In Vietnam, the Americans actually fought â therefore in the Cold War âgameâ, the USSR could not. However, to support the Communist cause, the Soviet Union armed its fellow Communist state, China, who would, in turn, arm and equip the North Vietnamese who fought the Americans. Before World War Two, Vietnam had been part of the French Empire. During the war, the country had been overrun by the Japanese. When the Japanese retreated, the people of Vietnam took the opportunity to establish their own government lead by Ho Chi Minh.
Gross (unit) A gross refers to a group of 144 items (a dozen dozen or a square dozen). A great gross refers to a group of 1728 items (a dozen gross or a cubic dozen). A small gross or a great hundred refers to a group of 120 items (ten dozen).
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gross margin is the difference between revenue and cost of goods sold, or COGS, divided by revenue, expressed as a percentage. Generally, it is calculated as the selling price of an item, less the cost of goods sold (production or acquisition costs, essentially). Gross Margin is often used interchangeably with Gross Profit, but the terms are different.