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Viet

[ vee-et, vyet ]

noun

  1. South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.


adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Viet1

First recorded in 1955–60; by shortening
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Example Sentences

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Bowman was a “tunnel rat” sent as point man into the Viet Cong’s network of tunnels.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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