century. Books before 14th, 15th, 16th centuries, books before 1977, before 2000 year, write: -King Ngo Quyen, from Hanoi, from Doai. The ancestors of Ngo Quyen, from Hanoi, Doai, District Giao Chi. Ngo Quyen's origin is from Hanoi, Doai and Giao Chi people. The great-grandfather of Ngo Quyen, from Hanoi, and from Doai. Ngo Quyen's grandfather is from Hanoi, from Doai. Ngo Quyen's father is from Hanoi, from Doai. Ngo Quyen's mother is from Hanoi, from Doai. Northern. -King Le Hoan, from Ha Nam, from Son Nam. The ancestors of Le Hoan, are of Ha Nam, of Son Nam. Le Hoan's origin is Ha Nam, Son Nam. The great-grandfather of Le Hoan, from Ha Nam, from Son Nam. Le Hoan's grandfather is from Ha Nam, from Son Nam. Le Hoan's father is from Ha Nam, from Son Nam. Le Hoan's mother is from Ha Nam, from Son Nam. Northern. -King Le Loi, Ha Nam Ninh people and Hoa Binh land, Son Nam origin. The ancestors of Le Loi are from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. The origin of Le Loi is from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Le Loi's great-grandfather, from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Le Loi's grandfather is from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Le Loi's father is from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Le Loi's mother is from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Northern. - Trinh Lord, Thang Long people, Hanoi. The ancestors of Trinh Lord were Thang Long, Hanoi. The origin of Trinh Lord is Thang Long, Hanoi. Trinh Lord's great-grandfather was Thang Long, Hanoi. Trinh Lord's grandfather was from Thang Long, Hanoi. Trinh Lord's father is from Thang Long, Hanoi. Trinh Lord's mother is from Thang Long, Hanoi. Northern. - Lord Trinh Kiem, a Hanoian. Trinh Kiem's ancestor was from Hanoi. Trinh Kiem's origins are Hanoians. Trinh Kiem's great-grandfather was from Hanoi. Trinh Kiem's grandfather is from Hanoi. Trinh Kiem's father is from Hanoi. Trinh Kiem's mother is from Hanoi. Northern. - Lord Trinh Tung, Hanoian. Trinh Tung's ancestor was from Hanoi. Trinh Tung's origin is Hanoi. Trinh Tung's great-grandfather was from Hanoi. Trinh Tung's grandfather is from Hanoi. Trinh Tung's father is from Hanoi. Trinh Tung's mother is from Hanoi. Northern. - Lord Nguyen, from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. The ancestors of Lord Nguyen were Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. The origin of Lord Nguyen is Ha Nam Ninh, Son Nam. Lord Nguyen's great-grandfather was from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Lord Nguyen's paternal grandfather is from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Lord Nguyen's father is from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Mother of God Nguyen is from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Northern. -Lord Nguyen Kim, from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Nguyen Kim's ancestor was from Ha Nam Ninh, a native of Son Nam. Nguyen Kim's origin is Ha Nam Ninh, a Son Nam native. Nguyen Kim's ancestor is from Ha Nam Ninh, a native of Son Nam. Nguyen Kim's grandfather is from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Nguyen Kim's father is Ha Nam Ninh, a Son Nam native. Nguyen Kim's mother is from Ha Nam Ninh, a native of Son Nam. Northern. -Nguyen Hoang Du, from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Nguyen Hoang Du's ancestor was from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Nguyen Hoang Du's origin is from Ha Nam Ninh, a native of Son Nam. Nguyen Hoang Du's great-grandfather was from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Nguyen Hoang Du's grandfather is from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Nguyen Hoang Du's father is from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Nguyen Hoang Du's mother is from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Northern. -Lord Nguyen Hoang, from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Nguyen Hoang's ancestors were Ha Nam Ninh, a Son Nam native. Nguyen Hoang's origin is Ha Nam Ninh, a Son Nam native. Nguyen Hoang's great-grandfather was Ha Nam Ninh, a Son Nam native. Nguyen Hoang's grandfather is from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Nguyen Hoang's father is from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Mother Nguyen Hoang is from Ha Nam Ninh, a native of Son Nam. Northern. -Bà Triệu King, From Hà Nội, born in Me Linh, Vĩnh Phúc, Hà Nội. Ba Trieu's ancestors are from Hanoi, Me Linh, Vinh Phuc, and Hanoi. Ba Trieu's origin is from Hanoi, Me Linh, Vinh Phuc, and Hanoi. Ba Trieu's ancestor is from Hanoi, Me Linh, Vinh Phuc, Hanoi. Ba Trieu's paternal grandfather is from Hanoi, Me Linh, Vinh Phuc, and Hanoi. Ba Trieu's father is from Hanoi, Me Linh, Vinh Phuc, Hanoi. Mrs. Trieu's mother is from Hanoi, Me Linh, Vinh Phuc, and Hanoi. Northern. -Mai An Tiêm, From Hà Nội, born in Me Linh, Vĩnh Phúc, Hà Nội hometown. Mai An Tiem's ancestors are from Hanoi, Me Linh, Vinh Phuc, Hanoi province. Mai An Tiem's origin is from Hanoi, Me Linh, Vinh Phuc, Hanoi province. Mai An Tiem's ancestor is from Hanoi, Me Linh, Vinh Phuc, Hanoi province. Mai An Tiem's grandfather is from Hanoi, Me Linh, Vinh Phuc, in Hanoi. Mai An Tiem's father is from Hanoi, Me Linh, Vinh Phuc, Hanoi province. Mai An Tiem's mother is from Hanoi, Me Linh, Vinh Phuc, in Hanoi. Northern. -The ancients have a saying: King of the North, King of Son Nam land. (The North includes all provinces from Ha Giang province to Ninh Binh, Hoa Binh.). All Kings and Lord are North Vietnamese. -Thanh Hoa is the central province of Vietnam. not North. -Not written in Thanh Hoa, not from Thanh Hoa. King and Lord are not Thanh Hoa people. -Books after 2002, writing, editing, editing years, writing King, Lord is in Thanh Hoa is wrong. The place name is not in Thanh Hoa, the king is not in Thanh Hoa, the king is not from Thanh Hoa. -The ancients have a saying: King of the North, King of Son Nam land. -Question: King of Thanh, Lord of Nghe is a incorrected statement and this sentence has appeared on the internet since 2012, 2013. And Thanh Hoa people not corrected, wrote incorrectly. This statement is not correct. King of Thanh, Lord of Nghe, is word incorrectly, the words are incorrect, fabricated. - The saying: Why Thanh Hoa is the cradle of the Vietnamese King is a fraud, a fabrication. Fabricated, from years 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, when editing books, newspapers. Wrong word. -The saying: King of Thanh Than of Nghe is a fraud, a fabrication. Fabricated, from years 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, when