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He played a key role in the last desperate attempt to secure US$700 million in military aid to defend South Vietnam against the North in 1975. [7] Bui Diem was born in Phủ Lý, Hà Nam, French Indochina, on October 1, 1923. [8] He was the nephew of Trần Trọng Kim, who served as the Prime Minister of Emperor Bảo Đại. [9]
The battle of Nam Đông took place from July 5–6, 1964 during the Vietnam War, when the Viet Cong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) attacked the Nam Đông CIDG camp in an attempt to overrun it. During the battle, 57 South Vietnamese defenders, two Americans, an Australian Military advisor, and at least 62 attackers were killed.
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Over the course of its long history, Saigon, Vietnam has had many eras of dominant organized crime groups that at one point or another controlled the illicit trade and activities within the city. The long list of the organized crime history in Saigon covers the early Bình Xuyên pirates of the 1920s, to the Four Great Kings period of the 60s ...
Vietnam and the Chinese Model: A Comparative Study of Vietnamese and Chinese Government in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century. Harvard University Asia Center. ISBN 978-0-674-93721-5. Reid, Anthony; Tran, Nhung Tuyet (2006). Viet Nam: Borderless Histories. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-1-316-44504-4
Francis Xavier Truong Buu Diep (Vietnamese: Phanxicô Xaviê Trương Bửu Diệp or Cha Diệp; January 1, 1897 – March 12, 1946) was a Vietnamese Catholic priest who served the people of Bạc Liêu Province. [1] He was killed for the faith in 1946 and is set to be beatified in the Catholic Church.
2002 Ho Chi Minh City ITC fire (29 October 2002) 2005 AFC Futsal Championship (22 May – 4 June 2005) 2005 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships (29 August – 4 September 2005) 2012 Vietnam Open Grand Prix (20–26 August 2012) Miss International Queen Vietnam 2023 (8 April 2023)
1863 map of Long Xuyen. In 1789, a group of explorers established a small outpost in the Tam Khe canal, naming it Dong Xuyen. Soon after, a marketplace was created and named Long Xuyên, but by the 1860s the area became better known for the Long Xuyen market than by the official outpost's name.