Fido for Supper

In Vietnam dog-eating is only done to get rid of bad luck and during Tet, one of their celebrations held to bring out the new lunar year. It is bad luck to eat the meat though at the beginning of the two weeks.
Some business men eat it to get rid of their bad fortune. Eating dog meat is cheap and those who
http://itstheirdestiny.2kat.net/Vietnam.html
I can't imagine ever eating a dog, to that's just not right, but everyone has their on way of doing things and believe what they grew up with. Like the Vietnamese grew up believing and doing these things.

The SEATO

The SEATO stands for Southeast Asia Treaty Organization and it was created to be similar to NATO. Members of the organization are France, the United Kingdom, and the United States, Australia, Thailand, the Philippines, and New Zealand. It was created to keep communist power from building up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia_Treaty_Organization

SEATO was founded in 1954 and was destroyed in 1977 due to the doubts that started to arise in 1953 and their rule of unanimity in other countries.
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history

Elderly in Dom. Rep.& U.S

In the Dominican Republic the elderly are treated very differently than in the United States. Usually the oldest son or the wealthier out of their children is to take care of them if they are not able to live on their own. Most older Dominican live on their own though because they feel like they shoudn't be an obstacle in their children's life says, Filomena Perez. Here, in the U.S, most are in nursing homes or even retirement homes. In both countries though, if the elders had a choice to live on their own I believe they would take that opportunity.