editing books, newspapers. Wrong word. -The saying: The reliable Nghe Than God is a fraud, a fabrication. Fabricated, from years 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, when editing books, newspapers. Wrong word. -The book written, edited, edited in the year of publication is wrong, it is wrong to write King as a Thanh Hoa. The book was written in 2002 year, after 2003 year, it is incorrect to write that the hometown of Thanh Hoa, not Thanh Hoa, the hometown is not Thanh Hoa, not Thanh Hoa. Edited the King's hometown. King is not Thanh Hóa hometown. Add words, remove words. -Has been typed, it is not correct to say that Thanh Hoa is edited. Therefore, Thanh Hoa should not be named, Trinh Kiem is not Thanh Hoa. These are Thanh Hoa people claiming to be, but not correct. In the 20th and 21st centuries, the street was named, the commune name was just naming the celebrity, there was a name everywhere, but not the place of birth. Trinh Kiem is a North Vietnamese. Books, electronic newspapers that read information on the internet since 2004, 2005, and 2006, after that, it is wrong to write Thanh Hoa's hometown. Thang Long Citadel, the suburbs of Thang Long, Hanoi, has many Trinh family names. The origins and ancestors of the Trinh family are many. -Printed paper books differ from e-books, internet, different year of publication. printed books in the 15th and 16th centuries, before 2000, without writing Thanh Hoa's hometown, the name of the place was not Thanh Hoa, the e-book, the internet after 2002, was knocked out, read as Thanh Hóa, Lam Son, Lam Giang is not correct. Therefore, it is not advisable to write the name Thanh Hóa. Lê Lợi is not from Thanh Hóa. These are Thanh Hoa people claiming to be, but not correct. In the 20th and 21st centuries, the street was named, the commune name was just naming a celebrity, there was a name everywhere, but not the place of birth. Le Loi is from the North of Vietnam, books and electronic newspapers read information on the internet since 2004, 2005, and 2006, and later write that Lam Son Thanh Hoa's hometown is wrong, Lam Giang is different from Lam Son. Le Loi, Trinh Kiem, Trinh Tung, Nguyen Kim, Nguyen Hoang, Nguyen Hoang Du, not from Thanh Hoa, are from the North.
the starting point was completely wrong! The "bai yue", e.g. 百越，means hundreds tribes of “yue” people who lived in the south of china, not particularly the people living in the north of Vietnam.
Baiyue is Bách Việt in Vietnamese. Which means the hundreds of Việt. And Chinese people now has a high amount of Việt descendents. Accept it. You maybe Việt people.
that is something i can't agree with, his statement can lead to a big misunderstanding because when he said that he also assumed that people from the north or people who had been communist sympathizers were not Vietnamese. It was a war for political power, it's has nothing to do with story like Vietnamese culture rejecting a Western ideology
I think it's true. Even Ho Chi Minh only cared about nation, not the communism. He was even punished by the 3rd world because of being too nationalist.
There's a lot of loaded language in this lecture along with some very interesting points. 'Communism is foreign, therefore it caused the Vietnamese War' ... What ? Weren't the Vietnamese trying to overthrow their French colonial oppressors. Didn't the US panic and refuse the Vietnamese their own autonomy ? Buddhism is also a foreign ideology, originating in India, yet has been pretty established for centuries in Vietnam. Where's the logical consistency ?
free lance He said Vietnamese are very individualistic and believe ppl taking what their mothers bestowed (“matrifocal”) upon them violates their tradition and why Communism is NOT widely accepted in Vietnam. Plus he’s not on modern Vietnamese history yet, there’s SIX parts if you haven’t noticed. If you gonna talk shit, at least watch the whole video you uncultured backwater DIPSHIT.
Sir, Vietnamese and Chinese are very very close in everything. Similar culture, traditions and celebrate the same New Year calendar. Unlike the rest of southeast Asian Thailand, Lao, Burma and Cambodia these four countries have everything similar and celebrate the same New Year calendar.
annam is some kind of chinese call us ....our ancient kingdom named DaiViet or Dai Co Viet wich mean Great Viet....and in vietnam teritory nowaday not just land of champa ...some land of cambodia to the south ..land of jarai kingdom has been conquered as well as champa ....in the north is DaiLich ..of Nung ethnic and north west some land of DaLi taken by war in ancient
Dan Toc Sinh Ton- Dan= mean the people, Toc= mean the tribes, Sinh = mean to be born, Ton= mean to survival or to die. this guy is not telling the Vietnam history accuracy. but is the best way of his knowledge. there are some information is correct and some is not correct. well I understand because he is not GOD.
With all respect, but author makes a bit dishonest remarks First of all, Han Chinese were formed under Han dynasty, so it doesn’t mean that ancient Hexagram doesn’t belong to Han (they didn’t exist) those people who created Hexagrams could become part of China in near future and be assimilated. Second, idea of nation, of differential was created in relatively close period of time. Idea of Middle Kingdom was adopted by China in 20th century, before it was more like part of mythology. Vietnam itself was colonised by France together with Cambodia, which did not make much difference for French people Modern Vietnamese historical narrative may try to use Old complicated relations with China in order to show “opposition” of Vietnamese and Chinese (which is more ideological than objective way)
I have respect for Prof Young, but his knowledge/info about ancient Viet history come from "Tran Trong Kim" book. Tran Trong Kim translation "Bình Ngô đại cáo" is wrong which for somehow China colonize Viet for 1K years and even China history never said this. It was Viet colonize China-Wu and call it as Bach-Viet, it was China copy the dragon, etc. Please look into Professor HOÀNG ĐỨC PHƯƠNG UA-cam, with 30+ years of research from Paris to Peking/etc. to give back the proper history to Viet.
This guy is lecturing politics more than true history. Not qualified to speak honestly. Sorry that not many books are available about Vietnam history. All books are explaining events after French conquered Vietnam. We better check with China writings on Vietnam and Vietnam's writings on itself. Compare both then we will get a better idea on history of this country. Unfortunately Vietnam does not have its own writings .
