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It can also be used orally (e.g. the time 00:05 would be read as Không giờ năm phút ("zero hour, five minutes")). The 12-hour notations is also used orally but instead of AM/PM, it's necessary to specify the place of the sun:
Ngày Nhà giáo Việt Nam School holiday. Honors those who are teachers December 22: National Defence Day (People's Army of Viet Nam Foundation Anniversary) Ngày hội quốc phòng toàn dân (ngày thành lập Quân đội nhân dân Việt Nam) Commemorating the foundation of the People's Army of Vietnam in 1944.
Time zones of the world. A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between countries and their subdivisions instead of strictly following longitude, because it is convenient for areas in frequent communication to keep the same time.
The name Việt Nam (pronounced [viə̂tˀ nāːm], chữ Hán: 越南), literally "Viet South", means "Viet of the South" per Vietnamese word order or "South of the Viet" per Classical Chinese word order. [17] A variation of the name, Nanyue (or Nam Việt, 南越), was first documented in the 2nd century BC. [18]
These new holidays were to include the International Labour Day on 1 May, the anniversary of the August Revolution on 19 August, Viet Nam's National Day on 2 September, and Ho Chi Minh's birthday on 19 May. [4] The lunar new year, Tết Nguyên Đán and the mid-autumn moon, Tết Trung Thu, continued to be observed as traditionally.
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 ...
Đại Nam Văn Hiến is a tourism complex in Bình Dương Province, Vietnam. Open on September 11, 2008, Dai Nam Tourist - Cultural - Historical Zone includes the first safari in Vietnam and the largest artificial sea in Southeast Asia [ 1 ] and is expected to be the biggest park and tourist destination in the country by 2010.
Việt Nam (Vietnamese pronunciation:) was the name adopted by Emperor Gia Long in 1804. [6] It is a variation of "Nam Việt" (南 越, Southern Việt), a name used in ancient times. [6] In 1839, Emperor Minh Mạng renamed the country Đại Nam ("Great South"). [7] In 1945, the nation's official name was changed back to "Vietnam".