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Major General Lê Văn Viễn (Vietnamese: [lē vāŋ 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 Quốc gia Việt Nam).
Bình Xuyên Force (Vietnamese: Bộ đội Bình Xuyên, IPA: [ɓɨ̂n swiəŋ]), often linked to its infamous leader, General Lê Văn Viễn (nicknamed "Bảy Viễn"), was an independent military force within the Vietnamese National Army whose leaders once had lived outside the law and had sided with the Việt Minh.
Hạ Long Bay was the site of the first ever raising of the new national flag of the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam on 5 June 1948 during the signing of the Halong Bay Agreements (Accords de la baie d’Along) by High Commissioner Emile Bollaert and President Nguyễn Văn Xuân.
Suncheon Bay Ecological Park is a protected natural area near Suncheon, South Korea. It is a bay between Yeosu and Goheung peninsulas, located 8 km (5.0 mi) from the center of Suncheon, with 21.6 km 2 (8.3 sq mi) of mudflats and 5.4 km 2 (2.1 sq mi) of reed beds .
Clash (Vietnamese: Bẫy Rồng) is a 2009 Vietnamese action martial arts film directed by Le Thanh Son and starring Johnny Tri Nguyen and actress/singer Veronica Ngo.Johnny Tri Nguyen and Veronica Ngo had recently appeared together in the 2007 film The Rebel.
Learn about the German anti-tank weapon that used the squeeze bore principle and had a high muzzle velocity. Find out its history, specifications, production, variants and combat use in World War II.
The web page is about a 1968 photograph by Eddie Adams, showing South Vietnamese general Nguyen Ngoc Loan shooting a Viet Cong captain. It describes the background, execution, reactions, and aftermath of the event, as well as the controversies over the photo's impact and accuracy.
Learn about the symbolism, origin and evolution of the Vietnamese dragon, a mythical creature in Vietnamese folklore and culture. See images of different styles and forms of Vietnamese dragons from ancient to modern times.