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The second weekly newspaper of the VNA, Tuần Tin Tức (Weekly News), was launched on May 14, 1983, circulating every Saturdays. This publication was renamed simply to Tin Tức (The News) from 1 January 1999 following the merger of Tuần Tin tức and Tin tức Buổi chiều (Afternoon News), another publication of the VNA.
Xã hội đen, (chữ Nôm: 社會顛, literally means "black societies"), is a Vietnamese term used to describe criminal underworld. The term is believed to have become widely used thanks to Hong Kong TV series and movies about the Chinese secret society of Heishehui ( Chinese : 黑社会 ). [ 1 ]
During Nixon's Christmas bombing, Operation Linebacker II, on 22 December 1972, over 100 American bombs struck the hospital, obliterating the building and killing 28 hospital staff members and a large number of patients, despite most taking refuge in the hospital's basement. [5]
Chợ Lớn City Hospital in 1909. The hospital was established in the late 19th century, initially named Hôpital municipal de Cholon (Chợ Lớn City Hospital). [9] [10] In 1919, it was renamed Hôpital indigène de Cochinchine (Indigenous Cochinchina Hospital), [11] and in 1938, it was again renamed Hôpital Lalung-Bonnaire.
In Vietnam, she is also sometimes known as the "Lady of the Sea" (Tuc Goi La Ba). [2] Mazuism is frequently syncretized with Taoism and Chinese Buddhism. For example, at the Quan Am Pagoda nearby, the two main altars are dedicated to Thien Hau and Quan Am, the Vietnamese form of Guanyin, the Chinese form of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara.
Ben Thanh Market is situated in the center of Ho Chi Minh in Bến Thành Ward, District 1.The market is located on an intersection of four busy streets. The main entrance is the Southside on Lê Lợi Boulevard/Quách Thị Trang Square, the Northside on Lê Thánh Tôn, the Eastside on Phan Bội Châu and the Westside on Phan Châu Trinh.
Bình Chánh is an rural district (huyện) in the southwest of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.High urbanization rate has made Bình Chánh become one of a high population growth districts in the city.
Chợ Lớn Chợ Lớn. Binh Tay Market (Vietnamese: Chợ Bình Tây) is the Central Market of Cho Lon in District 6, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.Local Vietnamese refer to it as Chợ Lớn mới, while local Vietnamese-Chinese refer it as 堤岸 - 新街市 "The New Market of Chợ Lớn", and the Chinese other than those living in Vietnam known it only as 堤岸 (Dī'àn, or literally ...