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2 m (6.6 ft) References. [1] [2] Hoàn Kiếm Lake ( Vietnamese: Hồ Hoàn Kiếm, chữ Hán: 湖還劍, meaning "Lake of the Returned Sword" or "Lake of the Restored Sword" ), also known as Sword Lake ( Hồ Gươm) or Tả Vọng Lake ( Hồ Tả Vọng ), is a fresh water lake, measuring some 12 ha in the historical center of Hanoi, the ...
Coordinates. 20°15′24″N 105°53′47″E. / 20.25667°N 105.89639°E / 20.25667; 105.89639. Location of Tràng An Scenic Landscape Complex in Vietnam. Tràng An is a scenic area near Ninh Bình, Vietnam renowned for its boat cave tours. [1] On 23 June 2014, at the 38th session of the World Heritage Committee in Doha, the Trang An ...
Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng ( Vietnamese: Vườn quốc gia Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng) is a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Bố Trạch and Minh Hóa districts of central Quảng Bình Province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam, about 500 km south of Hanoi. The park borders the Hin Namno National Park in Khammouane Province ...
Ho Chi Minh Thought ( Vietnamese: Tư tưởng Hồ Chí Minh) is a political philosophy that builds upon Marxism–Leninism and the ideology of Vietnamese revolutionary Ho Chi Minh. It was developed and codified by the Communist Party of Vietnam and formalised in 1991. [1] [2] The term is used to cover political theories and policies ...
Tôn Đức Thắng (August 20, 1888 – March 30, 1980) was the second president of Vietnam under the leadership of General Secretary Lê Duẩn. The position of president is ceremonial and Tôn was never a major policymaker or even a member of the Politburo, Vietnam's ruling council. He served as president, initially of North Vietnam from ...
Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh ( chữ Hán: 阮有鏡, 1650–1700), also known as Nguyễn Hữu Kính and his noble rank Lễ Thành Hầu, was a high-ranking general of Lord Nguyễn Phúc Chu. [1] His military expeditions into the Mekong Delta placed the region firmly under Vietnamese administrative control. Considered to be the most famous ...
Nguyễn Trung Trực (1838 – 27 October 1868), born Nguyễn Văn Lịch, was a Vietnamese fisherman who organized and led village militia forces which fought against French colonial forces in the Mekong Delta in southern Vietnam in the 1860s.
Giác Lâm Temple ( Vietnamese: Chùa Giác Lâm; chữ Hán: 覺 林 寺, Giác Lâm tự) is a historic Buddhist temple in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam. Built in 1744, it is one of the oldest temples in the city. It was officially listed as a historical site by the Vietnamese Department of Culture on November 16, 1988, under ...