"Owston's Palm Civet (Chrotogale owstoni) is a civet that lives in the forests and wooded lowland river basins of northern Vietnam, northern Laos, and southern China.
The Owston's Palm Civet is a mid-sized palm civet at 57 cm (23 in), plus a tail of 43 cm (17 in).
With its pointed face, it is sometimes thought to resemble a large insectivore, such as a shrew.
It has a tawny buff-grey body with highly contrasted black markings on its back and tail.
They usually only have 4 bands on their back.
The last two-thirds of the tail is completely black.
They look somewhat like the Banded Palm Civet, Hemigalus derbyanus, except for that the hair on the back of their neck are not reversed, and the Owston's has spots on its legs.
Next to nothing is known about their life history in the wild, though limited information has been gathered on captive animals.
They feed mostly on earthworms and other invertebrates."
"Vietnam, sometimes spelled Viet Nam (
i /ˌviː.ɛtˈnɑːm/ vee-et-nahm; Vietnamese: Việt Nam, 
listen (help·info)), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam, listen (help·info)), is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia.
i /ˌviː.ɛtˈnɑːm/ vee-et-nahm; Vietnamese: Việt Nam, listen (help·info)), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam, listen (help·info)), is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by People's Republic of China (PRC) to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea, referred to as East Sea (Vietnamese: Biển Đông), to the east.
| Socialist Republic of Vietnam Cộng hòa Xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Motto: Độc lập – Tự do – Hạnh phúc "Independence – Freedom – Happiness" | ||||||
| Anthem: Tiến Quân Ca "Army March" (first verse) | ||||||
![Location of Vietnam (green)in ASEAN (dark grey) — [Legend]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Location_Vietnam_ASEAN.svg) | ||||||
| Capital | Hanoi 21°2′N 105°51′E | |||||
| Largest city | Ho Chi Minh City | |||||
| Formation | ||||||
| - | Đại Việt | 1054 | ||||
| - | French annexation | 1853 to 1883 | ||||
| - | Independence from France | 2 September 1945 | ||||
| - | Reunification | 30 April 1975 | ||||
| - | Current constitution | 15 April 1992 | ||||
Throughout history, the Vietnamese have defeated the Chinese, the French, the Americans...
"The Vietnamese became independent from China in AD 938 after their victory at the battle of Bạch Đằng River. Successive dynasties flourished along with geographic and political expansion deeper into Southeast Asia, until it was colonized by the French in the mid-19th century.
Efforts to resist the French eventually led to their expulsion from the country in the mid-20th century, leaving a nation divided politically into two countries.
Fighting between the two sides continued during the Vietnam War, ending with a North Vietnamese victory in 1975."
"Vietnam is one of Asia's most open economies: two-way trade is around 160% of GDP, more than twice the ratio for China and over four times India's"
"One of the most popular Vietnamese traditional garments is the "Áo Dài", worn often for special occasions such as weddings or festivals. White Áo dài is the required uniform for girls in many high schools across Vietnam. Áo Dài was once worn by both genders but today it is worn mainly by females, except for certain important traditional culture-related occasions where some men do wear it."
"The CIVETS (Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa)[1] is a grouping acronym for favored emerging markets coined in late 2009 by Robert Ward, Global Forecasting Director for the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).[2]
The term has also been used by HSBC's chief executive Michael Geoghegan.
These countries are favored for several reasons, such as a dynamic and diverse economy and a young growing population"
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Time for another stretch (of imagination)...
I see a black heart shape in the Upper-Right image of civet, to the left of its head, on the shoulder.
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I have always been fascinated with the people of Vietnam, they are very beautiful. I had no idea of the size of the population though ... 89 million!
ReplyDeleteAnd it's not your imagination about the heart on the civet - it's very clear!!!