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Sài Gòn Giải Phóng (English: Liberated Saigon) also known as SGGP and Saigon Giai Phong, is a Vietnamese Communist Party newspaper published from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. It is published in Vietnamese , English and Chinese .
Chợ Lớn (listen ⓘ, Chinese: 堤岸), usually anglicized as "Cholon" in English sources, is a quarter of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.It lies on the west bank of the Saigon River, having Bình Tây Market as its central market.
Map of Cho Lon province in 1909. Chợ Lớn (listen ⓘ) was former province of South Vietnam. It was established in December 1899 when Gia Định province was split to four smaller provinces. In 1901 its population was 184,151, 1916 census was 212,536, and February 15, 1920, census was 205,657.
Việt Báo was founded in 1992 by two former South Vietnamese writers, novelist Nhã Ca and poet Trần Dạ Từ.It was originally titled Việt Báo Kinh Tế (Vietnamese Economic News) and based in Westminster, California.
Li justified the fees as being necessary to cover travel costs and other expenses, and on some occasions, he donated the money earned to charitable causes. In 1994, Li ceased charging fees altogether, thereafter stipulating that Falun Gong must always be taught for free, and its teachings made available without charge (including online). [181]
The island group is served by Con Dao Airport (IATA: VCS, ICAO: VVCS) situated on the largest island in the archipelago, Côn Sơn Island. Total size of Côn Đảo Airport is 3,792 m 2 (40,820 sq ft), with one runway 1,830 m (6,000 ft) long. It can handle 400,000 passengers per year.
Côn Đảo Prison (Vietnamese: Nhà tù Côn Đảo), also Côn Sơn Prison, is a prison on Côn Sơn Island (also known as Côn Lôn), the largest island of the Côn Đảo archipelago in southern Vietnam (today it is in Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province).
[8] [9] The actual construction of Station Con Son began during April with the delivery of construction materials by USCGC Nettle (WAK-169) and award of construction contracts to Morrison-Knudsen Corp. and Brown and Root Company. [10] Station Con Son was one of five stations in the Southeast Asia chain and was designated SH-3 Yankee.