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The Việt Tân aims to establish democracy and reform Vietnam through peaceful means, focusing on empowering the Vietnamese people, supporting the development of civil society, and promoting pluralism in Vietnam. Việt Tân sees the strength and resources of the Vietnamese people as the impetus for achieving political change and restoring ...
Location within Vietnam. The Battle of Mang Yang Pass (also known as the Battle of An Khê or the Battle of Đắk Pơ) was one of the last battles of the First Indochina War which took place on 24 June 1954. The battle was one of the bloodiest defeats of the French Union forces, along with the battle of Dien Bien Phu shortly beforehand.
The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam ( PRG, Vietnamese: Chính phủ Cách mạng Lâm thời Cộng hòa miền Nam Việt Nam ), was formed on June 8, 1969, by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) as an underground government opposing the government of South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam ...
800 killed. 2,416 wounded [2] 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 ...
Gia Long. Gia Long ( Vietnamese: [zaː lawŋ] ( North), [jaː lawŋ] ( South); 8 February 1762 – 3 February 1820), born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh (阮福暎) or Nguyễn Ánh, was the founding emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last dynasty of Vietnam. His dynasty would rule the unified territories that constitute modern-day Vietnam until 1945.
Việt Nam (Vietnamese pronunciation:) was the name adopted by Emperor Gia Long in 1804. It is a variation of "Nam Việt" (南 越, Southern Việt), a name used in ancient times. In 1839, Emperor Minh Mạng renamed the country Đại Nam ("Great South"). In 1945, the nation's official name was changed back to "Vietnam".
Mảng people. The Mảng ( Chinese: 莽人; pinyin: Mángrén; Vietnamese: Mảng) are an ethnic group living primarily in Lai Châu, northwestern Vietnam, where they are one of Vietnams' 54 officially recognized ethnic groups. There are also about 500 Mảng living in the Yunnan province of southern China, where they are officially termed an ...
The Viet Cong [nb 1] was an epithet and umbrella term to call the communist -driven armed movement and united front organization in South Vietnam. Formally organized as and led by the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, [nb 2] it fought under the direction of North Vietnam against the South Vietnamese and United States governments ...