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This is one of the few memorials to Free World troops in Vietnam as most monuments in South Vietnam were destroyed following the North Vietnamese victory in 1975. The monument is a replica of the original Long Tan Cross , which was erected by Australian forces in 1969.
Vietnam Memorial, Austin, Texas; Vietnam Veterans Memorial, in Washington, D.C. Vietnam Women's Memorial, adjacent; Vietnam Memorial of Los Angeles County, Grand Park, Los Angeles, CA. Vietnam Veterans Memorial (The Wall-USA), an online memorial; Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, Phoenix, Arizona [4]
Cities in Vietnam are identified by the government as settlements with considerable area and population that play important roles vis-a-vis politics, economy and culture. Status of cities falls into four categories: special, first class ( I ), second class ( II ), and third class ( III ).
The War Memorial in Hanoi is located across the Ba Đình Square, across the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and close to Hanoi Citadel. Constructed in 1993 in a fusion of traditional Vietnamese and modernist architecture, [1] the memorial commemorates men and women who sacrificed themselves during the Vietnam War. The war is known by many names, e.g. as ...
1989 — Population: 1,089,760 city; 3,056,146 urban agglomeration. [31] 1990 — Ho Chi Minh Museum established. [32] 1992 — Population: 1,073,760. [33] 1993 Vietnam War Memorial erected. Hanoi University of Science in operation. Mai art gallery opens. [34] 1995 Institut de la Francophonie pour l'Informatique founded. Vietnamese Women's ...
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Đà Lạt at Lâm Đồng Province during French colonial era as summer capital of Indochinese Federation, existed along with Hanoi capital; Việt Bắc at northern Vietnam during First Indochina War as Việt Minh's headquarter and de facto capital of Democratic Republic of Vietnam, existed along with de jure Hanoi capital
Various names have been applied and have shifted over time, though Vietnam War is the most commonly used title in English. It has been called the Second Indochina War since it spread to Laos and Cambodia , [ 63 ] the Vietnam Conflict , [ 64 ] [ 65 ] and Nam (colloquially 'Nam).