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An Dương Vương ( Vietnamese: [ʔaːn zɨəŋ vɨəŋ] ), personal name Thục Phán, was the founding king and the only ruler of the kingdom of Âu Lạc, an ancient state centered in the Red River Delta. As the leader of the Âu Việt tribes, he defeated the last Hùng king of the state of Văn Lang and united its people – known as the ...
Nguyễn Tấn Dũng was born on 17 November 1949 in Cà Mau in southern Vietnam. He purportedly volunteered on his 12th birthday to join the Vietcong, doing first-aid, and communication tasks; he also worked as a paramedic, and a physician. He was wounded four times during the Vietnam War, and was later ranked as a level 2/4 wounded veteran.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Instrument (s) Guitar. Years active. 1958–2001. Trịnh Công Sơn (February 28, 1939 – April 1, 2001) was a Vietnamese musician, songwriter, painter and poet. [1] [2] He is widely considered to be Vietnam's best songwriter. His music explores themes of love, loss, and anti-war sentiments during the Vietnam War ...
Laos. Cambodia. Đại Việt ( 大越, IPA: [ɗâjˀ vìət]; literally Great Việt ), was a Vietnamese monarchy in eastern Mainland Southeast Asia from the 10th century AD to the early 19th century, centered around the region of present-day Hanoi, Northern Vietnam. Its early name, Đại Cồ Việt, [note 1] was established in 968 by ...
Lạc Long Quân "Dragon King of Lạc"; also called Sùng Lãm is an ancient king of the Hồng Bàng dynasty of ancient Vietnam. Quân was the son of Kinh Dương Vương, the king of Xích Quỷ. He is the main figure in the Vietnamese myth of Lạc Long Quân - Âu Cơ . According to the myth, Lạc Long Quân married Âu Cơ, a mountain ...
Ngô Quyền ( chữ Hán: 吳權) (April 17, 898 – February 14, 944), often referred to as Tiền Ngô Vương (前吳王; "First King of Ngô"), was a warlord who later became the founding king of the Ngô dynasty of Vietnam. He reigned from 939 to 944.
Founded in 257 BCE by a figure called Thục Phán ( King An Dương ), it was a merger of Nam Cương ( Âu Việt) and Văn Lang ( Lạc Việt) but succumbed to the state of Nanyue in 179 BCE, which, itself was finally conquered by the Han dynasty. [8] [9] Its capital was in Cổ Loa, present-day Hanoi, in the Red River Delta.
Tôn Đức Thắng (August 20, 1888 – March 30, 1980) was the second president of Vietnam under the leadership of General Secretary Lê Duẩn. The position of president is ceremonial and Tôn was never a major policymaker or even a member of the Politburo, Vietnam's ruling council. He served as president, initially of North Vietnam from ...