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  2. Prison riot - Wikipedia

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    A prison riot is an act of concerted defiance or disorder by a group of prisoners against the prison administrators, prison officers, or other groups of prisoners.. Academic studies of prison riots emphasize a connection between prison conditions (such as prison overcrowding) and riots, [1] [2] [3] or discuss the dynamics of the modern prison riot.

  3. Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre - Wikipedia

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    A dying 21-year-old woman with her breasts cut out. U.S. Marines transported her to the hospital, but she died soon after A child killed during the Phong Nhi and Phong Nhat massacre. The Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre [2] [3] (Korean: 퐁니·퐁넛 양민학살 사건, Vietnamese: Thảm sát Phong NhấtPhong Nhị) was a massacre ...

  4. Côn Đảo Prison - Wikipedia

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    The most famous site in this prison are the "tiger cages" (chuồng cọp). The French tiger cages cover an area of 5.475 m 2, within which each cell occupies 1.408 m 2, solariums occupy 1.873 m 2, and other spaces occupy 2.194 m 2. The prison includes 120 cells. The prison was closed after the end of the Vietnam War and opened for visitors ...

  5. Viet Cong and People's Army of Vietnam use of terror in the ...

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    Murder, kidnapping, torture and intimidation were a routine part of Viet Cong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) operations during the Vietnam War.They were intended to liquidate opponents such as officials, leaders, military personnel, civilians who collaborated with the South Vietnamese government, erode the morale of South Vietnamese government employees, cow the populace and boost ...

  6. List of districts of Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    The provinces of Vietnam are subdivided into second-level administrative units, namely districts (Vietnamese: huyện), provincial cities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh), and district-level towns (thị xã).

  7. Phú Quốc Prison - Wikipedia

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    The prison was built in 1949–1950 by French colonialists as a place to detain political dissidents. During the Vietnam War, it was used for detention of captured Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers. The prison covered an area of 40,000 square metres (0.015 sq mi).

  8. Nationalist Party of Greater Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    The Nationalist Party of Greater Vietnam (in Vietnamese: Đại Việt Quốc dân đảng), often known simply as Đại Việt or ĐVQDĐ, is a nationalist and anti-communist political party and militant organisation that was active in Vietnam in the 20th century.

  9. 2018 Vietnam protests - Wikipedia

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    The 2018 Vietnam protests, June 10 Events, or Protests against the Special Zone Act and the Cybersecurity Law (Vietnamese: Biểu tình phản đối Luật đặc khu kinh tế và Luật An ninh mạng), are a series of both violent and nonviolent protests that erupted across Vietnam in June 2018, chiefly in response to two drafted pieces of legislation: the Special Zone Act and the ...