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The Ba Chúc massacre ( Vietnamese: Thảm sát Ba Chúc) was the mass killing of 3,157 civilians in Ba Chúc, An Giang Province, Vietnam, by the Revolutionary Army of Kampuchea ( Khmer Rouge) from April 18 to 30, 1978. The Khmer Rouge took the local villagers to temples and schools to torture and kill them. The residents who fled to the ...
The name Tết is a shortening of Tết Nguyên Đán, literally written as tết (meaning festivals; only used in festival names) and nguyên đán which means the first day of the year. Both words come from Sino-Vietnamese respectively, 節 (SV: tiết) and 元旦. The word for festival is usually lễ hội, a Sino-Vietnamese word, 禮會.
v. t. e. Đổi Mới ( IPA: [ɗo᷉i mə̌ːi]; transl. "renovation" or "innovation") is the name given to the economic reforms initiated in Vietnam in 1986 with the goal of creating a "socialist-oriented market economy". The term đổi mới itself is a general term with wide use in the Vietnamese language meaning "innovate" or "renovate".
Even though the research is contradictory, one thing is clear: Carbohydrates trigger an inflammatory response, which has a negative impact on your health. But Brooks has one word for those who ...
Marlene Lenthang. June 18, 2024 at 4:13 PM. Joseph Prezioso. The 911 emergency system was down statewide for over an hour in Massachusetts on Tuesday afternoon. State officials notified the public ...
Most of us hope for big balances in our checking and savings accounts, but when you withdraw funds, the biggest bill you’ll see today is probably $100. Once upon a time, though, $500, $1,000 ...
The Kra–Dai languages ( / ˈkrɑː.daɪ / KRAH-dy, also known as Tai–Kadai / ˈtaɪ.kəˌdaɪ / TIE-kə-DYE and Daic / ˈdaɪ.ɪk / DYE-ik ), are a language family in mainland Southeast Asia, southern China, and northeastern India. All languages in the family are tonal, including Thai and Lao, the national languages of Thailand and Laos ...
v. t. e. Qigong ( / ˈtʃiːˈɡɒŋ / ), [ 1][ a] is a system of coordinated body-posture and movement, breathing, and meditation [ 2] said to be useful for the purposes of health, spirituality, and martial arts training. [ 3] With roots in Chinese medicine, philosophy, and martial arts, qigong is traditionally viewed by the Chinese and ...