Tag Archives: Vietnam

If You Want To Fly Quantas, You Pay For It

Posted on October 15, 2024 by nathanalbright

I first saw the Vietjet planes when I was landing into Ho Chih Minh City, on a Vietnam Airlines flight that had begun in Hanoi, gone to Vientiane (where I got onto the flight), and then going on to Phnom … Continue reading →

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Barbie And The Nine-Dash Line

Posted on July 5, 2023 by nathanalbright

Whatever success the upcoming Barbie film is going to have in the box office is going to have to depend on countries outside of Vietnam. According to reports, the film has been banned in Vietnam for containing a forbidden image, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Quiet American

Posted on July 30, 2018 by nathanalbright

The Quiet American, by Graham Greene This is the book where Graham Greene makes his anti-American feeling all too obvious, alas, to be comfortable to those who are genuinely patriotic.  This book is the sort of book that is most … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Political Incorrect Guide To The Vietnam War

Posted on July 2, 2018 by nathanalbright

The Politically Incorrect Guide To The Vietnam War, by Phillip Jennings I have read one book in this series previously [1], and because one of my frequent online readers suggested a book in the series, I decided somewhat on a … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Compelling Conversations: Speaking Exercises For Vietnamese Learners Of English

Posted on June 2, 2018 by nathanalbright

Compelling Conversations:  Speaking Exercises For Vietnamese Learners Of English, by Teresa X. Nguyen & Eric H. Roth [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by Chimayo Press.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] From time to time [1], … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Last Plane Out Of Saigon

Posted on December 31, 2017 by nathanalbright

Last Plane Out Of Saigon, by Richard Pena and John Hagan [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by Books Go Social/Net Gallery.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] The author’s claim to fame is being among the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Compelling Conversations: Questions & Quotations For Advanced Vietnamese English Language Learners—Volume 1

Posted on June 3, 2014 by nathanalbright

Compelling Conversations: Questions & Quotations For Advanced Vietnamese English Language Learners—Volume 1, by Eric H. Roth & Toni Aberson [Note: This book was provided free of charge by the author in exchange for an honest review.] As is the case … Continue reading →

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Let Slip The Dogs Of War: Crisis In The Spratly Islands

Posted on May 12, 2012 by nathanalbright

Right now China and the Philippines are engaging in a diplomacy of brinksmanship that is threatening open warfare in the South China Sea over an uninhabited group of islands that are claimed by half a dozen nations. The islands would … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Headlines In History: The 1900’s

Posted on March 3, 2011 by nathanalbright

Headlines In History:  The 1900’s, by James Miller, Bonnie Szumski, and Scott Barbour, editors This volume is definitely a disappointing end to an excellent series.  Instead of the excellence reached by most other volumes of this series [1] [2] [3] … Continue reading →

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