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Vietnam War. Võ Thị Thắng (10 December 1945 – 22 August 2014) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and stateswoman. She was a member of the Long An delegation to the National Assembly of Vietnam during its fourth, fifth, and sixth sessions (1975 to 1981). She later served as a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam ...
Prior to 2007, Vietnamese workers observed 8 days of public holiday a year, among the lowest in the region. On 28 March 2007 the government added the traditional holiday commemorating the mythical Hùng kings to its list of public holidays, [1] increasing the number of days to 10. From 2019, Vietnamese workers have 11 public holidays a year. [2]
Thích Quảng Đức (chữ Hán: 釋 廣 德, Vietnamese: [tʰǐk̟ kʷâːŋ ɗɨ̌k] ⓘ; born Lâm Văn Túc; 1897 – 11 June 1963) was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who died by self-immolation at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963. [2]
After operating as a weekly for some time, a company, Nguoi Viet Daily News, Inc. was formed in 1985, and the paper became a daily. For several years, Nguoi Viet was printed entirely without diacritical marks, because no Vietnamese-capable software was available. Staffers had to mark up each word of each issue by hand.
Vietnam News Agency ( VNA; Vietnamese: Thông tấn xã Việt Nam ( TTXVN ), French: L’Agence vietnamienne d’information, lit. 'Vietnamese Information Agency' ( AVI )) is the official state-run news agency of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. It operates more than 30 foreign bureaux worldwide and maintains 63 bureaux in Vietnam — one ...
The Muong autonomous region flag was used from 1947 to 1954. The Mường ( Mường language: ngài Mõl ( Mường Bi dialect), ngài Mường; Vietnamese: người Mường) are an ethnic group native to northern Vietnam. The Mường is the country's third largest of 53 minority groups, with an estimated population of 1.45 million ...
Vietnamese. When the Tenth Month Comes ( Vietnamese: Bao giờ cho đến tháng Mười) is the first Vietnamese film to be shown in the West after the Vietnam war. [1] The film primarily centers around the misery of a young woman whose husband has died in the war. Despite the peaceful rural setting, the film is shot in black and white ...
Language. English. ISSN. 1046-2902. Vietnam Magazine was an American full-color history magazine published bi-monthly which covers the Vietnam War. It was founded in 1988 by the late Colonel Harry G. Summers, Jr. Colonel Summers served in the U.S. Army in both Korea and Vietnam, where he was twice wounded and decorated for valor.