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Thích Trí Quang was born as Phạm Quang on 21 December 1923 in the village of Diêm Điền to the west of the Nhật Lệ River, in Quảng Bình Province in central Vietnam. He entered the religious life at the age of 13 and was a disciple of Hòa Thượng (Most Venerable) Thích Trí Độ , the chairman of the Hội Phật Giáo Cứu ...
The Second Battle of Quang Tri (Vietnamese: Trận Thành cổ Quảng Trị; also called Operation Lam Sơn 72) began on 28 June 1972 and lasted 81 days until 16 September 1972, when South Vietnam's Army of the Republic of Vietnam defeated the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) at the ancient citadel of Quảng Trị (Vietnamese: Thành cổ Quảng Trị) and recaptured most of ...
Quảng Trị ( Vietnamese: [kwaːŋ˧˩ ʈi˧˨ʔ] ⓘ) is a coastal province near the southernmost part of the North Central Coast region, the Central of Vietnam, north of the former imperial capital of Huế. It borders Quảng Bình to the north, Thừa Thiên Huế to the south, Savannakhet of Laos to the west and the East Sea to the east ...
On 2 July 1976, North and South Vietnam were merged to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. [153] The war had devastated Vietnam and killed 966,000 to 3.8 million people. [154] [155] [156] A 1974 US Senate subcommittee estimated nearly 1.4 million Vietnamese civilians were killed or wounded between 1965 and 1974—including 415,000 killed.
The province also borders Lạng Sơn, Bắc Giang and Hải Dương provinces to the west, and the city of Hải Phòng to the south. The coastal line is 250 km. The total area of Quảng Ninh is 8,239.243 km 2, of which 5,938 km 2 is mainland. The area of islands, bays and sea is a tremendous 2,448.853 km 2.
The infantry companies were engaged by entrenched PAVN 2 km east of Lộc Ninh losing five killed and 10 wounded before withdrawing. The next morning the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment was flown into Lộc Ninh and 3 companies were sent in separate columns towards Hill 222 ( 11°53′17″N 106°37′44″E / 11.888°N 106.629°E ...
First Battle of Quảng Trị. / 16.733°N 106.967°E / 16.733; 106.967 ( First Battle of Quảng Trị) The First Battle of Quảng Trị ( Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Trị Thiên) resulted in the first major victory for the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) during the Easter Offensive of 1972. Quảng Trị Province was a major ...
A scene from the film Kim Vân Kiều (金雲翹) in 1924. As an integral part of Vietnamese literature for 200 years, The Tale of Kiều had been the inspiration for numerous works. The poem had been adapted into numerous other art forms, including cải lương, chèo, pantomime and Western-style operas.