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Võ Nguyên Giáp ( Vietnamese pronunciation: [vɔ̌ˀ ŋʷīən jǎːp]; 25 August 1911 – 4 October 2013) was a general of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), communist revolutionary and politician. Regarded as one of the greatest military strategists of the 20th century, [ 1][ 2] Giáp led Vietnamese communist forces to victories in wars ...
Bắc Giang ( Vietnamese: [ʔɓak̚˧˦ zaːŋ˧˧] ⓘ) is a province of Vietnam, located in the Northeast region of the country, and situated 50 kilometres (31 mi) to the east of Hanoi. The province covers 3,895.89 km 2 (1,504.21 sq mi), [ 2 ] and, as of 2023, its population was 1,922,740 people. [ 3 ]
General Võ Nguyên Giáp, who led the Viet Minh forces during the First Indochina War and the North Vietnamese forces during the Vietnam War, died on October 4, 2013, after a long stay at the 108 Hospital in Hanoi. The Vietnam News Agency did not officially confirm it until a day later, [1] when they announced a two-day national funeral to be ...
Bắc Giang ( listen ⓘ) is a city in Vietnam. It is the capital of Bắc Giang Province. Its name, deriving from that of the Province Sino-Vietnamese, means "north of the river." The location is very convenient for transportation: it is 50 km north of Hanoi, in the middle position on major transportation routes (roads, international railway ...
Điện Biên Phủ ( Vietnamese: [ɗîənˀ ɓīən fû] ⓘ is a city in the northwestern region of Vietnam. It is the capital of Điện Biên Province. The city is best known for the decisive Battle of Điện Biên Phủ, which occurred during the First Indochina War of independence against France. The region is a center of ethnic Thai ...
Cần Thơ, also written as Can Tho or Cantho ( standard Vietnamese: [kən˨˩ tʰəː˧˧], Southern: [kʌŋ˨˩ tʰəː] ), is the fourth-largest city in Vietnam, and the largest city along the Mekong Delta region in Vietnam. [ 6 ][ 7 ] It is noted for its floating markets, rice paper -making village, and picturesque rural canals. [ 7 ]
The Argentina Football Association (AFA) have filed a formal complaint with FIFA's Disciplinary Committee after fans invaded the pitch and objects were thrown at players during Argentina's 2-1 ...
t. e. The provinces of Vietnam are subdivided into second-level administrative units, namely districts ( Vietnamese: huyện ), provincial cities ( thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh ), and district-level towns ( thị xã ). The centrally-controlled municipalities (the other first-level division, in addition to provinces) are subdivided into ...