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Many place-names in Vietnam incorporate the word Long, or Rồng ("dragon" in Vietnamese): Hạ Long Bay (vịnh Hạ Long, lit. "Bay of Descending Dragon"), the section of the Mekong river flowing through Vietnam contains 9 branches and is called Cửu Long ("nine dragons"); Hàm Rồng Bridge (lit."Bridge of Dragon Jaw"), Long Biên Bridge ...
The Battle of Ngọc Hồi-Đống Đa or Qing invasion of Đại Việt (Vietnamese: Trận Ngọc Hồi - Đống Đa; Chinese: 清軍入越戰爭), also known as Victory of Kỷ Dậu (Vietnamese: Chiến thắng Kỷ Dậu), was fought between the forces of the Vietnamese Tây Sơn dynasty and the Qing dynasty in Ngọc Hồi [] (a place near Thanh Trì) and Đống Đa in northern Vietnam ...
The folk hero was a popular subject for poets, such as Cao Bá Quát who wrote an epic poem to Thánh Gióng in the 19th century. [6] Today Thánh Gióng features with other legendary figures such as Kinh Dương Vương , Âu Cơ , Sơn Tinh – Thủy Tinh , in elementary school texts.
Jan 23 – 26: Operation Badger Catch: Operation Napoleon/Saline [7]: 723 [8]: 66 BLT 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines and HMM-165 search and destroy operation to clear the north and south banks of the Cua Viet River and prevent enemy interdiction of river traffic: Quảng Trị Province: 10: 12 Jan 20 – 27: Operation Atalla/Casey [1]
Princess Phương Mai (1 August 1937 – 16 January 2021) Princess Phương Liên (born 3 November 1938) Princess Phương Dung (born 5 February 1942) Prince Bảo Thăng (9 December 1943 – 15 March 2017). Although Bảo Đại later had additional children with other women, these are the only ones listed in the clan genealogy. [1]
Lạc Long Quân ("Dragon King of Lạc", also known as Sùng Lãm) is an ancient king of the Hồng Bàng dynasty of ancient Vietnam.Quân was the son of Kinh Dương Vương, the king of Xích Quỷ.
The Imperial Order of the Dragon of Annam (Vietnamese: Đại Nam Long Tinh / 大南龍星, Nam Việt Long bội tinh / 南越龍佩星, [3] Nam-Long bội-tinh / 南龍佩星; [4] French: Ordre impérial du Dragon d'Annam, Ordre du Dragon Vert) was created in 1886 in the city of Huế, [5] by Emperor Đồng Khánh of the Imperial House of Annam, upon the "recommendation" of the President of ...
The late night ceremonies of Nam Giao held in the Esplanade in the modern era were first held after many years as part of the Huế Festival in 2004, and are today held biennially with the officials of the Communist Party of Vietnam City Committee and the City People's Government of Huế, as well as the People's Committee and CPV Committee of the Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, in the name of ...