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Trịnh is a Vietnamese family name. It exists in equivalent forms in other languages of the Sinosphere such as (鄭,Zheng, Cheng) in Chinese and Korean (Jeong, Chung). [1] Families that bear the surname Trịnh are exclusively Vietnamese. [citation needed] The surname further proliferated following the reign of the Trịnh lords in Tonkin ...
Additionally, some Vietnamese names can only be differentiated via context or with their corresponding chữ Hán, such as 南 ("south") or 男 ("men", "boy"), both are read as Nam. Anyone applying for Vietnamese nationality must also adopt a Vietnamese name. [2] Vietnamese names have corresponding Hán character adopted early on during Chinese ...
The Trịnh lords (Vietnamese: Chúa Trịnh; Chữ Hán: 主鄭; 1545–1787), formally titled as “Viceroy” of Trịnh (Vietnamese: Trịnh vương ; chữ Hán: 鄭王) also known as the House of Trịnh or the Trịnh clan (Trịnh thị; 鄭氏), were a feudal noble clan that ruled Northern Vietnam—then called Tonkin—during the Later Lê dynasty.
Eugene H. Trinh – NASA astronaut, first Vietnamese-American to travel into outer space [60] Hồ Thành Việt (1955–2003) – founder of VNI Software Co., California Jane Luu – Astronomer, Co-discoverer of Kuiper Belt and many Asteroids [ 61 ]
Some Vietnamese monarchs declared themselves kings (vương) or emperors (hoàng đế). [1] [2] Imperial titles were used for both domestic and foreign affairs, except for diplomatic missions to China where Vietnamese monarchs were regarded as kingship or prince. Many of the Later Lê monarchs were figurehead rulers, with the real powers ...
In the book Vietnamese Tradition on Trial, 1920-1945 written by David G. Marr, an American Professor, told the story of Trieu Thi Trinh as follow: Trieu Thi Trinh was a 9-foot-tall (2.7 m) woman who had 3-foot-long (0.91 m) breasts. She also had a voice which sounded like a temple bell, and she could eat many rice pecks and walk 500 leagues per ...
Eugene Huu-Chau "Gene" Trinh (Vietnamese: Trịnh Hữu Châu, born September 14, 1950) is a Vietnamese American biochemist who flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-50 [1] as a Payload Specialist, becoming the first Vietnamese American astronaut in space [2] [3] and the second Vietnamese in space (after cosmonaut Phạm Tuân).
Trinh T. Minh-ha (born 1952 in Hanoi; Vietnamese: Trịnh Thị Minh Hà) is a Vietnamese filmmaker, writer, literary theorist, composer, and professor.She has been making films since the 1980s and is best known for her films Reassemblage and Surname Viet Given Name Nam.