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Independence, Freedom, and Happiness in Vietnam?

Our Correspondent
Sep 01, 2012
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It is almost 67 years to the day when the Vietnamese Declaration of Independence was revealed on September 2, 1945. The document served to announce, without doubt, Vietnam as a free and independent nation, no longer subject to French or Japanese rule.

Among the first words written are, “All men are created equal; they are endowed by their Creator with ce…

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