How can they?? I mean the viet was under Chinese colonization for over a thousand year buddy . Funny part is Vietnamese isn't Chinese. There native tongues is Mon khom aka Khmer.
lol Vietnam do have it own writing it call Nom + if you wan to learn about Vietnam history you can go to Vietnam and hired a transleter buy a book and ask him to made it to English vv there are plenty of book about Vietnam history in Vietnamese or if you wan a simple history version ( not 100% full but enough ) buy a Vietnamese history book for student from class 1 - 12
eddies6699, both chinese and vietnamese communist governments don't speak the truth. They only allow text book twit in their favor. Specially Beijing want evil influence the whole region they will lie, lie, lie about the truth. But they can never erase it.
The bone writing of Chinese, has something to do with the very first script of Vietnam. Sadly, the Chinese destroyed that system of Vietnam. A crime. Chinese did a lot of crimes.
@@longdang1119 Evil china must be divided into 1,000 smaller pieces for the sake of all of mankind. The mere existence of china is a crime against humanity.
I just saw a BBC program about the history of Wales and was hoping this was a similar kind of program about Vietnam..... sadly it isn't. He throws a lot of facts in a bucket, shake it and ad his very political sauce.... I guess he just doesn’t understand how indoctrinated he is with the hate against the communism. He’s talking about something very Vietnamese and then the communism, which was not Vietnamese, came from Europe ....and so on. Two things: one of the founders of the French communist party was a certain Ho Chi Minh ...hé? a Vietnamese ? Yes... one of his famous sayings was that you did not have to explain what communism is to Vietnamese farmers (the biggest part of the Vietnamese) because they practice the communism already for a long long time... due to the harvest of the rice there was already communism. The other thing is.....the South of Vietnam in the forties.... I do have a very interesting book written by a catholic priest who was living and working in Vietnam at that time. He explained how the catholic church was very active against the communist party, especial with distributing a lot of lies. When you talk about the communism is coming from Europe, forgetting to mention that Ho Chi Minh was one of the founders and you do not mention that at that time Vietnam was occupied by the French and that the catholic church had an immense influence... I’m sorry but that is unacceptable, that is giving so called historic facts to create an image that fits with the political vision of the lecturer. That is why he’s bringing a lot of facts without any structure so it is very difficult to see what the relevance is of those facts. I advice everybody who’s looking at this video to read “The Quiet American” written by Graham Green, who was for sure no lefty but just a great reporter. It is about the forties and the fifties in Vietnam, how the American cia - after first helping Ho Chi Minh, under influence of that complete idiot McCarthy, start to fight against the ‘communist’ danger. Ho Chi Minh was building up Vietnam as a copy of the US! With the same rules and rights....but the US, who was with words against colonialism, preferred to support the French occupying Vietnam. At the end the US lost, otherwise there would now be four Korea’s. Yes, the Vietnamese communist have done a lot wrong, Ho Chi Minh apologized or the fact that his army had killed innocent Vietnamese people (did the Americans do this?) and when they came to liberate the South...they saw it was much richer than the North...half a million of prostitutes without work because the US army was gone.... a bit like Luc Xi in Ha Noi. They also didn't know who to trust and that also lead to a lot a very wrong things and needles killing. But by introducing this topic like he does is Young creating already an imaging from which the viewer will make an interpretation of what is to come. It is a typical American tactic to push and promote their political view without honestly telling what they are doing. Yes, he knows a lot.... but you can start also with reading “Saigon” written by Anthony Grey, www.goodreads.com/book/show/2967419-saigon. Then you will understand why it is so fake or at least one-sided what Young is telling here about this time.... Just keep in mind that he's an American....at 9/11 several Saudi's did killed a lot of Americans ... but the Saudi sell oil...so who cares? Trump goes dancing with the founders of the Taliban, the founders of all the dangerous Muslim fanatic ...he don't care as long as he can sell hotels.. And the majority of the American politicians let him do... This Young guy present himself as a pro motor of Vietnam... but there's an old saying: "If the fox preaches the passion, just do not farm your chickens" He's telling a lot, but a lot of what he's telling is easy to refute... but he's good in making it all diffuse ...and yes he knows a lot .. But I do not feel comfortable when he start to compare the social effect of what the Japanese did with their Kimono and what the Vietnamese did with their Ao Dai. To compare thos two dresses without telling that the Kimono dates from the 7th century and the Ao Dai from the 18th century there's 1100 year between them....I think everybody does understand that those societies were completely different...and also the importance of clothing. But by just telling the Kimono...and the Ao Day ...most of the viewers have no idea and they think...waaw he knows a lot. I just read a book about the Ao Day and this dress has nothing to do with a Kimono besides that both were dresses for Asian woman. This is just one example....he's constantly doing this ...creating an imago.... it's sad...but it is fake..
Meanwhile there's a real great series about the American war in Vietnam, made by Americans and it shows very clearly what an incredible dirty political games was played by the American government. ua-cam.com/video/HhP8XmSn3CQ/v-deo.html Also strange that he mention on 16:20, after presenting the Vietnamese government as puppets of the Chinese, that there is a degree of influence and that is remarkable. Sure, for people who doesn't know anything about Vietnam, but what he does with this remark is a dirty suggestion to support his vision. But anybody can just have a look, first at how the Vietnamese create a great part of their so important rice harvest, and next to the geographical situation of Vietnam...how remarkable!!! the two biggest rivers that makes those great rice harvest possible...where do they have their sources?....how remarkable!! it looks like it is in China!!! So when the Chinese decide that they need those rivers for their energy sources....what do you think will happens with the harvests and the economy of Vietnam???? Well mr prof. Stephen Young, it appears that there is a very simple reason why the Vietnamese government have to be so friendly to China .... you know that, but you do not mention it because you prefer to present the Vietnamese government as puppets from China. As they say: You can have your own opinion (you do not like communists), but you cannot have your own facts.
I agree with this analysis. Young's idea of Vietnamese culture is deeply nationalistic, and minimizes the common elements it shares with the Chinese and other cultures in the same region. Young has deep knowledge of Vietnam and its culture and history. The intellectual framework he uses to understand it is flawed, though.
