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Vietnam portal. v. t. e. The Tet offensive attack on the United States embassy took place on the early morning of 31 January 1968, when a 19-man Viet Cong (VC) sapper team attempted to seize the US Embassy in Saigon at the start of the VC's Tet Offensive.
The Hòa Bình Dam on the Black River ( Vietnamese: Sông Đà) is the largest hydroelectric dam in Vietnam from 1994 to 2012 (this record was broken by Sơn La Dam ), and one of the largest in Southeast Asia, with a generating capacity of 1,920 MW. [ 1][ 2] The Sông Đà Reservoir, with a capacity of 9 billion m 3 was formed as the river was ...
Hòa Bình or Hoà Bình ( Vietnamese: [hwaː˨˩ ʔɓïŋ˨˩] ⓘ) is a mountainous province of Vietnam, located in the nation's Northwest region. It borders Phú Thọ province and Sơn La province to the northwest, Hanoi to the northeast, Hà Nam province to the east, Ninh Bình province to the southeast and Thanh Hóa province to the south.
135,718. • Density. 390/km 2 (1,000/sq mi) Climate. Cwa. Hòa Bình ( Vietnamese: [hʷâː ɓîŋ̟] ⓘ) is a city in Vietnam. It is the capital of Hòa Bình Province, and is located 76 kilometres from Hanoi and 5 kilometres from the Đà River. [ 3 ] The Battle of Hòa Bình was fought around the city from 1951 to 1952 during the First ...
Hòa Hảo is a Vietnamese new religious movement. [ 1] It is described either as a syncretistic folk religion or as a sect of Buddhism. It was founded in 1939 by Huỳnh Phú Sổ (1920–1947), who is regarded as a saint by its devotees. [ 2] It is one of the major religions of Vietnam with between one million and eight million adherents ...
Dong Son culture (1,000 BC–100 AD) Iron Age. Sa Huỳnh culture (1,000 BC–200 AD) Óc Eo culture (1–630 AD) v. t. e. The Hoabinhian is a lithic techno-complex of archaeological sites associated with assemblages in Southeast Asia from the late Pleistocene to the Holocene, dated to c. 10,000 –2000 BCE. [ 1]
Manning French outposts between Don Goi and Hoa Binh put heavy pressure on French manpower, where 20,000 troops were tied down. As a result of this, when the Việt Minh 316th and 320th Divisions moved in to replace the other divisions, General Salan decided to withdraw the remaining French forces.
Hòa Bình, Biên Hòa. / 10.94917°N 106.81139°E / 10.94917; 106.81139. Hòa Bình is a ward located in Biên Hòa city of Đồng Nai province, Vietnam. [1] It has an area of about 0.5km2 and the population in 2017 was 10,320.