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The Giving Tree Garden. The Giving Tree is an American children's picture book written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein. First published in 1964 by Harper & Row, it has become one of Silverstein's best-known titles, and has been translated into numerous languages. This book has been described as "one of the most divisive books in children's ...
The first bomb detonated at 8:15 p.m. (local time) in a floating restaurant "My Canh Café" at Bạch Đằng Quay on the bank of the Saigon River. 31–32 people were killed, and 42 were wounded. [2][3] Of the casualties, 13 were American and most others were Vietnamese citizens. [3]
Well known tales. "The Wishing Pearl" - a peasant befriends an animal and receives a magic gift. "The Student and the Frog" - about a frog who becomes a beautiful woman. Tấm Cám ("The Two Sisters") - a dark Cinderella story. Từ Thức Gặp Tiên ("Từ Thức and the Goddess") - A mandarin meets a girl at a Buddhist temple who is really a ...
Nguyễn Ngọc Loan. Major General Nguyễn Ngọc Loan (Vietnamese: [ŋʷǐənˀ ŋâwkp lʷāːn]; 11 December 1930 – 14 July 1998) was a South Vietnamese general and chief of the South Vietnamese National Police. [3] Loan gained international attention when he summarily executed a handcuffed prisoner of war named Nguyễn Văn Lém on ...
A list of some popular fairy tales or Vietnamese myths and legends includes but is not limited to: Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ (The Vietnamese creation origin myth) [11] The legend of Son Tinh and Thuy Tinh (Mountain God and Water God) [12] The betrayal of An Dương Vương [13] Hoan Kiem Lake – Le Loi and the Magical Sword [citation needed ...
Flag. Coat of arms. National anthem. Vietnam portal. v. t. e. The national symbols of Vietnam are official and unofficial flags, icons or cultural expressions that are emblematic, representative or otherwise characteristic of Vietnam and of its culture.
Korean War. Sheldon Allan Silverstein (/ ˈsɪlvərstiːn /; [1] September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999) was an American writer and musician. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Silverstein briefly attended university before being drafted into the United States Army. During his rise to prominence in the 1950s, his illustrations were published in ...
It is the native language of the Vietnamese (Kinh) people, as well as a second or first language for other ethnic groups in Vietnam, and still used by Vietnamese diaspora in the world. Vietnamese is classified as belonging to the Vietic branch, one of the branches of the Austroasiatic language family.