{"id":80527,"date":"2018-08-28T21:23:14","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T03:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=80527"},"modified":"2018-08-28T05:01:40","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T12:01:40","slug":"vietnamese-people-are-so-united-and-think-like-one-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2018\/08\/28\/vietnamese-people-are-so-united-and-think-like-one-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnamese people are so united and think like one nation \u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Dr Sarath Obeysekera<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dba\u0da7\u0dca\u0db1\u0dcf\u0db8 &#8211; \u0dbd\u0d82\u0d9a\u0dcf \u0dc0\u0dd9\u0dc5\u0dd9\u0db3\u0dcf\u0db8 \u0da9\u0ddc\u0dbd\u0dbb\u0dca \u0db6\u0dd2\u0dbd\u0dd2\u0dba\u0db1\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dca \u0daf\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dcf \u0d89\u0dc4\u0dc5 \u0db1\u0dd0\u0d82\u0dc0\u0dd3\u0db8\u0da7 \u0d85\u0dc0\u0db0\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dba\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 27 08 2018\u00a0\u00a0&#8211; 20:20\u00a0\u00a0&#8211; 153 views\u00a0\u00a0&#8211; \u0dbb\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0db1\u0dca \u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dc1\u0dca\u200d\u0dba\u0db4\u0dc1\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dd3 \u0dbd\u0d82\u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dc0 \u0dc3\u0dc4 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dba\u0da7\u0dca\u0db1\u0dcf\u0db8\u0dba \u0d85\u0dad\u0dbb \u0daf\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0db4\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dca\u0dc1\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0d9a \u0dc0\u0dd9\u0dc5\u0dd9\u0db3\u0dcf\u0db8 2020 \u0dc0\u0db1 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0da7 \u0d85\u0db8\u0dd9\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dd4 \u0da9\u0ddc\u0dbd\u0dbb\u0dca \u0db6\u0dd2\u0dbd\u0dd2\u0dba\u0db1\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dca \u0daf\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dcf \u0d89\u0dc4\u0dc5 \u0db1\u0dd0\u0d82\u0dc0\u0dd3\u0db8 \u0dc3\u0db3\u0dc4\u0dcf \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0db1\u0dca\u0dad\u0dbb \u0dc3\u0dcf\u0d9a\u0da0\u0dca\u0da1\u0dcf \u0dc3\u0dc4 \u0dc3\u0dd0\u0dbd\u0dc3\u0dd4\u0db8\u0dca \u0d9a\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0dba\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dca\u0db8\u0d9a \u0d9a\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dd3\u0db8\u0dda \u0d85\u0dc0\u0dc1\u0dca\u200d\u0dba\u0dad\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0dba \u0db4\u0dd2\u0dc5\u0dd2\u0db6\u0db3\u0dc0 \u0daf\u0dd9\u0dbb\u0da7\u0dda \u0d85\u0dc0\u0db0\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dba \u0dba\u0ddc\u0db8\u0dd4\u0dc0 \u0dad\u0dd2\u0db6\u0dda.\u0dc1\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dd3 \u0dbd\u0d82\u0d9a\u0dcf \u0d85\u0d9c\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dcf\u0db8\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dca\u200d\u0dba \u0dbb\u0db1\u0dd2\u0dbd\u0dca \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0db8\u0dc3\u0dd2\u0d82\u0dc4 \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dad\u0dcf \u0dc3\u0dc4 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dba\u0da7\u0dca\u0db1\u0dcf\u0db8\u0dba\u0dda \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dba\u0ddd\u0da2\u0dca\u200d\u0dba \u0d85\u0d9c\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dcf\u0db8\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dca\u200d\u0dba \u0dc3\u0dc4 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0daf\u0dda\u0dc1 \u0d9a\u0da7\u0dba\u0dd4\u0dad\u0dd4 \u0d85\u0db8\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dca\u200d\u0dba \u0dc6\u0dcf\u0db8\u0dca \u0db6\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca \u0db8\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dad\u0dcf \u0d85\u0dad\u0dbb \u0db4\u0dd0\u0dc0\u0dd0\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0dc3\u0dcf\u0d9a\u0da0\u0dca\u0da1\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0dda\u0daf\u0dd3 \u0db8\u0dda \u0db4\u0dd2\u0dc5\u0dd2\u0db6\u0db3\u0dc0 \u0d85\u0dc0\u0db0\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dba \u0dba\u0ddc\u0db8\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dba.<\/p>\n<p>When the Prime Minister presented the National Export Strategy ( NES) he mentioned how Vietnam overtook Sri Lanka in a short span in the field of Export Earning .<\/p>\n<p>My colleague who is doing business in Vietnam tells me that permission to start a export business is so fast and efficient, He blends perfume in Vietnam and brings then to Sri Lanka as the Ethyl Alcohol is freely available and cheap .