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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Instrument. Guitar. Years active. 1958–2001. Trịnh Công Sơn (February 28, 1939 – April 1, 2001) was a Vietnamese musician, songwriter, painter and poet. [ 1][ 2] He is widely considered to be Vietnam's best songwriter. His music explores themes of love, loss, and anti-war sentiments during the Vietnam War, for ...
Minh Mạng ( Hanoi: [mïŋ˧ maːŋ˧˨ʔ]) or Minh Mệnh ( Hanoi: [mïŋ˧ məjŋ̟˧˨ʔ], chữ Hán: 明 命, lit. "the bright favour of Heaven "; [ 1] 25 May 1791 – 20 January 1841; born Nguyễn Phúc Đảm, also known as Nguyễn Phúc Kiểu) was the second emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam, reigning from 14 February 1820 ...
Chợ Lớn ( listen ⓘ, Chinese: 堤岸 ), usually anglicized as " Cholon " in English sources, is a quarter of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It lies on the west bank of the Saigon River, having Bình Tây Market as its central market. Chợ Lớn consists of the western half of District 5 as well as several adjoining neighborhoods in District 6 ...
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Ngô Thanh Vân was born on 26 February 1979 in Trà Vinh, Vietnam. [ 1] She is the youngest child with two older brothers. When she was 10, her family put her in a boat to escape the Vietnamese communist government. In 1990, Vân arrived in Norway as a boat refugee with an aunt. [ 2][ 3] She was subsequently naturalized as a Norwegian citizen.
Park Cho-rong was born in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea on March 3, 1991. She is a middle child, having an older and a younger sister. As a daughter of a Hapkido master and academy owner, Park was trained in the said martial art for eight years. [ 1] She trained from her first year in elementary school until her third year ...
Vietnamese dragons ( Vietnamese: Rồng; chữ Nôm: 蠪; Sino-Vietnamese: Long; chữ Hán: 龍) are symbolic creatures in Vietnamese folklore and mythology. According to an ancient origin myth, the Vietnamese people are descended from a dragon and an Immortal. The dragon was symbolic of bringing rain, essential for agriculture.
In order of influence, they are the Li, Ho, Lo and Hui families. [ 2] The founders of the original four families are Li Sek-peng ( 李石朋 ), Robert Ho Tung ( 何東 ), Hui Oi-chow ( 許愛周) and Lo Cheung-shiu ( 羅長肇 ). [ 1] Of these families, the Lis and the Hos and their descendants are the two most recognized by regular Hong Kong ...