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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 ...
The Viet Cong [nb 1] was an epithet and umbrella term to call the communist-driven armed movement and united front organization in South Vietnam.Formally organized as and led by the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam [nb 2] and nominally conducted military operations under the name of the Liberation Army of South Vietnam (LASV), the movement fought under the direction of North Vietnam ...
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 ...
The Empire of Vietnam ( Vietnamese: Đế quốc Việt Nam; Literary Chinese and Contemporary Japanese: 越南帝國 [a]; Modern Japanese: ベトナム帝国, Betonamu Teikoku) was a short-lived puppet state of Imperial Japan [1] governing the former French protectorates of Annam and Tonkin between March 11 and August 25, 1945.
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.
Murder, kidnapping, torture and intimidation were a routine part of Viet Cong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) operations during the Vietnam War.They were intended to liquidate opponents such as officials, leaders, military personnel, civilians who collaborated with the South Vietnamese government, erode the morale of South Vietnamese government employees, cow the populace and boost ...
hanoi.gov.vn. Hanoi [a] ( Vietnamese: Hà Nội ⓘ) is the capital and second-most populous city of Vietnam. The name "Hanoi" translates to "inside the river," [17] – Hanoi borders the Red and Black Rivers. As a municipality, Hanoi consists of 12 urban districts, 17 rural districts, and one district-level town.
The Vietnamese people (Vietnamese: người Việt , lit. ' Việt people ' or ' Việt humans ') or the Kinh people (Vietnamese: người Kinh , lit. 'Metropolitan people'), also recognized as the Viet people [67] or the Viets, are a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to modern-day Northern Vietnam and Southern China who speak Vietnamese, the most widely spoken Austroasiatic language.