@@TuNguyen-yx5ow I used to live for a few years in Ha Noi ... a short time in HCMC and several years in Da Nang... miss them all, for now the problem is to get at least a three month visa.. Meanwhile I'm reading Viet Thanh Nguyen in the wrong order, I first read the Committed and now the The Sympathizer which is the first book .... there's a reason why his books are rewarded so often .. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viet_Thanh_Nguyen I'm not really educated, I just love to read... and sometimes to do crazy things like building a water puppet theatre for children years ago in the Netherlands. Viet Nam Cultural Exchange recently published three videos about it, in the first one I talk about the history of the WPT .... well, as I think it was..ua-cam.com/video/j2duvDkQDRU/v-deo.html
Vietnamese maybe influenced a lot by Sanskrit. Afterall, Vietnam is really close to Indian cultures. But the word Yue and the word Yeak, which word is Việt?
This guy's lecture is just a lot of political Western thought, mixed with anti communismm. Individualism my foot, just his romantic view of Vietnam tells a lot already about the lecture.
I live in China. China is as communist as Belgium. In other words its not communist. I dont know ab outvietnam but it does not appear to be a socialist country either. Laos I know. And again certainly not socialist. Just a name. Means nothing.
He made some serious mistakes in the first five minutes that I doubt the validity of his lecture. For instance, almost a third of Han dynasty's land is south of Yangtze River, expanding all the way to the south coast. I also can't understand his Chinese.
Maybe you don't understand English well. He said Han civilization started in the North of Yangzi river while the Yue ( Viet in Vietnamese) civilization started in the South of Yangzi river extending to North Vietnam. Han called those tribes Baiyue ( Bach Viet in Vietnamese) for 100 Yue tribes. After Han invasion, all the Yue land and people were under Han rule for 1000 years until the Yue people living in North Vietnam fought for independence.
It is paradoxical yet commendable to see an American giving lectures on the History of Vietnam to an audience of young Vietnamese living in America. Mr. Stephen Young has the right stature for the job, he is highly qualified both in terms of knowledge and sentiment.
how is it "paradoxical"?
Chỉ là cách nuôi dạy hận thù đã một lần đẩy nước Mỹ vào cuộc chiến NGU XUẨN để bị HẠ NHỤC.Đáng đời cho những kẻ ngạo mạn ngu ngốc .
I think you do not know how Vietnamese language formed today. That’s the history of Vietnamese language,politics and economy until today. The policy of making all people becoming poor and uneducated originated from ancient Chinese and now used in Vietnam. It’s about a story of colony of China more than 1000 years until now.
Prof. Stephen I just wanted to say I have never meet anyone with such knowledge and profound understanding of my culture. Being a Vietnamese Canadian this video has given me an depth understanding of my background, something I wish I knew more. After watching this video you are now on my list of top 3 people I would love to have lunch with to gain more knowledge on the history of Vietnam. So, thank you for taking the time to educate me and the rest the Vietnamese community. I will be watching the rest of the series when I have the time.
Cheers
+Vu Tran Agreed! Fantastic video series!!
Even someone with no connection to Vietnam would be completely fascinated!!
Lời người xưa nói cấm có sai"Ngưu tầm ngưu ,mã tầm mã " những kẻ bại trận và những tên tay sai hèn mạt gặp nhau ở sự TRƠ TRÁO,VÔ LIÊM SỈ.
You think this white guy knows actual Vietnam history? Nope. He's telling you stories.
The teacher said by Vietnamese :
"Hạ ngươn nay đã hết đời,
Phong ba biến chuyển đổi dời gia cang.
Năm Mèo Kỹ Mão rõ ràng,
Khắp trong trần hạ nhộn nhàng xiết chi"
good teacher. He knows history Of Vietnam clealy. Tks. I'm Vietnamese.
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CẢM ƠN THỜI GIỜ QÚY BÁU CỦA TEACHER CHO TUI , CÓ CƠ HỘI HỌC THÊM . VÀ CẢM ƠN TRUNG HO ĐÃ LÀM THIS IS VEDEO ON UA-cam ,
Thanks so much for uploading this! I've been looking for something like this for a long time, but almost all Vietnamese history in English seems to be about the wars in the 20th century.
Từ mõm một kẻ bị người VN có liêm sỉ hạ nhục thì không cần nói cũng biết thằng Mỹ trắng này sẽ nói gì!
Thank you. I am 52 and I think I am learning my Vietnamese culture and history for the first time. Many comments here say you are not accurate and that is important. However, you can learn a lot even if someone is 90 percent accurate, or 80, or 70 percent. Thank you sir. And I am also a mother’s boy :-) When you talk about mothers, I laughed.
Xin chân thành cảm ơn Giáo sư
I am learning so much from this series of lectures. Thank you for posting it, and thank you to the Professor, too!
I did 3 tours in Vietnam 1965 1966 and 1967.
I recently spent one week cycling in north Vietnam.My first visit although i live close by in Yunnan China. This lecture has to be about the quickest way you can learn about the complexities of Vietnam and its relations with China. Great delivery. I am very grateful tobe able to listen to this.
Do you still live in Yunnan?
Extremely informative and captivating lecture.
Thank you for sharing this video. VN has always been about the historical emphasis on Occupation and War. Aside, there is also good food. Thanks again for posting.
There's nothing finer than enjoying a lecture by someone who knows what he speaks about
Agree
thank you for story of Vietnam
Thank you very much for this Video prof. I'm grateful to learn more about our Vietnamese history.
Great lecture professor. Your Vietnamese is good as well. You also give me more books to read
Fascinating. Great way to explain the area.
Thank you very much. Good document for Vietnamese look at ourself. Welcome to Vietnam.
+Tung Khuongthanh ou your country always was ruled by chinese fance japanese american
+Siquan Zhu How many wars did china ever win against Vietnam? NONE!!! Ha! We Viets ALWAYS BEAT AND WIN OVER YOU cHINESE! :-)
+ToiYeuYAHWEH true
Wasn't China controlling Vietnam for a thousand years?
Well, I would think that you only get to OCCUPY a land when you beat the people that live there.
Thank you so much, Prof. Young!
Brilliant lecture. Thanks for sharing.
Yes It's true my VN mom is the center of family...even my dad is Thai
That was mesmerising. Thank you for your knowledge.
I don’t agree with everything, but your lecture is great nonetheless 👍
Thank you so much for sharing this.
Hay luôn a iu 😎🤜🤛 Miss u Bro
Quite nice to understand this. I remember my Vietnamese friend were surprised that I understood humbulum and other words.
