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Southern Vietnam 3,111 November 1997 [2] Typhoon Haiphong: Typhoon Haiphong: 3,000 October 1881 [3] [4] 1904 Thua Thien Hue Tsunami Tsunami: Thừa Thiên Huế: 724 11 September 1904 [5] 1999 Vietnamese floods: Flood: Central Vietnam 622 October–November 1999 [6] Đồng Nai train disaster Accident: Đồng Nai province: 200+ 17 March 1982 [7]
Regions of Vietnam Topographic map of Vietnam. Vietnam is located on the eastern margin of the Indochinese peninsula and occupies about 331,211.6 square kilometres (127,881.5 sq mi), of which about 25% was under cultivation in 1987. It borders the Gulf of Tonkin, Gulf of Thailand, and Pacific Ocean, along with China, Laos, and Cambodia.
Deaths in Vietnam War (1954–75) per R. J. Rummel (except where otherwise noted) [8] Low estimate of deaths Middle estimate of deaths High estimate of deaths Notes and comments North Vietnam/Viet Cong military and civilian war dead 533,000: 1,062,000: 1,489,000: includes an estimated 50,000/65,000/70,000 civilians killed by U.S/SVN bombing ...
The Vietnam War devastated the young men and women of that generation. In addition to the 58,000 plus killed, over 75,000 were severely disabled, meaning that they had been incapacitated, facing ...
South Vietnam 103 Viet Cong and People's Army of Vietnam: Shelling of Highway 1: April 24–Sep 28, 1972 Highway 1, between Quảng Trị and Huế, South Vietnam 2800 People's Army of Vietnam: Shelling of Cai Lay schoolyard: August 30, 1973 Cai Lậy District, Định Tường province: 32 killed Viet Cong: Re-education camps [8] 1945–1987 ...
Vietnamese boat people (Vietnamese: Thuyền nhân Việt Nam) were refugees who fled Vietnam by boat and ship following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. This migration and humanitarian crisis was at its highest in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but continued well into the early 1990s.
An uncrewed Chinese military aircraft flew with its tracker switched on close to Vietnam's coast last week, a South China Sea research body told Reuters, the first time in the group's five years ...
Hundreds of strangers attended Charles Connolly's funeral Friday, paying tribute to the veteran who died homeless and without family. Zane Razzaq writes about housing and real estate. Reach her at ...