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[10] [11] On 4 January 1970 U.S. forces launched Operation Cliff Dweller IV, a sweep of the mountain’s rugged northeastern slope. The 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry, conducted the sweep, with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor and part of the 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry, waiting at the bottom of the slope as a blocking force. Before dawn ...
The Battle of Ban Me Thuot was a decisive battle of the Vietnam War which led to the complete destruction of South Vietnam's II Corps Tactical Zone. The battle was part of a larger North Vietnamese military operation known as Campaign 275 to capture the Tay Nguyen region, known in the West as the Vietnamese Central Highlands .
The girl on the far right is playing the đàn tỳ bà. The đàn tỳ bà or đàn tì bà (Vietnamese: [ɗàːn tì ɓàː], Chữ Nôm: 彈琵琶) is a Vietnamese traditional plucked string instrument derived from the Chinese pipa, [1] That first gained popularity in China before spreading throughout East Asia, eventually reaching Vietnam sometime during the Trần dynasty.
Buôn Ma Thuột (formerly Lạc Giao) [1] or sometimes Buôn Mê Thuột or Ban Mê Thuột (listen ⓘ), is the capital city of Đắk Lắk Province in the Central Highlands of Vietnam Its population was 434,256 in 2023. [ 2 ]
Ba Đình is one of the four original urban districts (quận) of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. [4] The district currently has 14 wards, covering a total area of 9.21 square kilometres (3.56 sq mi). [1] As of 2019, [2] there were 221,893 people residing in the district, the population density is 24,000 inhabitants per square kilometer.
Off the sea, there lie Hòn La islet, Hòn Gió islet, Hòn Nồm islet, Hòn Cỏ islet, Hòn Chùa islets with the total fishery capacity of 100,000 metric tonnes. Hòn La bay is a 4-square-km marine bay with the depth up to 15 m and a surrounding land of 4 km 2 suitable to develop sea deep-water port and industrial park.
District 11 (Vietnamese: Quận 11) is an urban district of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam. As of 2010, the district had a population of 232,536 and an area of 5 km². [ 1 ] It is divided into 16 small subsets which are called wards (phường) , numbered from Ward 1 to Ward 16.
Đại La was constructed by jiedushi Gao Pian in 866. It was the seat of Songping County during the Tang dynasty, and was capital of the Tĩnh Hải quân. In 1010, Lý Công Uẩn decided to move his capital away from the cramped Hoa Lư (present-day Ninh Bình). Đại La was favored because of its central and convenient location, defensible ...