<\/p>\n<p>Vietnamese do not \u00a0consume hard liquor much \u00a0hence Ethyl Alcohol is hardly used but they consume lot of beer .<\/p>\n<p>( This may be the reason why Mangala wanted Sri Lankan to be beer loving nation !)<\/p>\n<p>During my days in Soviet Union I was studying for a first degree in Petroleum Resources Exploration in the Moscow State University. We had so many small made Vietnamese students who were always moving together as a team .Lack of English knowledge has limited much conversation until they were fluent in Russian language. ( some spoke French as it was a French Colony)<\/p>\n<p>All of them had a photo of Ho Chi Min in the room<\/p>\n<p>They hardly had wild parties with Vodka like liquor-loving Sri Lankans, and also quite studious .I was living in a new apartment block on the 11<sup>th<\/sup> floor and right above my room, there were some Vietnamese students .<\/p>\n<p>One day I kept hearing a noise from the up stair room in the night, and the noise was so irritating and disturbing.<\/p>\n<p>I ran upstairs and opened their door and found that two\/ three small made viet-boys were playing with a steel disc\u00a0 ( from a dumb bell),rotating it on the wooden floor and let it go .The disc kept rotating spirally for few minutes generating an annoying noise and fell flat on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>I shouted at them and asked them to stop the annoying action and came down cursing.<\/p>\n<p>After few minutes\u00a0\u00a0 they started the same noise .<\/p>\n<p>I was furious and ran upstairs and dashed opened the door.<\/p>\n<p>Alas !!, a bucket \u00a0was kept on the top of the door ,which poured onto me as soon as \u00a0I opened the door and soaked me with ice cold water !<\/p>\n<p>There were none in the room.<\/p>\n<p>They say that Vietkongs were quite skilled in deceiving Americans ,who were enticed to come to war front into firing line to get executed .<\/p>\n<p>After that I never bothered them.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Sarath Obeysekera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Sarath Obeysekera \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dba\u0da7\u0dca\u0db1\u0dcf\u0db8 &#8211; \u0dbd\u0d82\u0d9a\u0dcf \u0dc0\u0dd9\u0dc5\u0dd9\u0db3\u0dcf\u0db8 \u0da9\u0ddc\u0dbd\u0dbb\u0dca \u0db6\u0dd2\u0dbd\u0dd2\u0dba\u0db1\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dca \u0daf\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dcf \u0d89\u0dc4\u0dc5 \u0db1\u0dd0\u0d82\u0dc0\u0dd3\u0db8\u0da7 \u0d85\u0dc0\u0db0\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dba\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 27 08 2018\u00a0\u00a0&#8211; 20:20\u00a0\u00a0&#8211; 153 views\u00a0\u00a0&#8211; \u0dbb\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0db1\u0dca \u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dc1\u0dca\u200d\u0dba\u0db4\u0dc1\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dd3 \u0dbd\u0d82\u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dc0 \u0dc3\u0dc4 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dba\u0da7\u0dca\u0db1\u0dcf\u0db8\u0dba \u0d85\u0dad\u0dbb \u0daf\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0db4\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dca\u0dc1\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0d9a \u0dc0\u0dd9\u0dc5\u0dd9\u0db3\u0dcf\u0db8 2020 \u0dc0\u0db1 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0da7 \u0d85\u0db8\u0dd9\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dd4 \u0da9\u0ddc\u0dbd\u0dbb\u0dca \u0db6\u0dd2\u0dbd\u0dd2\u0dba\u0db1\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dca \u0daf\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dcf \u0d89\u0dc4\u0dc5 \u0db1\u0dd0\u0d82\u0dc0\u0dd3\u0db8 \u0dc3\u0db3\u0dc4\u0dcf \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0db1\u0dca\u0dad\u0dbb \u0dc3\u0dcf\u0d9a\u0da0\u0dca\u0da1\u0dcf \u0dc3\u0dc4 \u0dc3\u0dd0\u0dbd\u0dc3\u0dd4\u0db8\u0dca \u0d9a\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0dba\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dca\u0db8\u0d9a \u0d9a\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dd3\u0db8\u0dda \u0d85\u0dc0\u0dc1\u0dca\u200d\u0dba\u0dad\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0dba \u0db4\u0dd2\u0dc5\u0dd2\u0db6\u0db3\u0dc0 \u0daf\u0dd9\u0dbb\u0da7\u0dda \u0d85\u0dc0\u0db0\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dba \u0dba\u0ddc\u0db8\u0dd4\u0dc0 \u0dad\u0dd2\u0db6\u0dda.\u0dc1\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dd3 \u0dbd\u0d82\u0d9a\u0dcf \u0d85\u0d9c\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dcf\u0db8\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dca\u200d\u0dba \u0dbb\u0db1\u0dd2\u0dbd\u0dca \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0db8\u0dc3\u0dd2\u0d82\u0dc4 \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dad\u0dcf \u0dc3\u0dc4 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dr-sarath-obeysekera"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}