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Potential Trade Effects of Adding Vietnam to the Generalized System of Preferences Program (open access)

Potential Trade Effects of Adding Vietnam to the Generalized System of Preferences Program

Report that looks at the effects of adding Vietnam to the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) as a "developing country."
Date: August 14, 2012
Creator: Jones, Vivian C. & Martin, Michael F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Veterans Affairs: Health Care and Benefits for Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange (open access)

Veterans Affairs: Health Care and Benefits for Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange

This report provides an overview of health care services and disability compensation benefits available to Vietnam veterans, Children of Vietnam Era veterans, and non-Vietnam veterans exposed to herbicides. This is followed by a discussion of litigation pertaining to Navy veterans of the Vietnam Era who served offshore and were never physically present on Vietnamese soil. The report concludes with a discussion of epidemiologic research conducted to study the health effects of Agent Orange and dioxin exposure on Vietnam veterans.
Date: August 25, 2008
Creator: Panangala, Sidath Viranga & Weimer, Douglas Reid
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Vietnam Economic and Trade Relations: Issues for the 113th Congress (open access)

U.S.-Vietnam Economic and Trade Relations: Issues for the 113th Congress

This report examines the bilateral trade issues between United States and Vietnam, discussing their main elements and exploring their potential implications for the 113th Congress.
Date: August 13, 2014
Creator: Martin, Michael F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Prisoners of War in Indochina, 1971-1972: Legal Issues, Policies, and Initiatives of Major Parties to the Conflict and Efforts to Secure Release (open access)

Prisoners of War in Indochina, 1971-1972: Legal Issues, Policies, and Initiatives of Major Parties to the Conflict and Efforts to Secure Release

This report discuses U.S. prisoners of war in Vietnam and nearby countries such as Cambodia and Laos and efforts to secure their release.
Date: August 22, 1972
Creator: Christopher, Luella Sue
System: The UNT Digital Library
Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange and U.S.-Vietnam Relations (open access)

Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange and U.S.-Vietnam Relations

This report examines various estimates of the effects of Agent Orange on Vietnam's people and environment, the history of U.S. policy on the issue, the current cleanup efforts in Vietnam, the various forms of assistance—including U.S. assistance—provided to people with medical conditions associated with dioxin exposure, and the implications for bilateral relations. It concludes with a brief discussion of possible congressional responses to the issue.
Date: August 29, 2012
Creator: Martin, Michael F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Vietnam Relations in 2010: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy (open access)

U.S.-Vietnam Relations in 2010: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy

This report looks at issues that impact the relationship between the U.S. and Vietnam such as: goals and interests by both countries in a bilateral relationship, economic and trade issues, human rights, U.S. foreign assistance to Vietnam, and recent Vietnamese political events.
Date: August 6, 2010
Creator: Manyin, Mark E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Vietnam PNTR Status and WTO Accession: Issues and Implications for the United States (open access)

Vietnam PNTR Status and WTO Accession: Issues and Implications for the United States

Report discussing the role of the United States regarding the status of trade relations with Vietnam after its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The report focuses on the issue of most-favored-nation (MFN) status, or normal trade relations (NTR) which conflicts with Title IV of the Trade Act of 1974. There is an overview of U.S.-Vietnam economic relations the Jackson-Vanik Amendment and Vietnam's NTR status, the WTO accession process in relation to Vietnam's status, the significance of the issues for both Vietnam and the United States, as well as other political and economic issues.
Date: August 2, 2006
Creator: Manyin, Mark E.; Cooper, William H. & Gelb, Bernard A.
System: The UNT Digital Library