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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 which he was censored by both the southern Republic of Vietnam and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Many performing artists ...
Đồng Tháp is a province in the Mekong Delta and Plain of Reeds region of southern Vietnam. Đồng Tháp is 165 kilometres (103 mi) from Ho Chi Minh City, bordered by Pray Veng province (Cambodia) in the north with a length of more than 48 kilometres (30 mi); Vĩnh Long and Cần Thơ in the south; An Giang in the west; and Long An and Tiền Giang in the east.
Northern Vietnam, Central Vietnam and Southern Vietnam are the three main historical, geographical and cultural regions within Vietnam. Each region consists of subregions, with considerable cultural differences originating from each subregions.
On the first tier, Vietnam is divided into fifty-eight provinces (tỉnh) and five municipalities under the command of the central government (Vietnamese: thành phố trực thuộc trung ương). Municipalities are the highest-ranked cities in Vietnam. [ 1 ] Municipalities are centrally-controlled cities and have special status equal to the provinces.
Đoàn Công Tính (born 1943) was a Vietnamese photographer for the People's Army of Vietnam. Nicknamed "King of the Battlefield", Tính was well-known for capturing the action of the war and getting his images published in a timely manner. [1] [2]
The dong (Vietnamese: đồng) (/ dɒŋ /; Vietnamese: [ˀɗɜwŋ͡m˨˩]; sign: ₫ or informally đ in Vietnamese; [ 2 ] code: VND) has been the currency of Vietnam since 3 May 1978. [ 3 ][ 4 ] It is issued by the State Bank of Vietnam. [ 5 ] The dong was also the currency of the predecessor states of North Vietnam and South Vietnam, having ...
Tây Ninh (listen ⓘ) is a provincial city in Southeastern Vietnam. It is the capital of Tây Ninh Province, which encompasses the town and much of the surrounding farmland. Tay Ninh is one of nine provinces and cities in the Southern Key Economic Region (Hochiminh City, Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Ba Ria – Vung Tau, Binh Phuoc, Tay Ninh, Long An ...
'Ministry of State Defence of the nation of Socialist Republic of Viet Nam'), [3] is the governmental ministry of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam that manages, coordinates and supervises military affairs, including all military units, paramilitary units, and similar agencies in the country.