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Considered as the unofficial Victory over Japan Day in Vietnam October 10: Capital Liberation Day: Ngày Giải phóng Thủ đô October 13: Vietnamese Entrepreneur's Day: Ngày Doanh nhân Việt Nam October 20: Vietnamese Women's Day: Ngày Phụ nữ Việt Nam Commemorating the foundation of Vietnamese Women's Association in 1930 Honors ...
11 April –.A court sentences tycoon Trương Mỹ Lan to death over a $12.46 billion financial fraud case. [2] 17 April – Vietnam mounts a $24 billion rescue for the Sai Gon Joint Stock Commercial Bank, which is currently involved in a massive fraud case. [3] 26 April – Vương Đình Huệ resigns as chairman of the National Assembly of ...
Prior to Typhoon Yagi forming and making landfall in Vietnam, domestic media reported unusual weather patterns in August 2024. Speaking to the Natural Resources and Environment newspaper, Mai Văn Khiêm, Director of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, stated that the country's average temperature reached 28.3 °C (82.9 °F), the highest in recorded history. [1]
Reunification Day (Vietnamese: Ngày Thống nhất), also known as Victory Day (Ngày Chiến thắng), Liberation Day (Ngày Giải phóng or Ngày Giải phóng miền Nam), or by its official name, Day of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (Ngày giải phóng miền Nam, thống nhất đất nước) [2] is a public holiday in Vietnam that marks the event when the ...
Vietnamese people also decorate their homes with Hòn non bộ and flowers such as chrysanthemums (hoa cúc), marigolds (vạn thọ) symbolizing longevity, cockscombs (mào gà) in southern Vietnam, and paperwhites (thủy tiên) and orchids (hoa lan) in northern Vietnam. In the past, there was a tradition where people tried to make their ...
Astro Bot wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2024. Disasters and accidents. 2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season. Tropical Cyclone Chido makes landfall over Agaléga, Mauritius. Seven people, including a child, are killed and 35 others are injured in a fire at a private hospital in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India.
Vietnam, [e] [f] officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, [g] [h] is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about 331,000 square kilometres (128,000 sq mi) and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.
The Chinese often organize dragon dances during Tết Trung Thu, while the Vietnamese do lion dances. The lion symbolizes luck and prosperity and is a good omen for all families. In the past, Vietnamese people also held trống quân singing and hung lanterns in kéo quân during the festival. The drums are sung to the rhythm of three "thình ...