VIETNAM: AMERICAN VIETNAM WAR VETERANS RETURN TO TEACH ENGLISH TO YOUNG BUSINESSMEN

Record ID: 207780

  • Title: VIETNAM: AMERICAN VIETNAM WAR VETERANS RETURN TO TEACH ENGLISH TO YOUNG BUSINESSMEN
  • Date: 27th April 1995
  • Summary: HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM (APRIL 27-28, 1995) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. SV EXTERIOR OF SCHOOL 0.14 2. SV MICHAEL KLEVEN TEACHING 0.17 3. SV STUDENTS LISTENING 0.41 4. SV MICHAEL AND GREG KLEVEN WALKING ALONG STREET 0.48 5. SCU GREG KLEVEN SPEAKING (ENGLISH) 1.22 6. SCU MICHAEL KLEVEN SPEAKING (ENGLISH) 1.36 7.
  • Embargoed: 12th May 1995 13:00
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  • Location: HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM
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  • Country: Vietnam
  • Reuters ID: LVA5RRGDVIGDEPLE5IGG8MLMU5VU
  • Story Text: Two Californian brothers who fought in the Vietnam War have returned to Ho Chi Minh City - this time to teach English to young businessmen.

    Michael and Greg Kleven first came to Vietnam in 1966 and 1967 with the United States army, returning four years ago to come to terms with their experiences in the war.

    The brothers have now been teaching for more than a year at various schools around Ho Chi Minh City.

    Greg Kleven, 46, said that as a teacher he set the stage for better co-operation between the two countries.

    "Vietnam and America are forged together," he said. "The war brought us together and now we can come back and demonstrate the ability to get along and put the war in the past. And let's just go about doing something for the future." "I think that in some ways we are good examples that we can work together, we can co-operate, we can get some things accomplished if we have the same goals and the same purpose," Kleven said.

    Michael Kleven, 50, voiced similar aspirations for better co-operation.

    "Maybe doing business is more difficult than teaching, so if we can somehow demonstrate that co-operation is possible, well maybe it'll make it easier for the future," he said.

    Both brothers said they intended to remain in Vietnam as long as possible, teaching a new generation who had only a distant memory of the war.


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