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Yến: 燕. In Vietnamese culture, women keep their family names once they marry, whilst the progeny tend to have the father's family name, although names can often be combined from a father's and mother's family name, e.g. Nguyễn Lê, Phạm Vũ, Kim Lý etc. In formal contexts, people are referred to by their full name.
Phạm Văn Đồng. Hán-Nôm. 范 文 同. Phạm Văn Đồng ( listen ⓘ; 1 March 1906 – 29 April 2000) was a Vietnamese politician who served as Prime Minister of North Vietnam from 1955 to 1976. He later served as Prime Minister of Vietnam, following reunification of North and South Vietnam, from 1976 until he retired in 1987 under the ...
Thánh Gióng ( chữ Nôm: 聖揀), [1] also known as Phù Đổng Thiên Vương ( chữ Hán: 扶董天王, Heavenly Prince of Phù Đổng ), Sóc Thiên Vương ( chữ Hán: 朔天王), Ông Gióng (翁揀, sir Gióng) [2] [3] and Xung Thiên Thần Vương (冲天神王, Divine Prince of Heaven) is a mythical folk hero of Vietnam's ...
The Si Phan Don ( Lao: ສີ່ພັນດອນ; meaning '4,000 islands') is a riverine archipelago in the Mekong River, Champasak Province in southern Laos. [1] Si Phan Don is part of Khong District, including the islands and part of the mainland in the east. Si Phan Don is dotted with numerous islands, half of which are submerged when the ...
Khun Phaen and Wanthong flee to the forest. Mural from sala on Khao Phra, U Thong. Khun Chang Khun Phaen ( Thai: ขุนช้างขุนแผน, pronounced [kʰǔn tɕʰáːŋ kʰǔn pʰɛ̌ːn]) is a long Thai epic poem which originated from a legend of Thai folklore and is one of the most notable works in Thai literature. The work's ...
Hồng Ninh (洪寧) (1591–1592) Mạc Mậu Hợp (莫茂洽) 1562–1592. Mạc Toàn (莫全) Vũ An (武安) (1592–1592) Mạc Toàn (莫全) 1592. Mạc Chính Trung claimed himself as emperor of Mạc dynasty, however Mạc dynasty never considered him as official emperor. After internal fighting with his brothers, he fled to the Ming ...
Khong Island. Khong Island or Don Khong ( Lao: ດອນໂຂງ) is the largest island and the seat of administration in the Si Phan Don riverine archipelago located in the Mekong River, Khong District, Champasak Province, southern Laos . The island is 18 kilometers (11 mi) long (north-south), and 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) at its widest point.
Photo taken during a visit of Don Khon in the 4000 islands, Champassak province, Laos. In this country the captive animals are not enclosed and thus free to move in a large perimeter. The locomotive is a historic object from the ancient Don Det–Don Khon narrow-gauge railway and constitutes a touristic place in Si Phan Don.