What's humbulum?
yes, what is humbulum? :) it is baloney in my language
Brilliant. Thank you.
Thank you for posting. Very informative. This lecture discusses the origins of Vietnam and their philosophy according to Prof. Young
This is a very fascinating lecture.
Do you have a bibliography for these lectures?
Thank's prof..yuong tuanle🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰
Just checked the "talent" and the "disaster" words in Vietnamese, I found that "talent" (tai nang) sounds rather similar to "accident" (tai nan) , but "accident" is close t' "disaster" in English, though . The prof is very good, I really enjoy his job here
tài = tài giỏi = talent
năng = kỹ năng, năng khiếu = skills, instinct
when you combine it the word tài năng means skillful, talent, gifted
Tai họa
Tai = tai nạn = accident
Họa = hiểm họa = threats
Tai họa leans more about like karmar or future karmar or disaster
Very informative.
Hard to understand his Vietnamese tho, but that’s expected. Gonna go watch the rest of this lecture. Thanks for the upload!
and he speaks with the South accent, right?
Just a little note, The Shang dynasty and the Xia “City States” were apart of the same family group as the Vietnamese but were not Viet. The Shang and Viet cultural relationship can be expressed as modern day cultural evolution like 50’s america to the 90’s
the Viets being the 50’s and the Shang/Xia states being the 90’s
i think our (American) foreign policy should start with leaving other people the fuck alone
Vietnamese culture, tradition, and history synced seamlessly. I don’t understand what there is to criticize. He explains the Vietnamese political thoughts, social identity, and is even proficient in the language
Where do get these books, I'm actually a priest and I really need old book about phong thủy
Love your lecture… your knowledge of Vietnam on point
Thank you
_/\_ Brilliant !!
HYPNOTIC!!!
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mountain and river is a chinese expression too
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Topic: Ha Nam Ninh province is the birthplace of the Vietnamese King.
History King and Lord of Vietnam. Hometown, the whereabouts of the King, Lord. Vietnam.
Printed paper books are different from e-books, different from internet, different year of publication, different years of editing.
Books written in the 1st century, 2nd century, 3rd century, 8th century, 9th century, 10th century. Books before 14th, 15th, 16th centuries, books before 1977, before 2000 year, write:
-King Ngo Quyen, from Hanoi, from Doai. The ancestors of Ngo Quyen, from Hanoi, Doai, District Giao Chi. Ngo Quyen's origin is from Hanoi, Doai and Giao Chi people. The great-grandfather of Ngo Quyen, from Hanoi, and from Doai. Ngo Quyen's grandfather is from Hanoi, from Doai. Ngo Quyen's father is from Hanoi, from Doai. Ngo Quyen's mother is from Hanoi, from Doai. Northern.
-King Le Hoan, from Ha Nam, from Son Nam. The ancestors of Le Hoan, are of Ha Nam, of Son Nam. Le Hoan's origin is Ha Nam, Son Nam. The great-grandfather of Le Hoan, from Ha Nam, from Son Nam. Le Hoan's grandfather is from Ha Nam, from Son Nam. Le Hoan's father is from Ha Nam, from Son Nam. Le Hoan's mother is from Ha Nam, from Son Nam. Northern.
-King Le Loi, Ha Nam Ninh people and Hoa Binh land, Son Nam origin. The ancestors of Le Loi are from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. The origin of Le Loi is from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Le Loi's great-grandfather, from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Le Loi's grandfather is from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Le Loi's father is from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Le Loi's mother is from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Northern.
- Trinh Lord, Thang Long people, Hanoi. The ancestors of Trinh Lord were Thang Long, Hanoi. The origin of Trinh Lord is Thang Long, Hanoi. Trinh Lord's great-grandfather was Thang Long, Hanoi. Trinh Lord's grandfather was from Thang Long, Hanoi. Trinh Lord's father is from Thang Long, Hanoi. Trinh Lord's mother is from Thang Long, Hanoi. Northern.
- Lord Trinh Kiem, a Hanoian. Trinh Kiem's ancestor was from Hanoi. Trinh Kiem's origins are Hanoians. Trinh Kiem's great-grandfather was from Hanoi. Trinh Kiem's grandfather is from Hanoi. Trinh Kiem's father is from Hanoi. Trinh Kiem's mother is from Hanoi. Northern.
- Lord Trinh Tung, Hanoian. Trinh Tung's ancestor was from Hanoi. Trinh Tung's origin is Hanoi. Trinh Tung's great-grandfather was from Hanoi. Trinh Tung's grandfather is from Hanoi. Trinh Tung's father is from Hanoi. Trinh Tung's mother is from Hanoi. Northern.
- Lord Nguyen, from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. The ancestors of Lord Nguyen were Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. The origin of Lord Nguyen is Ha Nam Ninh, Son Nam. Lord Nguyen's great-grandfather was from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Lord Nguyen's paternal grandfather is from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Lord Nguyen's father is from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Mother of God Nguyen is from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Northern.
-Lord Nguyen Kim, from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Nguyen Kim's ancestor was from Ha Nam Ninh, a native of Son Nam. Nguyen Kim's origin is Ha Nam Ninh, a Son Nam native. Nguyen Kim's ancestor is from Ha Nam Ninh, a native of Son Nam. Nguyen Kim's grandfather is from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Nguyen Kim's father is Ha Nam Ninh, a Son Nam native. Nguyen Kim's mother is from Ha Nam Ninh, a native of Son Nam. Northern.
-Nguyen Hoang Du, from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Nguyen Hoang Du's ancestor was from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Nguyen Hoang Du's origin is from Ha Nam Ninh, a native of Son Nam. Nguyen Hoang Du's great-grandfather was from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Nguyen Hoang Du's grandfather is from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Nguyen Hoang Du's father is from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Nguyen Hoang Du's mother is from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Northern.
-Lord Nguyen Hoang, from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Nguyen Hoang's ancestors were Ha Nam Ninh, a Son Nam native. Nguyen Hoang's origin is Ha Nam Ninh, a Son Nam native. Nguyen Hoang's great-grandfather was Ha Nam Ninh, a Son Nam native. Nguyen Hoang's grandfather is from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Nguyen Hoang's father is from Ha Nam Ninh, from Son Nam. Mother Nguyen Hoang is from Ha Nam Ninh, a native of Son Nam. Northern.
