Vietnamese Quotes

Yours was the 10,000-day war born of the Vietnamese's desire to be free and fueled by communist ideology. You met the call of duty, shouldered your burdens and returned with valor, courage and commitment. We respect, admire and thank you. - Frank Anderson

You remember all those phrases about how hese people - Asians - don't value human life like we do. Well if you spend any time around them, you discover that they love their children just as much as we love ours. That is certainly true of the Vietnamese. - Neil Sheehan

When foreign investors enter Vietnam, they must follow the country's labor rules. If they don't, the Vietnamese government has the responsibility to enforce the law or expel the company. The government has to protect the worker. The unions that represent workers in factories of foreign and joint-stock companies are weak. They don't have the strength to stand up to the management. - Long Nguyen

When eating a fruit, think of the person who planted the tree. - Vietnamese Proverb

What we asked for were weapons so that we could defend ourselves -- that's what we asked of the Soviet Union, of the socialist countries of Eastern Europe, of the Algerians, of the Vietnamese; and that's what we received so that we could arm the Nicaraguan people and defend ourselves in that war imposed on us by Ronald Reagan's Administration over a number of years. - Daniel Ortega

What they fear, I think rightly, is that traditional Vietnamese society cannot survive the American economic and cultural impact. - J. William Fulbright

We moved in to help the Vietnamese defend their country and confront the Viet Cong. - William Westmoreland

We just had two Vietnamese students who matriculated here to complete the program. And when they receive their BCC degree, they can transfer to a state university for their four-year degree. - David Moore

We have blacks and whites, Jews and Arabs, Serbs and Croats, and Filipinos and Vietnamese here. At the end of the day, everyone is each other's brother. - Bobby Slayton

We chose family because it was something important to us growing up. Especially in Vietnamese culture, family is extremely important because they are the ones who are always there and really drive you. Vietnamese Americans don't always know about culture, but everyone can relate to the experience of family. - Judy Luong