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Empress Nam Phương (14 November 1913 – 16 September 1963), born Marie-Thérèse Nguyễn Hữu Thị Lan, was the last empress consort of Vietnam. She was the wife of Bảo Đại ( r. 1926–1945 ), the last emperor of Vietnam (officially named as Đại Nam before March 1945), from 1934 until her death.
After the wedding, she was given the title Empress Nam Phương. The couple had five children, two sons and three daughters: Crown Prince Bảo Long (4 January 1936 – 28 July 2007) Princess Phương Mai (1 August 1937 – 16 January 2021) Princess Phương Liên (born 3 November 1938) Princess Phương Dung (born 5 February 1942)
Bảo Long was born at Kien-Trung Palace, Huế on 4 January 1936, to Emperor Bảo Đại and his first wife, Empress Nam Phương.On 7 March 1939, he was invested and proclaimed Crown Prince, the official heir to the throne, in a Confucian ceremony at Can-Chanh Palace in Huế.
English: Empress Nam Phương on her wedding day, 1934. Royal portrait by unknown Nguyen Dynasty photographer, taken as a wedding photo of Nam Phương and was widely used right after in French Indochina.
Đại Nam Đế Kỳ [41] (Personal standard of the Emperor of Đại Nam). Đại Nam (大南, great south) was the official name of Vietnam at this time. 1890–1920: Flag of emperors Thành Thái, Duy Tân and Khải Định: A red field with a single yellow stripe. Referred to as the Long tinh or Dragon Star Flag. [41] 1920–1945
As China for centuries had referred to Đại Việt as Annam, Gia Long asked the Manchu Qing emperor to rename the country, from Annam to Nam Việt. To prevent any confusion of Gia Long's kingdom with Triệu Đà's ancient kingdom, the Manchu emperor reversed the order of the two words to Việt Nam. The name Vietnam is thus known to be used ...
Kien Pham is a private equity investor and philanthropist living and traveling between the U.S. and Vietnam. As an investor, he collaborates with TPG Capital (www.TPG.com), a leading U.S. firm with nearly US$100 billion under management and also with Red Square Vietnam, a boutique investment and advisory firm based in Ho Chi Minh city.
Endangered Primate Rescue Center (Vietnamese: Trung tâm cứu hộ linh trưởng nguy cấp) (also known as EPRC Vietnam) is located in Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh province, in Vietnam's Red River Delta. The center is one of the first animal rescue centers in Vietnam and one of the largest primate rescue centers in Southeast Asia.