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  2. Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    BIDV was established on 26 April 1957 as the Bank for Construction of Vietnam (Ngân hàng Kiến thiết Việt Nam), under which name it operated until 24 June 1981, at which point it changed its name to the Bank for Investment and Construction of Vietnam (Ngân hàng Đầu tư và Xây dựng Việt Nam). It adopted its present name on 14 ...

  3. Jihad vs. McWorld - Wikipedia

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    Jihad vs. McWorld: How Globalism and Tribalism Are Reshaping the World is a 1995 book by American political scientist Benjamin Barber, in which he puts forth a theory that describes the struggle between "McWorld" (globalization and the corporate control of the political process) and "Jihad" (Arabic term for "struggle", here modified to mean tradition and traditional values, in the form of ...

  4. McWorld - Wikipedia

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    McWorld is a term referring to the spread of McDonald's restaurants throughout the world as the result of globalization, and more generally to the effects of international "McDonaldization" of services and commercialization of goods as an element of globalization as a whole. The name also refers to a 1990s advertising campaign for McDonald's ...

  5. Benjamin Barber - Wikipedia

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    Benjamin R. Barber (August 2, 1939 – April 24, 2017) was an American political theorist and author, perhaps best known for his 1995 bestseller, Jihad vs. McWorld, and for 2013's If Mayors Ruled the World. His 1984 book of political theory, Strong Democracy, was revised and reissued in 2004.

  6. District 1, Ho Chi Minh City - Wikipedia

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    District 1 and the other seven districts of Ho Chi Minh City were founded on May 27, 1959. Before 1975, the first district only had four small subsets (wards) which were Bến Nghé, Hòa Bình, Trần Quang Khải and Tự Đức (named after major historical characters), and the second district had seven different wards which were Bến Thành, Bùi Viện, Cầu Kho, Cầu Ông Lãnh ...

  7. MC Championship - Wikipedia

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    MC Championship (MCC) is a Minecraft tournament organised by YouTuber Scott Major (known online as Smajor1995 or Dangthatsalongname) and Minecraft collective Noxcrew. Ten teams of four compete in a series of Minecraft minigames.

  8. Ty (rapper) - Wikipedia

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    Benedict Okwuchukwu Godwin Chijioke // ⓘ (17 August 1972 – 7 May 2020), better known by his stage name Ty / ˈ t aɪ /, was a Nigerian-British rapper. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He released the albums Awkward (2001), Upwards (2003), Closer (2006), Special Kind of Fool (2010) and A Work of Heart (2018).

  9. List of tallest buildings in Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    Landmark 81 is currently the tallest building in Vietnam.. This list of tallest buildings in Vietnam ranks skyscrapers in Vietnam by height. The tallest building in Vietnam is the 81-storey Landmark 81 in Ho Chi Minh City, which was completed in 2018 at the height of 461.2 m (1,513 ft).