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t. e. Ngô Đình Diệm ( / djɛm / dyem, [ 2] / ˈjiːəm / YEE-əm or / ziːm / zeem; Vietnamese: [ŋō ɗìn jîəmˀ] ⓘ; 3 January 1901 – 2 November 1963) was a South Vietnamese politician who was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam (1954–1955) and later the first president of South Vietnam ( Republic of Vietnam) from ...
Arrest and assassination of Ngô Đình Diệm. On 2 November 1963, Ngô Đình Diệm, the president of South Vietnam, was arrested and assassinated in a CIA -backed coup d'état led by General Dương Văn Minh. After nine years of autocratic and nepotistic family rule in the country, discontent with the Diệm regime had been simmering below ...
The history of Vietnam can be traced back to around 20,000 years ago. The first modern humans to arrive and settle in the area of modern-day Vietnam are known as the Hoabinhians, who can be traced as the ancestors of modern-day Negritos. Archaeological findings from 1965, which are still under research, show the remains of two hominins closely ...
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Eastern Chams (also known as Panduranga Chams or Phan Rang Chams) and their related ethnic groups, Raglai and Churu, are a major minority in Panduranga region in Bình Thuận and Ninh Thuận provinces of Vietnam. The Haroi Cham mainly populate in Đồng Xuân district of Phu Yen and Vân Canh district of Bình Định province.
Po Nagar is a Cham temple tower founded sometime before 781 and located in the medieval principality of Kauthara, near modern Nha Trang in Vietnam.It is dedicated to Yan Po Nagar, the goddess of the country, who came to be identified with the mahayana buddhist goddesses Bhagavati and Hariti, and who in Vietnamese is called Thiên Y Thánh Mẫu.
Phan Rang - Thap Cham city is located in the center of Ninh Thuan province, 1,380 km south of Hanoi, 330 km northeast of Ho Chi Minh City, 95 km south of Nha Trang, with geographical location: The east borders the East Sea (Phan Rang Bay). The west borders Ninh Son district. The south borders Ninh Phuoc district.
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( RVN; Vietnamese: Việt Nam Cộng hòa; VNCH, French: République du Viêt Nam ), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of the Cold War after the 1954 division of Vietnam.