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Platanus (/ ˈ p l æ t ə n ə s / PLAT-ən-əss [1]) is a genus consisting of a small number of tree species native to the Northern Hemisphere. They are the sole living members of the family Platanaceae .
Emperor Quang Trung (Vietnamese: [kwāːŋ ʈūŋm]; chữ Hán: 光中, 1753 – 16 September 1792) or Nguyễn Huệ (chữ Hán: 阮惠), also known as Nguyễn Quang Bình (chữ Hán: 阮光平), or Hồ Thơm (chữ Hán: 胡𦹳) was the second emperor of the Tây Sơn dynasty, reigning from 1788 until 1792. [2]
In the time of transition and cultural intersection between West and East in Vietnam at the end of 19th and early 20th century, Vĩnh Ký had such a grandiose career that the French scholar J. Bouchot called him "the only scholar in Indochina and even the modern China" In Vietnam, Vĩnh Ký was praised as the most excellent language and ...
Nguyễn Công Trứ (阮公著) also Hi Văn (Uy Viễn, Hà Tĩnh 1778–1858) was a Vietnamese poet and scholar. [1] He came up against a lot of obstacles in academic field in which he was really successful only when he reached the age of 42. Nguyễn Công Trứ held a respectable position in military as a General.
Quách Thị Trang Square (Vietnamese: Công trường Quách Thị Trang) is the city square in front of the well-known Bến Thành Market in District 1, downtown Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. [ 1 ] The square was known for its landscaped traffic circle featuring the equestrian statue of Trần Nguyên Hãn [ vi ] and the white bust of Quách ...
This went on until he met an elderly woman, Chu Bá Linh (Chu sư-thái), who took the entire movement into her house. [2]: 138–142 Funds arrived and he planned to move to Thailand. He arrived in Thailand in November 1910, and all his students and followers who could follow him took up farming there. [2]: 142–146
Ven. Thich Nhat Tu was born in 1969. After completing secondary high school, he became a novice at 13 years old, under the spiritual guidance of the late Most Ven. Thich Thien Hue at Giac Ngo Temple and received full ordination in 1988.
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋwiən˦ˀ˥ kaːw˧˧ ki˨˩]; 8 September 1930 – 23 July 2011) [1] [2] was a South Vietnamese military officer and politician who served as the chief of the Republic of Vietnam Air Force in the 1960s, before leading the nation as the prime minister of South Vietnam in a military junta from 1965 to 1967.