-Bà Triệu King, From Hà Nội, born in Me Linh, Vĩnh Phúc, Hà Nội. Ba Trieu's ancestors are from Hanoi, Me Linh, Vinh Phuc, and Hanoi. Ba Trieu's origin is from Hanoi, Me Linh, Vinh Phuc, and Hanoi. Ba Trieu's ancestor is from Hanoi, Me Linh, Vinh Phuc, Hanoi. Ba Trieu's paternal grandfather is from Hanoi, Me Linh, Vinh Phuc, and Hanoi. Ba Trieu's father is from Hanoi, Me Linh, Vinh Phuc, Hanoi. Mrs. Trieu's mother is from Hanoi, Me Linh, Vinh Phuc, and Hanoi. Northern.
-Mai An Tiêm, From Hà Nội, born in Me Linh, Vĩnh Phúc, Hà Nội hometown. Mai An Tiem's ancestors are from Hanoi, Me Linh, Vinh Phuc, Hanoi province. Mai An Tiem's origin is from Hanoi, Me Linh, Vinh Phuc, Hanoi province. Mai An Tiem's ancestor is from Hanoi, Me Linh, Vinh Phuc, Hanoi province. Mai An Tiem's grandfather is from Hanoi, Me Linh, Vinh Phuc, in Hanoi. Mai An Tiem's father is from Hanoi, Me Linh, Vinh Phuc, Hanoi province. Mai An Tiem's mother is from Hanoi, Me Linh, Vinh Phuc, in Hanoi. Northern.
-The ancients have a saying: King of the North, King of Son Nam land. (The North includes all provinces from Ha Giang province to Ninh Binh, Hoa Binh.). All Kings and Lord are North Vietnamese.
-Thanh Hoa is the central province of Vietnam. not North.
-Not written in Thanh Hoa, not from Thanh Hoa. King and Lord are not Thanh Hoa people.
-Books after 2002, writing, editing, editing years, writing King, Lord is in Thanh Hoa is wrong. The place name is not in Thanh Hoa, the king is not in Thanh Hoa, the king is not from Thanh Hoa.
-The ancients have a saying: King of the North, King of Son Nam land.
-Question: King of Thanh, Lord of Nghe is a incorrected statement and this sentence has appeared on the internet since 2012, 2013. And Thanh Hoa people not corrected, wrote incorrectly. This statement is not correct. King of Thanh, Lord of Nghe, is word incorrectly, the words are incorrect, fabricated.
- The saying: Why Thanh Hoa is the cradle of the Vietnamese King is a fraud, a fabrication. Fabricated, from years 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, when editing books, newspapers. Wrong word.
-The saying: King of Thanh Than of Nghe is a fraud, a fabrication. Fabricated, from years 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, when editing books, newspapers. Wrong word.
-The saying: The reliable Nghe Than God is a fraud, a fabrication. Fabricated, from years 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, when editing books, newspapers. Wrong word.
-The book written, edited, edited in the year of publication is wrong, it is wrong to write King as a Thanh Hoa. The book was written in 2002 year, after 2003 year, it is incorrect to write that the hometown of Thanh Hoa, not Thanh Hoa, the hometown is not Thanh Hoa, not Thanh Hoa. Edited the King's hometown. King is not Thanh Hóa hometown. Add words, remove words.
-Has been typed, it is not correct to say that Thanh Hoa is edited. Therefore, Thanh Hoa should not be named, Trinh Kiem is not Thanh Hoa. These are Thanh Hoa people claiming to be, but not correct. In the 20th and 21st centuries, the street was named, the commune name was just naming the celebrity, there was a name everywhere, but not the place of birth. Trinh Kiem is a North Vietnamese. Books, electronic newspapers that read information on the internet since 2004, 2005, and 2006, after that, it is wrong to write Thanh Hoa's hometown. Thang Long Citadel, the suburbs of Thang Long, Hanoi, has many Trinh family names. The origins and ancestors of the Trinh family are many.
-Printed paper books differ from e-books, internet, different year of publication. printed books in the 15th and 16th centuries, before 2000, without writing Thanh Hoa's hometown, the name of the place was not Thanh Hoa, the e-book, the internet after 2002, was knocked out, read as Thanh Hóa, Lam Son, Lam Giang is not correct. Therefore, it is not advisable to write the name Thanh Hóa. Lê Lợi is not from Thanh Hóa. These are Thanh Hoa people claiming to be, but not correct. In the 20th and 21st centuries, the street was named, the commune name was just naming a celebrity, there was a name everywhere, but not the place of birth. Le Loi is from the North of Vietnam, books and electronic newspapers read information on the internet since 2004, 2005, and 2006, and later write that Lam Son Thanh Hoa's hometown is wrong, Lam Giang is different from Lam Son. Le Loi, Trinh Kiem, Trinh Tung, Nguyen Kim, Nguyen Hoang, Nguyen Hoang Du, not from Thanh Hoa, are from the North.
If only there were captions but very nice other than that.
Nice to have Vietnam history NOT about the American-Vietnam war alone.
Viet Nam is now a Chinese capitalism colony. 2019.
I think Vietnam communism is more of a socialist capitalist while China is capitalist+totalitarian
Ngu xuẩn .Stupid babbling
the starting point was completely wrong! The "bai yue", e.g. 百越，means hundreds tribes of “yue” people who lived in the south of china, not particularly the people living in the north of Vietnam.
You haven't payed good attention, he said that they were ALL the people southward from the Yangtze river, including the north of today's Vietnam.
Baiyue is Bách Việt in Vietnamese. Which means the hundreds of Việt. And Chinese people now has a high amount of Việt descendents. Accept it. You maybe Việt people.
Chinese never listen properly.... only talk and claim something thats not even correct. That's the reason why the whole world hate you.
@@damiann4734 it is very cheap to judge someone like that... clearly you were brainwashed by west media telling you the whole word hates us
Informative and interesting, but not completely accurate.
Internet says art of face reading is a Chinese thing.
How do we really spell 'geomancy' - oh,got it:)
Matrifocal society *not matriarchal , Kmer ppl as well from cc 1:01:30
Please has sub title in vietnamese
Prof. Stephen said "Vietnamese don't like the communists, hence vietnam war" is too simplistic.
that is something i can't agree with, his statement can lead to a big misunderstanding because when he said that he also assumed that people from the north or people who had been communist sympathizers were not Vietnamese. It was a war for political power, it's has nothing to do with story like Vietnamese culture rejecting a Western ideology
I think it's true. Even Ho Chi Minh only cared about nation, not the communism. He was even punished by the 3rd world because of being too nationalist.
