Due to the influence of the wars so many years, the economy, culture, transportation and some other aspects in Vietnam lags behind the world 's advanced countries, including sports.

由于受多年战争的影响，越南的经济、文化、交通等很多方面都落后于世界先进国家，体育也不例外。

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He urged Nato allies to "invest in this alliance", rather than "hollowing out" forces, as he said had happened following previous conflicts including both world wars.

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Obama used the life of 106-year-old Ann Nixon Cooper of Atlanta, Georgia, to illustrate what the nation has overcome in her lifetime, including the Depression, world wars, the nation's quest for civil rights, a man on the moon, the fall of the Berlin Wall and even a world connected by technology.

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Based near Frankfurt, the firm survived two world wars, including a 1944 bombing raid.

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