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Lê Văn Viễn. Major General Lê Văn Viễn ( Vietnamese: [le vaŋ vǐəŋˀ]; 1904–1972), also known as Bảy Viễn ("Viễn the Seventh"), was the leader of the Bình Xuyên, a powerful Vietnamese criminal enterprise decreed by the Head of State, Bảo Đại, as an independent army within the Vietnamese National Army ( Quân đội ...
Long Tieng (also spelled Long Chieng, Long Cheng, or Long Chen) is a Laotian military base in Xaisomboun Province. [1] During the Laotian Civil War, it served as a town and airbase operated by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States. [2] During this time, it was also referred to as Lima Site 98 (LS 98) or Lima Site 20A (LS 20A).
April 4, 1990 (age 34) Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Occupation. Actress. Years active. 2009–present. Ninh Dương Lan Ngọc (born April 4, 1990), also known mononymously as Lan Ngọc, is a Vietnamese actress. She gained popularity with her lead role in The Floating Lives, for which she won the Best Leading Actress award at the 2010 Kite Awards.
Tóc Tiên. Nguyễn Khoa Tóc Tiên ( Vietnamese: [tɐwk͡p̚˧ˀ˦ tiɜŋ˧]; born 13 May 1989), [ 1] known simply as Tóc Tiên, is a Vietnamese singer. Beginning her career as a child, Tiên later became a teen idol, participating in several singing competitions and releasing two studio albums: Nụ cười nắng mai (2007) and Tóc Tiên ...
t. e. The provinces of Vietnam are subdivided into second-level administrative units, namely districts ( Vietnamese: huyện ), provincial cities ( thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh ), and district-level towns ( thị xã ). The centrally-controlled municipalities (the other first-level division, in addition to provinces) are subdivided into ...
The Pathet Lao and their North Vietnamese allies in Laos broke through the defense lines of the Hmong army headquartered in Long Tieng, "the most secret place on earth." " CIA agent Jerry Daniels organized an air evacuation of Vang Pao and about 2,000 Hmong, mostly soldiers and their families to Thailand.
The Vietnamese dragon is the combined image of crocodile, snake, cat, rat and bird. Historically, the Vietnamese people lived near rivers, so they venerated crocodiles as "thuồng luồng" or "Giao Long", the first kind of Vietnamese dragon. There are some kinds of dragons found on archaeological objects.
Lạc Long Quân "Dragon King of Lạc"; also called Sùng Lãm is an ancient king of the Hồng Bàng dynasty of ancient Vietnam. Quân was the son of Kinh Dương Vương, the king of Xích Quỷ. He is the main figure in the Vietnamese myth of Lạc Long Quân - Âu Cơ . According to the myth, Lạc Long Quân married Âu Cơ, a mountain ...