There's a lot of loaded language in this lecture along with some very interesting points.
'Communism is foreign, therefore it caused the Vietnamese War' ... What ? Weren't the Vietnamese trying to overthrow their French colonial oppressors. Didn't the US panic and refuse the Vietnamese their own autonomy ?
Buddhism is also a foreign ideology, originating in India, yet has been pretty established for centuries in Vietnam. Where's the logical consistency ?
It was a Buddhist vs Uncle Tom war
free lance He said Vietnamese are very individualistic and believe ppl taking what their mothers bestowed (“matrifocal”) upon them violates their tradition and why Communism is NOT widely accepted in Vietnam. Plus he’s not on modern Vietnamese history yet, there’s SIX parts if you haven’t noticed. If you gonna talk shit, at least watch the whole video you uncultured backwater DIPSHIT.
Sir, Vietnamese and Chinese are very very close in everything. Similar culture, traditions and celebrate the same New Year calendar. Unlike the rest of southeast Asian Thailand, Lao, Burma and Cambodia these four countries have everything similar and celebrate the same New Year calendar.
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Vietnam was not one country back then. It was Annam and Champa, two separate kingdoms who war against each other a lot.
annam is some kind of chinese call us ....our ancient kingdom named DaiViet or Dai Co Viet wich mean Great Viet....and in vietnam teritory nowaday not just land of champa ...some land of cambodia to the south ..land of jarai kingdom has been conquered as well as champa ....in the north is DaiLich ..of Nung ethnic and north west some land of DaLi taken by war in ancient
cHAMPA has nothing to do with vietnam its a different country like cambodia or thailand, vietnam just occupied it and took the territory
Dan Toc Sinh Ton- Dan= mean the people, Toc= mean the tribes, Sinh = mean to be born, Ton= mean to survival or to die. this guy is not telling the Vietnam history accuracy. but is the best way of his knowledge. there are some information is correct and some is not correct. well I understand because he is not GOD.
VIET-NAM CONG-HOA MUON NAM!!
Amen.
anywhere you can buy those face reading books he's talking about? haha
see and share to writing
With all respect, but author makes a bit dishonest remarks
First of all, Han Chinese were formed under Han dynasty, so it doesn’t mean that ancient Hexagram doesn’t belong to Han (they didn’t exist) those people who created Hexagrams could become part of China in near future and be assimilated.
Second, idea of nation, of differential was created in relatively close period of time.
Idea of Middle Kingdom was adopted by China in 20th century, before it was more like part of mythology.
Vietnam itself was colonised by France together with Cambodia, which did not make much difference for French people
Modern Vietnamese historical narrative may try to use Old complicated relations with China in order to show “opposition” of Vietnamese and Chinese (which is more ideological than objective way)
I have respect for Prof Young, but his knowledge/info about ancient Viet history come from "Tran Trong Kim" book. Tran Trong Kim translation "Bình Ngô đại cáo" is wrong which for somehow China colonize Viet for 1K years and even China history never said this. It was Viet colonize China-Wu and call it as Bach-Viet, it was China copy the dragon, etc. Please look into Professor HOÀNG ĐỨC PHƯƠNG UA-cam, with 30+ years of research from Paris to Peking/etc. to give back the proper history to Viet.
This guy is lecturing politics more than true history. Not qualified to speak honestly. Sorry that not many books are available about Vietnam history. All books are explaining events after French conquered Vietnam. We better check with China writings on Vietnam and Vietnam's writings on itself. Compare both then we will get a better idea on history of this country. Unfortunately Vietnam does not have its own writings .
How can they?? I mean the viet was under Chinese colonization for over a thousand year buddy .
Funny part is Vietnamese isn't Chinese.
There native tongues is Mon khom aka Khmer.
lol Vietnam do have it own writing it call Nom + if you wan to learn about Vietnam history you can go to Vietnam and hired a transleter buy a book and ask him to made it to English vv there are plenty of book about Vietnam history in Vietnamese or if you wan a simple history version ( not 100% full but enough ) buy a Vietnamese history book for student from class 1 - 12
eddies6699, both chinese and vietnamese communist governments don't speak the truth. They only allow text book twit in their favor. Specially Beijing want evil influence the whole region they will lie, lie, lie about the truth. But they can never erase it.
The bone writing of Chinese, has something to do with the very first script of Vietnam. Sadly, the Chinese destroyed that system of Vietnam. A crime. Chinese did a lot of crimes.
@@longdang1119 Evil china must be divided into 1,000 smaller pieces for the sake of all of mankind. The mere existence of china is a crime against humanity.
The only people who watch this are vietnamese or accidentaly clicked on it while trying to click not interested
I just saw a BBC program about the history of Wales and was hoping this was a similar kind of program about Vietnam..... sadly it isn't. He throws a lot of facts in a bucket, shake it and ad his very political sauce.... I guess he just doesn’t understand how indoctrinated he is with the hate against the communism.
He’s talking about something very Vietnamese and then the communism, which was not Vietnamese, came from Europe ....and so on.
Two things: one of the founders of the French communist party was a certain Ho Chi Minh ...hé? a Vietnamese ? Yes... one of his famous sayings was that you did not have to explain what communism is to Vietnamese farmers (the biggest part of the Vietnamese) because they practice the communism already for a long long time... due to the harvest of the rice there was already communism.
The other thing is.....the South of Vietnam in the forties.... I do have a very interesting book written by a catholic priest who was living and working in Vietnam at that time. He explained how the catholic church was very active against the communist party, especial with distributing a lot of lies.
When you talk about the communism is coming from Europe, forgetting to mention that Ho Chi Minh was one of the founders and you do not mention that at that time Vietnam was occupied by the French and that the catholic church had an immense influence...
I’m sorry but that is unacceptable, that is giving so called historic facts to create an image that fits with the political vision of the lecturer. That is why he’s bringing a lot of facts without any structure so it is very difficult to see what the relevance is of those facts.
