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Between 1872 and 1889, many bridges were designed by the Eiffel company, created in 1863 by Gustave Eiffel, when Vietnam was part of the French Indochina.However, some works are inadvertently attributed to the Eiffel company, the Truong Tien Bridge was designed by the company Schneider et Cie and Cie de Letellier while the Long Biên Bridge was designed by Daydé et Pillé [], the latter ...
Tiền presentation coin decorations came in multiple classes and were known as Đồng Tiền (銅錢, "Copper money"), Ngân Tiền (銀錢, "Silver money"), and Kim Tiền (金錢, "Gold money"). [6] The Sapèque d'Honneur medal was further subdivided into the Sapèque d'Argent (made of silver) and the Sapèque d'Or (made of gold). [6]
Kim Liên Pagoda Tam quan of Kim Liên Pagoda, Hanoi. The Kim Liên Pagoda (Vietnamese: Chùa Kim Liên, Kim Liên tự), Chữ Hán: 金蓮寺) is a Buddhist pagoda in Hanoi. The pagoda is built on a strip of silt land by West Lake, then in Nghi Tàm village, today in Quảng An village, Tây Hồ district.
The Tomb of Khải Định (Vietnamese: Lăng Khải Định, chữ Hán: 陵 啓 定), officially Ứng Mausoleum (Ứng lăng, chữ Hán: 應 陵) is a tomb built for Khải Định, the twelfth Emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam.
Ba Đình is one of the four original urban districts (quận) of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. [4] The district currently has 14 wards, covering a total area of 9.21 square kilometres (3.56 sq mi). [1]
Portrait of writer Vi Huyền Đắc. Vi Huyền Đắc (Hải Ninh, today part of Quảng Ninh, 18 December 1899 - 16 August 1976) was a Vietnamese playwright. [1]His early works were similar to those of Nam Xuong, poking fun at the Francophile Hanoi bourgeoisie, in 'Ông ký Cóp,' [2] or the play 'Kim tiền' (Money) denouncing greed.
The district is subdivided to 8 commune-level subdivisions, including Kiên Lương township and the rural communes of: Bình An, Bình Trị, Dương Hoà, Hoà Điền, Kiên Bình, Hòn Nghệ and Sơn Hải.
The Kim Son Valley consisted of seven small river valleys about 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Bồng Sơn. Three American battalions were deployed to the valley. On 11 February the 1st Cavalry established ambush positions in the highlands at the exits to each of the valleys and on 12 February began a sweep up the valley and outward, hoping to ...