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Viet
[ vee-et, vyet ]
noun
- South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of Viet1
Example Sentences
Bowman was a “tunnel rat” sent as point man into the Viet Cong’s network of tunnels.
Dang Xuan Teo, one of several former North Vietnamese soldiers and Viet Cong interviewed in the docuseries, recalls how he disguised himself as a shoeshine boy to scout details for an attack on the U.S.
Huan Nguyen watched as his entire family was slaughtered by the Viet Cong; later, after a Viet Cong captain was assassinated in the streets — captured in Eddie Adams’ famous photo — he was told by the killer that this captain was responsible for the massacre of his family.
That’s why he took a month to return a call from a source alerting him to the Viet America contracts — “I almost missed this tip, actually,” he sheepishly admitted.
After reviewing thousands of pages of documents, Gerda published a story in November detailing how Do voted to award millions of dollars in county contracts to the Viet America Society without revealing it was headed by his daughter, Rhiannon.
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