I advice everybody who’s looking at this video to read “The Quiet American” written by Graham Green, who was for sure no lefty but just a great reporter. It is about the forties and the fifties in Vietnam, how the American cia - after first helping Ho Chi Minh, under influence of that complete idiot McCarthy, start to fight against the ‘communist’ danger. Ho Chi Minh was building up Vietnam as a copy of the US! With the same rules and rights....but the US, who was with words against colonialism, preferred to support the French occupying Vietnam.
At the end the US lost, otherwise there would now be four Korea’s.
Yes, the Vietnamese communist have done a lot wrong, Ho Chi Minh apologized or the fact that his army had killed innocent Vietnamese people (did the Americans do this?) and when they came to liberate the South...they saw it was much richer than the North...half a million of prostitutes without work because the US army was gone.... a bit like Luc Xi in Ha Noi. They also didn't know who to trust and that also lead to a lot a very wrong things and needles killing.
But by introducing this topic like he does is Young creating already an imaging from which the viewer will make an interpretation of what is to come. It is a typical American tactic to push and promote their political view without honestly telling what they are doing.
Yes, he knows a lot.... but you can start also with reading “Saigon” written by Anthony Grey, www.goodreads.com/book/show/2967419-saigon.
Then you will understand why it is so fake or at least one-sided what Young is telling here about this time....
Just keep in mind that he's an American....at 9/11 several Saudi's did killed a lot of Americans ... but the Saudi sell oil...so who cares? Trump goes dancing with the founders of the Taliban, the founders of all the dangerous Muslim fanatic ...he don't care as long as he can sell hotels..
And the majority of the American politicians let him do...
This Young guy present himself as a pro motor of Vietnam... but there's an old saying: "If the fox preaches the passion, just do not farm your chickens"
He's telling a lot, but a lot of what he's telling is easy to refute... but he's good in making it all diffuse ...and yes he knows a lot ..
But I do not feel comfortable when he start to compare the social effect of what the Japanese did with their Kimono and what the Vietnamese did with their Ao Dai. To compare thos two dresses without telling that the Kimono dates from the 7th century and the Ao Dai from the 18th century there's 1100 year between them....I think everybody does understand that those societies were completely different...and also the importance of clothing.
But by just telling the Kimono...and the Ao Day ...most of the viewers have no idea and they think...waaw he knows a lot. I just read a book about the Ao Day and this dress has nothing to do with a Kimono besides that both were dresses for Asian woman.
This is just one example....he's constantly doing this ...creating an imago....
it's sad...but it is fake..
Meanwhile there's a real great series about the American war in Vietnam, made by Americans and it shows very clearly what an incredible dirty political games was played by the American government. ua-cam.com/video/HhP8XmSn3CQ/v-deo.html
Also strange that he mention on 16:20, after presenting the Vietnamese government as puppets of the Chinese, that there is a degree of influence and that is remarkable. Sure, for people who doesn't know anything about Vietnam, but what he does with this remark is a dirty suggestion to support his vision.
But anybody can just have a look, first at how the Vietnamese create a great part of their so important rice harvest, and next to the geographical situation of Vietnam...how remarkable!!! the two biggest rivers that makes those great rice harvest possible...where do they have their sources?....how remarkable!! it looks like it is in China!!!
So when the Chinese decide that they need those rivers for their energy sources....what do you think will happens with the harvests and the economy of Vietnam????
Well mr prof. Stephen Young, it appears that there is a very simple reason why the Vietnamese government have to be so friendly to China .... you know that, but you do not mention it because you prefer to present the Vietnamese government as puppets from China.
As they say: You can have your own opinion (you do not like communists), but you cannot have your own facts.
Great analysis ...
I agree with this analysis. Young's idea of Vietnamese culture is deeply nationalistic, and minimizes the common elements it shares with the Chinese and other cultures in the same region.
Young has deep knowledge of Vietnam and its culture and history. The intellectual framework he uses to understand it is flawed, though.
i am Vietnamese living in the capital Hanoi and I agree with this! You are a very well educated person!
@@TuNguyen-yx5ow I used to live for a few years in Ha Noi ... a short time in HCMC and several years in Da Nang... miss them all, for now the problem is to get at least a three month visa..
Meanwhile I'm reading Viet Thanh Nguyen in the wrong order, I first read the Committed and now the The Sympathizer which is the first book .... there's a reason why his books are rewarded so often ..
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viet_Thanh_Nguyen
I'm not really educated, I just love to read... and sometimes to do crazy things like building a water puppet theatre for children years ago in the Netherlands. Viet Nam Cultural Exchange recently published three videos about it, in the first one I talk about the history of the WPT .... well, as I think it was..ua-cam.com/video/j2duvDkQDRU/v-deo.html
It's not viet its pronounced yeak meaning giant in ancient sankirt. Over time yeak=Viet.
+KMYx215 ANGKORIAN Wow! I didn't know this. Can you please tell me more about his?
he a Khmer Cambodian nationalist lol he talk trash shit
Vietnamese maybe influenced a lot by Sanskrit. Afterall, Vietnam is really close to Indian cultures. But the word Yue and the word Yeak, which word is Việt?
This guy's lecture is just a lot of political Western thought, mixed with anti communismm. Individualism my foot, just his romantic view of Vietnam tells a lot already about the lecture.
I live in China. China is as communist as Belgium. In other words its not communist. I dont know ab outvietnam but it does not appear to be a socialist country either. Laos I know. And again certainly not socialist. Just a name. Means nothing.
North China had no big turtle, so blablabla
"SH was in the state of Wu" this H. edu'd guy needs some sense of History...
He made some serious mistakes in the first five minutes that I doubt the validity of his lecture. For instance, almost a third of Han dynasty's land is south of Yangtze River, expanding all the way to the south coast. I also can't understand his Chinese.
唐晓棠 no. South of the Yangzi (Dương Tử) belonged to Viet people. The name Yue (Việt) means "across the river".
Maybe you don't understand English well. He said Han civilization started in the North of Yangzi river while the Yue ( Viet in Vietnamese) civilization started in the South of Yangzi river extending to North Vietnam. Han called those tribes Baiyue ( Bach Viet in Vietnamese) for 100 Yue tribes. After Han invasion, all the Yue land and people were under Han rule for 1000 years until the Yue people living in North Vietnam fought for independence.
Do you speak da England?
Does he also know that the Vietnamese defeated the Mongols three times in the 13th century?
Stephen Young is just a low-ranking psychological soldier in a stupid war that was a complete and humiliating defeat for the Americans in Vietnam.