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Dương Văn Minh ( Vietnamese: [jɨəŋ van miŋ̟] ⓘ; 16 February 1916 – 6 August 2001), popularly known as Big Minh, was a South Vietnamese politician and a senior general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and a politician during the presidency of Ngô Đình Diệm. In 1963, he became chief of a military junta after leading ...
1975 spring offensive. The 1975 spring offensive ( Vietnamese: chiến dịch mùa Xuân 1975 ), officially known as the general offensive and uprising of spring 1975 ( Vietnamese: Tổng tiến công và nổi dậy mùa Xuân 1975 ), was the final North Vietnamese campaign in the Vietnam War that led to the capitulation of Republic of Vietnam.
The fall of Saigon[ 9] was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by North Vietnam and the Viet Cong on 30 April 1975. The event marked the end of the Vietnam War and the collapse of the South Vietnamese state, leading to a transition period and the formal reunification of Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam under ...
Visitors. approx. 500,000/year (2009) Owner. Government of Vietnam. The War Remnants Museum ( Vietnamese: Bảo tàng chứng tích chiến tranh) is a war museum at 28 Vo Van Tan, in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. It contains exhibits relating to the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War .
hochiminhcity .gov .vn. Ho Chi Minh City ( HCMC; Vietnamese: Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh ), commonly known as Saigon (Vietnamese: Sài Gòn ), is the most populous city in Vietnam, with a population of around 10 million in 2023. [ 7] The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the eponymously-named Saigon River is the largest.
Museum of Ho Chi Minh City ( Vietnamese: Bảo tàng Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh ), formerly known as Gia Long Palace ( Vietnamese: Dinh Gia Long ), is a historical site and museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. [1] [2] The museum is situated at the corner of Lý Tự Trọng and Nam Kỳ Khởi Nghĩa streets, located on a 2-hectare block near ...
Haiphong ( Vietnamese: Hải Phòng) is the third-largest city in Vietnam and is the principal port city of the Red River Delta. [ 7 ] The municipality has an area of 1,526.52 km 2 (589.39 sq mi), [ 1 ] consisting of 8 urban districts and 7 rural districts. Two of the rural districts cover islands in the South China Sea: Bạch Long Vĩ and ...
August Revolution. The August Revolution ( Vietnamese: Cách-mạng tháng Tám ), also known as the August General Uprising ( Vietnamese: Tổng khởi-nghĩa giành chính-quyền tháng Tám, lit. 'the Total uprising to seize power in August'), was a revolution launched by the Việt Minh (League for the Independence of Vietnam formed in ...