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The dong (Vietnamese: đồng) (/ d ɒ ŋ /; Vietnamese: [ˀɗɜwŋ͡m˨˩]; sign: ₫ or informally đ and sometimes Đ in Vietnamese; [2] code: VND) has been the currency of Vietnam since 3 May 1978.
Gold Star Order (Vietnamese: Huân chương Sao vàng) is the highest decoration in Vietnam awards and decorations awarded by the Government of Vietnam [2] for a military or civil "personnel who completed exceptional service or organization established excellent achievement for the revolutionary cause of the Party and Nation."
Vũng Tàu (Hanoi accent: [vuŋm˧ˀ˥ taːw˨˩] ⓘ, Saigon accent: [vuŋm˧˩˧ taːw˨˩] ⓘ) is the largest city of Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province in southern Vietnam.It is the province's economic, financial and cultural centre, and a popular tourist hub in southern Vietnam.
The national flag of Vietnam, formally the National Flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Quốc kỳ nước Cộng hoà xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam), [1] [2] locally recognized as the Gold-Starred Red Flag (cờ đỏ sao vàng) [a] or the Motherland flag (cờ Tổ quốc), was designed in 1940 and used during an uprising against the French and Japanese in Southern ...
May Song Vang (February 5, 1951 – August 5, 2013) was an American Hmong community leader and activist. She was the widow of General Vang Pao , a former member of the Royal Lao Army and prominent Hmong American leader, who died in 2011.
Saigon – Gia Định, South Vietnam's former capital, was renamed Ho Chi Minh City in his honor. The details of Hồ 's life before he came to power in Vietnam are uncertain. He is known to have used between 50 [13]: 582 and 200 pseudonyms. [14] Information on his birth and early life is ambiguous and subject to academic debate.
Ace, bean, bill, bone, buck, deuce, dough, dub, ducat, doubloon, fin, frog, greenback, large, simoleons, skins, smackeroo, smackers, spondulix, Tom, yard, and eagle ...
Main jade producing countries. Jade is an umbrella term for two different types of decorative rocks used for jewelry or ornaments.Jade is often referred to by either of two different silicate mineral names: nephrite (a silicate of calcium and magnesium in the amphibole group of minerals), or jadeite (a silicate of sodium and aluminum in the pyroxene group of minerals). [1]