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The Battle of Xuân Lộc (Vietnamese: Trận Xuân Lộc) was the last major battle of the Vietnam War that took place at Xuân Lộc, Đồng Nai Province.Over a period of twelve days between 9 and 21 April 1975, the outnumbered South Vietnamese reserves attempted to stop the North Vietnamese forces from overrunning the town and breaking through towards South Vietnam's capital, Saigon.
Đăm Săn is the main character in the epic The Song of Đăm Săn (Rade: Klei khan y Dam San; Vietnamese: Trường ca Đam San), which consists of 2,077 lines and reflects the historical and cultural characteristics of the Rade people in the Central Highlands. [1]
Pages in category "Dams" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
A detention dam is a dam built to catch surface runoff and stream water flow to regulate the water flow in areas below the dam. [1] Detention dams are commonly used to reduce the damage caused by flooding or to manage the flow rate through a channel. [2] Detention dams can also be constructed to replenish groundwater and trap sediment. [2 ...
The removal of the four hydroelectric dams — Iron Gate Dam, Copco Dams 1 and 2, and JC Boyle Dam — allows the region’s iconic salmon population to swim freely along the Klamath River and its ...
[8] [13] In 1985, right at the construction site, Thân Công Khởi, a former operator of a self-propelled scraper who participated in building the main dam and later the West canal (one of the two main arteries of the Dầu Tiếng reservoir), was awarded the title of Hero of Labor by the Chairman of the State Council Trường Chinh.
Trương Văn Cam, known by the sobriquet Năm Cam (April 22, 1947 – June 3, 2004) was a notorious Vietnamese mobster who is often called the "Godfather" of Vietnam. Known for building and running a criminal enterprise revolving around gambling dens, hotels, racketeering, extortion, loan sharking and restaurants that fronted for brothels, during his heyday, Năm Cam was considered one of the ...
Dams of the Columbia River Basin. Click to view higher resolution and read legend. Hydroelectric generators in the basin sized by capacity. 17 dams on the British Columbia side of Canada-US border not shown.