Girl was born and raised in Australia and then spent the last few years in Korea. I doubt she knows/cares about the Vietnamese political climate.
I love this, this issue has a lot of nuances, and both sides were bad, but the north won. The winners write history, vietnamese ppl, especially the youth who never experienced the war but was educated under the current government of vietnam, have a really dualist non-nuanced point of view of the situation. For them wishing for a democratic Vietnam is being a traitor and against the government. But just like the beginning of South Korea, the government of South Vietnam was authoritarian right-wing. In contrast, the government of North Vietnam was authoritarian but left-wing. The problem here is less about the ideology and more about the fact that Vietnam is still under a dictatorship nowadays, and naturally, people who are educated in Vietnam will learn to consider the other side as the enemy mentality.
Display MoreThat’s the northern and communist perspective you speak of.
While I agree that it’s context, there’s even more context to it than the communists would tell you about. South Vietnam wanted to be free from the communist rule that was present in the North at the time; they saw it as oppressive and unjust to their way of life.
The French government and U.S. government had their own agendas for being involved during the war, but none of it was for the greater good of the Vietnamese people.
When the war was lost and communism took over, many Vietnamese refugees felt the Vietnam they knew of was gone, hence why they represent the southern flag. It’s a sentiment of loss and resentment, similar to the concept of han in South Korean culture. Interestingly, the Vietnamese word “hận” means “hate” or “resentment.” Asian languages have many shared words, albeit with slight variations.
Me, I think war is brutal and the violence is senseless. People are really fighting and dying in wars for the selfish agendas of egotistical men.
Hanni is doing a great job representing Vietnam, South Korea, and the entirety of Asia. In the K-pop world, she’s putting on for Southeast Asians. To a lesser extent, also Australia if you want to consider that. As an Asian person in the West, I just want to see my Asian brothers and sisters thrive and unite. We’re blessed to have someone as talented, hardworking, down-to-earth, and charismatic as Hanni representing us.
Display MoreThat’s the northern and communist perspective you speak of.
While I agree that it’s context, there’s even more context to it than the communists would tell you about. South Vietnam wanted to be free from the communist rule that was present in the North at the time; they saw it as oppressive and unjust to their way of life.
The French government and U.S. government had their own agendas for being involved during the war, but none of it was for the greater good of the Vietnamese people.
When the war was lost and communism took over, many Vietnamese refugees felt the Vietnam they knew of was gone, hence why they represent the southern flag. It’s a sentiment of loss and resentment, similar to the concept of han in South Korean culture. Interestingly, the Vietnamese word “hận” means “hate” or “resentment.” Asian languages have many shared words, albeit with slight variations.
Me, I think war is brutal and the violence is senseless. People are really fighting and dying in wars for the selfish agendas of egotistical men.
Hanni is doing a great job representing Vietnam, South Korea, and the entirety of Asia. In the K-pop world, she’s putting on for Southeast Asians. To a lesser extent, also Australia if you want to consider that. As an Asian person in the West, I just want to see my Asian brothers and sisters thrive and unite. We’re blessed to have someone as talented, hardworking, down-to-earth, and charismatic as Hanni representing us.
