Vietnam
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Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, is a country on the eastern edge of Mainland Southeast Asia. It covers about 331,000 square kilometres, has a population of more than 102 million, and borders China, Laos, and Cambodia; its long eastern and southern coastline faces the South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand.
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Mentions of Vietnam per 1,000 mentions of anything, 7-day rolling, culture & entertainment.
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| Day | Share (7-day) | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 3 | 2.06‰ | 1 |
| Aug 20 | 0.35‰ | 1 |
| Aug 24 | 0.72‰ | 1 |
| Aug 27 | 0.70‰ | 1 |
| Sep 15 | 0.38‰ | 1 |
| Sep 22 | 0.40‰ | 1 |
| Sep 24 | 0.68‰ | 1 |
| Sep 28 | 0.79‰ | 1 |
| Sep 29 | 0.85‰ | 1 |
| Oct 1 | 1.02‰ | 1 |
| Oct 6 | 0.72‰ | 1 |
| Oct 8 | 0.73‰ | 1 |
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Vietnam appears in war memories, film discussions, and development comparisons
The Shawn Ryan Show discusses Vietnam through military experience, including James Lechner’s account of Bill Garrison’s Phoenix Program background and other guests’ family or training references.[1][2][3]
The Rewatchables connects Vietnam to films: Chris Ryan says Hooper linked The Texas Chain Saw Massacre to being lied to by the government, while Rambo discussions place the character’s violence in South Vietnam.[4][5]
The Rewatchables also mentions Vietnam while listing places where Rambo killed, making it part of a broader movie-character discussion rather than a standalone historical argument.[6]
On The Ezra Klein Show, Bill Gates names Vietnam as a growing middle-income country whose childhood death rate is within a factor of 3 of the US, contrasting it with low-income countries.[7]
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- 1.The Shawn Ryan Show · #346 James Lechner - Army Ranger Recounts the Battle of Mogadishu: Black Hawk DownJames Lechner · Oct 8 · Listen at 17:45 ↗
“Absolutely an icon. And I think he's a Texas native, too, but definitely an icon. He'd been in the Phoenix program in Vietnam. So when I worked for him, he was the JSOC commander and the overall general officer in command of us in Mogadishu”
- 2.The Shawn Ryan Show · #344 Dusty Slay - Moon Landing Conspiracies, Flat Earth, Aliens and the NephilimDustin Slay · Oct 1 · Listen at 2:39:09 ↗
“said, you know, I, I, uh, you know, I recently found out that like, like my, my dad was born in 1947, but he was the youngest of, of his siblings, and his dad was born in 1900. And that, uh, my dad was drafted for Vietnam but had— he had a”
- 3.The Shawn Ryan Show · #343 Jimmy Watson - John McAfee's Bodyguard Reveals the Dead Man's SwitchJimmy Watson · Sep 28 · Listen at 24:15 ↗
“He was a crop duster for years, a preacher, a judge, a Texas judge. And he was in the Army during Vietnam. But, but he, he was never in Vietnam during Vietnam, '68, '69, I think, for 2 years. And then he got out on a farming hardship. He sa”
- 4.The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris RyanChris Ryan · Oct 6 · Listen at 24:23 ↗
“One other thing Hooper said, he was like, the film you're about to see is true. It was a response to being lied by the government about Watergate, '73 oil crisis, the recession, Vietnam. Again, I'm not positive I believe this. I think it ma”
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