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Nhất Hạnh was born Nguyễn Xuân Bảo on 11 October 1926, in the ancient capital of Huế in central Vietnam. [ 13][ 7][ 14] He is 15th generation Nguyễn Đình; the poet Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, author of Lục Vân Tiên, was his ancestor. [ 15] His father, Nguyễn Đình Phúc, from Thành Trung village in Thừa Thiên, Huế, was ...
Đại Cathay was born in 1940 as the son of Lê Văn Cự, who was a gangster in the market area of Cầu Muối. After 1945, Đại's father became a revolutionary and joined the Bình Xuyên army to fight against the French, where his father served under his leader Ba Dương. In 1946, his father was captured and exiled to Côn Đảo prison ...
Vietnam, [ e][ f] officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, [ g] is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about 331,000 square kilometres (128,000 sq mi) and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.
Emmy voters are paying attention. The Television Academy announced nominations for the 76th Emmys on Wednesday morning, and the announcement was filled with historic-making choices and several ...
The 60s and the era of the "Four Great Kings". Saigon, now known as Ho Chi Minh City, has had a long history of organized crime that often ran lucrative illegal activities within the city. During the 1960s period to before 1975, Saigon's underworld at that time was characterized by the era known as the "Four Great Kings", which referred to the ...
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Vuong Xuan Nguyen (born May 7, 1980) is a journalist, social activist, ornamental plant expert, and rural development expert in Vietnam. He is currently the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Rural Development Science, head of the Department of Culture and Development E-Magazine, and chief of staff of the Hanoi Ornamental Plant Association, Director of the Institute of Art, Culture and ...
Xã hội đen, (chữ Nôm: 社會顛, literally means "black societies"), is a Vietnamese term used to describe criminal underworld. The term is believed to have become widely used thanks to Hong Kong TV series and movies about the Chinese secret society of Heishehui ( Chinese: 黑社会 ). [ 1] An individual who participates in these ...