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t. e. Ngô Đình Diệm ( / djɛm / dyem, [ 2] / ˈjiːəm / YEE-əm or / ziːm / zeem; Vietnamese: [ŋō ɗìn jîəmˀ] ⓘ; 3 January 1901 – 2 November 1963) was a South Vietnamese politician who was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam (1954–1955) and later the first president of South Vietnam ( Republic of Vietnam) from ...
The 1955 State of Vietnam referendum determined the future form of government of the State of Vietnam, the nation that was to become the Republic of Vietnam (widely known as South Vietnam ). It was contested by Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm, who proposed a republic, and former emperor Bảo Đại, who had abdicated in 1945 and at the time ...
Madame Nhu. Trần Lệ Xuân (22 August 1924 [ 2] – 24 April 2011), more popularly known in English as Madame Nhu, was the de facto First Lady of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963. She was the wife of Ngô Đình Nhu, who was the brother and chief advisor to President Ngô Đình Diệm. As Diệm was a lifelong bachelor and because she and ...
New research has found that people who have had shingles at any point in their lives carry a higher risk of subjective cognitive decline. This link is stronger in men with a specific genetic mutation.
The central bank, which had bickered with Srettha's administration over the scale of the handout, left its key interest rate unchanged at a more than decade-high of 2.50% for a fourth straight ...
The first priority of Bangladesh's caretaker government is to improve law and order in the strife-torn country by restoring the morale of law enforcement agencies, its newly-appointed interior ...
On 27 February 1962, the Independence Palace in Saigon, South Vietnam, was bombed by two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots, Second Lieutenant Nguyễn Văn Cử and First Lieutenant Phạm Phú Quốc. The pilots targeted the building, the official residence of the President of South Vietnam, with the aim of assassinating President ...
Vietnam accepted the convention on 19 October 1987, making its natural and cultural sites eligible for inclusion on the list. [2] As of 2023, there are eight World Heritage Sites in Vietnam, including five cultural sites, two natural sites, and one mixed. [2]