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Four-plane defoliant run, part of Operation Ranch Hand. Operation Ranch Hand was a U.S. military operation during the Vietnam War, lasting from 1962 until 1971.Largely inspired by the British use of chemicals 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D (Agent Orange) during the Malayan Emergency in the 1950s, it was part of the overall herbicidal warfare program during the war called "Operation Trail Dust".
The Vietnam War began shortly after, between the communist North Vietnam, supported by the Soviet Union and China, and the anti-communist South Vietnam, supported by the United States. Upon the North Vietnamese victory in 1975, Vietnam reunified as a unitary socialist state under the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) in 1976.
[396] [397] [398] Third-graders can choose one of seven languages (English, Russian, French, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German) as their first foreign language. [ 399 ] [ 400 ] [ 401 ] In Vietnam's high school graduation examinations , students can take their foreign language exam in one of the above-mentioned languages.
Information about Vietnam: from the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affair; M&A Market in Vietnam's Transition Economy: Vuong, Q.H et al., 2010. Journal of Economic Policy and Research, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 1–54 (English) Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui: News concerning Vietnam (English & French) Business Anti-Corruption Portal Vietnam Country Profile
3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines; 1955 State of Vietnam referendum; 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt; 1964 Brinks Hotel bombing; Arrest and assassination of Ngô Đình Diệm
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Air quality technology company IQAir reports that Hanoi, Vietnam, has the worst air pollution of any city on Earth, with levels of hazardous small particles, known as PM2.5, measured at 266 micrograms per cubic metre. 18 December 2024 – Eleven people are killed and two others are injured in an arson attack on a bar in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Lê Lợi (Hán tự: 黎利; 1384 or 1385? – 1433), posthumously known with the temple name Lê Thái Tổ (黎太祖), was Emperor of Vietnam and founder of the Lê Dynasty. Lê Lợi is among the most famous figures from the medieval period of Vietnamese history and one of its greatest heroes.