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Sin Cowe Island9°53′7″N 114°19′47″E, also known as Sinh Ton Island [1] ( Vietnamese: Đảo Sinh Tồn ); Rurok Island ( Filipino: Pulo ng Rurok, lit. 'Island of Peak'); Mandarin Chinese: 景宏島/景宏岛; pinyin: Jǐnghóng Dǎo, is an island in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. With an area of 8 hectares (20 acres), it ...
Black Virgin Mountain ( Vietnamese: Núi Bà Đen meaning "Black Lady Mountain") is a mountain in Tây Ninh City, Vietnam. The mountain is the center of a Vietnamese myth about Bà Đen. During the Vietnam War the area around the mountain was a hot zone as the Ho Chi Minh Trail ended a few kilometers west across the Cambodian border.
Nam quốc sơn hà ( chữ Hán: 南 國 山 河, lit. 'Mountains and Rivers of the Southern Country') is a famous 10th- to 11th-century Vietnamese patriotic poem. Dubbed "Vietnam's first Declaration of Independence", [1] it asserts the sovereignty of Vietnam 's rulers over its lands. The poem was first dictated to be read aloud before and ...
Hoang Lien National Park is Vietnam's mountainous Northwest and includes Fansipan, the highest mountain in Vietnam and on the Indochinese Peninsula.. The total area of the core national park is 29,845 hectares (115.23 sq mi), which includes a strict protected area of 11,875 ha; a "forest rehabilitation area" of 17,900 ha; and an administration services area of 70 ha.
Bảy Núi (Vietnamese: [ɓa᷉ːj nǔj], Chữ Nôm: 罷𡶀, seven mountains), also known by the Sino-Vietnamese version Thất Sơn (Vietnamese: [tʰə́k ʂəːŋ], Chữ Hán: 七山), is a range of small mountains located in the Tri Tôn and Tịnh Biên districts in Vietnam's An Giang Province, very close to the Cambodian border.
Hồng Lĩnh is the tên chữ Sino-Vietnamese name (literally "red mountain range"); the demotic tên nôm folk name is Rú Hống. [1] [2] The mountains famously have 99 peaks. Nguyễn Huệ built the Trung Đô Citadel on Hồng Lĩnh mountain. [3] [4] [5] The mountains were the place of retirement of Nguyễn Du. [6] In earlier days ...
Núi Cốc Reservoir ( Vietnamese: Hồ Núi Cốc) is a man-made lake, approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of the city of Thái Nguyên in Thái Nguyên Province, Vietnam, in Tam Đảo National Park. It is a popular visitor attraction on account of the legend associated with the 89 islands within the lake. [1] [2] [3]
Virtuous Founder [of our sect] Huynh) Known for. Founding of Hòa Hảo. Huỳnh Phú Sổ ( Vietnamese: [hʷɨ̀n fǔ ʂô]; 15 January 1920 – 16 April 1947), popularly known as Đức Thầy (lit. "Virtuous Master") or Đức Huỳnh Giáo Chủ (lit. Virtuous [Sect] Founder (ie. Patriach) Huynh), was the founder of the Hòa Hảo religious ...