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Quây Sơn or Guichun River - the Vietnamese side photographed from the Chinese side in the foreground. Quây Sơn River. The Quây Sơn River (Vietnamese: Sông Quây Sơn, Sông Quế Sơn; chữ Nôm: 滝𡇸山, 滝桂山) [1] or as the Guichun River as it is known in China, (Chinese: 归春河, Pinyin: ) is a river that passes through Cao Bằng Province, Vietnam and Guangxi province ...
Cover of The Tale of Kiều (1967 reprint) in quốc ngữ script. It is unclear when prostitution and other forms of sex work first appeared in Vietnam. Possibly the earliest depiction or mention of female sex work in Vietnam is in The Tale of Kiều (Vietnamese: Truyện Kiều), an epic poem written c. 1800 by celebrated Vietnamese writer Nguyễn Du. [5]
Bản Giốc – Detian Falls or Bản Giốc Falls is a collective name for two waterfalls on the Quây Sơn River (Vietnamese: Sông Quây Sơn, chữ Nôm: 滝𢮿山; Chinese: 归春河, Pinyin: Guīchūn hé) that straddle the international border between China and Vietnam; more specifically located between the Karst hills of Daxin County, Guangxi and Trùng Khánh District, Cao Bằng ...
[12] According to Lembcke, "it was the image of the spat-upon Vietnam veteran that figured most prominently in the rhetoric of those supporting the Gulf War. [1]: p.20 Ron Kovic and Vietnam veteran protestors at the 1972 Republican National Convention in Miami. Kovic says he was spit on by a pro-war Nixon supporter.
Born in Phan Rang in the south central coast of Vietnam, Thieu joined the communist-dominated Việt Minh of Hồ Chí Minh in 1945 but quit after a year and joined the Vietnamese National Army (VNA) of the French-backed State of Vietnam. He gradually rose up the ranks and, in 1954, led a battalion in expelling the communists from his native ...
Tupac Amaru Shakur (/ ˈ t uː p ɑː k ʃ ə ˈ k ʊər / ⓘ; born Lesane Parish Crooks; June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor.