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Vietnam in HD. Vietnam in HD (known as Vietnam Lost Films outside the US) is a 6-part American documentary television miniseries that originally aired from November 8 to November 11, 2011 on the History Channel. From the same producers as WWII in HD, the program focuses on the firsthand experiences of thirteen Americans during the Vietnam War.
Laos. Cambodia. Đại Việt (大越, IPA: [ɗâjˀ vìət]; literally Great Việt), was a Vietnamese monarchy in eastern Mainland Southeast Asia from the 10th century AD to the early 19th century, centered around the region of present-day Hanoi. Its early name, Đại Cồ Việt, [note 1] was established in 968 by the ruler Đinh Bộ Lĩnh ...
Giáy • Vietnamese. Religion. Animism. The Giáy people (Vietnamese: người Giáy [ŋɯɤi˨˩ zɑi˧˥]), known in Laos as the Nhang or Yang, are an ethnic group in Vietnam and Laos. Most live in the mountainous northern provinces of Lào Cai, Hà Giang, Lai Châu, and Cao Bằng. In 2019 the population was 67,858.
Contents. CIA activities in Vietnam. CIA activities in Vietnam were operations conducted by the Central Intelligence Agency in Vietnam from the 1950s to the late 1960s, before and during the Vietnam War. After the 1954 Geneva Conference, North Vietnam was controlled by communist forces under Ho Chi Minh 's leadership.
Keith Taylor (historian) Keith Weller Taylor (born 1946) is an American historian. [3] He currently is Professor of Sino-Vietnamese Cultural Studies in the Department of Asian Studies at Cornell University. [2] Contrary to the majority of Western historians with expertise in Vietnamese history, who predominantly discuss the events of the 20th ...
Cổ Loa Citadel (Vietnamese: Thành Cổ Loa) is an important fortified settlement and archaeological site in present-day Hanoi 's Đông Anh district, roughly 17 kilometers north of present-day Hanoi, in the upper plain north of the Red River. [1] Various relics of the Bronze Age Phùng Nguyên culture and Đông Sơn culture have been found ...
Website. www.rexhotelsaigon.com. The Rex Hotel (Vietnamese: Khách Sạn Rex, French: Hôtel Rex de Saïgon) is a famous luxury and business hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. During the Vietnam War, the daily U.S. briefings at the hotel became known as "The Five O'Clock Follies". The 286-room (as of 2024), [1] six-story building is located on ...
The Sino-Vietnamese War (also known by other names) was a brief conflict that occurred in early 1979 between China and Vietnam. China launched an offensive ostensibly in response to Vietnam's invasion and occupation of Cambodia in 1978, which ended the rule of the Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge. The conflict lasted for about a month, with China ...