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Prior to independence in the late 9th century, the area that became Đại Việt in northern Vietnam was ruled by the Tang dynasty as Annan. The hill dwellers on the western frontier of Annan and powerful chieftains such as Lý Do Độc allied with the state of Nanzhao in Yunnan and rebelled against the Tang dynasty in the 860s. They captured ...
Lê Quang Quý Trang Đài, also known by the stage name Lynda Trang Đài (born October 9, 1968 in Đà Nẵng), [1] is a Vietnamese American singer. [2] [3] She has appeared in many of the Paris By Night shows of Thuy Nga Productions, [4] for example Paris By Night 36, 59, 66, 93, 94 and 100.
The House of Ghica [or Ghika] (Romanian: Ghica; Albanian: Gjika}; Greek: Γκίκας, Gikas) was an Albanian noble family whose members held significant positions in Wallachia, Moldavia and later in the Kingdom of Romania, between the early 17th century and late 19th century.
The Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư (chữ Hán: 大越史記全書; Vietnamese: [ɗâːjˀ vìət ʂɨ᷉ kǐ twâːn tʰɨ]; Complete Annals of Đại Việt) is the official national chronicle of the Đại Việt, that was originally compiled by the royal historian Ngô Sĩ Liên under the order of the Emperor Lê Thánh Tông and was finished in 1479 during the Lê period.
“Lady Ghica’s linden tree”) is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 3 Doamna Ghica Street in Bucharest, Romania. It is dedicated to the Feast of the Ascension . In the 18th century, according to the pisanie , Vistier (treasurer) Barbu Văcărescu established a church that stood on the circle in front of the present structure.
Revival of direct Tang control over northern Vietnam for two centuries resulted in a hybrid Tang-indigenous culture, political and legal structures. [43] Local sinicized elites used Chinese script, and ordinary people and tribesmen adopted personal names and name styles that corresponded to Vietnamese personal names until now. [ 44 ]
According to some sources, Dương Vân Nga was the daughter of a subordinate of the warlord Dương Đình Nghệ and came from the Ái province (now Thanh Hóa, Vietnam), [2] others claim that Dương Vân Nga was from the same town Hoa Lư as Đinh Tiên Hoàng.
Because of the once-vaunted political and military power of the Cao Dai, this region was the scene of prolonged and heavy fighting during the First Indochina War. Tây Ninh province served as a major terminus of the Ho Chi Minh trail during the Vietnam War , and in 1969 the Viet Cong captured Tây Ninh town and held it for several days.