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2011 crackdown on Vietnamese youth activists

On March 12, 2012, Media Legal Defence Initiative and eight other NGOs issued a joint letter to the Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung calling for the immediate release of bloggers Dang Xuan Dieu, Ho Duc Hoa, Nguyen Van Duyet, Nong Hung Anh and Paulus Le Son.

Battle of Hoa Da – Song Mao

The 200C Battalion's first target was the South Vietnamese base at Hoa Da, where approximately 400 South Vietnamese soldiers were stationed to prevent the Việt Cộng from operating between the Central Highlands and the coastal area, as part of an effort initiated by the ARVN 23rd Infantry Division.

Black Flag Army

In the opinion of the British observer William Mesny, a senior officer in the Chinese army, the fighting at Son Tay broke the power of the Black Flag Army, though the stubborn defence put up by the Black Flags in the Battle of Hoa Moc fifteen months later does not bear out this assessment.

Carrier Strike Group Six

The group's final operation was a special shore duty deployment as Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) in Djibouti, East Africa under Rear Admiral Michael Hunt.

Châu Thành District, An Giang

The ethnic groups in the area in order of size, are ethnic Vietnamese, Khmer Krom, Cham, and Hoa.

George Leslie Mackay

The large cast featured Thomas Meglioranza (baritone) as George Mackay, Chen Mei-Lin (soprano) as Mackay's wife Tiuⁿ Chhang-miâ, and Choi Seung-Jin (tenor) as Giâm Chheng-hoâ, Mackay's first disciple and follower in Taiwan.

Hank Kaplan

Hank Kaplan spent much of his early years growing up in the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York (HOA), also known as the Academy.

Hòa Hảo

O.S.S. Colonel Edward Lansdale used bribery with CIA funds to split the Hòa Hảo and in 1956 General Dương Văn Minh crushed the Hòa Hảo and General Ba Cụt was captured and beheaded in public.

Ieng Sary

Ieng Sary was born in Nhan Hoa village, which is located in the subdistrict of Luong Hoa (also known as Loeung Va in Khmer), Châu Thành District, Trà Vinh Province, southern Vietnam in 1925.

Lathlain Park

On 6 September 2016 the West Coast Eagles Football Club announced that it has entered into a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with the Town of Victoria Park to develop a new home for the club at Lathlain Park with plans to build $50 million state-of-the-art headquarters, which will be one of the premier sporting club facilities in Australia.

Lê Hoàn

When he died in 1005, the Lê Dynasty went into decline; five years later, in 1010, Lý Công Uẩn declared the Lý Dynasty and moved the capital from Hoa Lư to the area of modern Hanoi.

Lê Văn Thịnh

A modern viewpoint is that the Chancellor morphs into a tiger (Thái sư hóa hổ) story in Ngô Sĩ Liên's work might be derived from the book Việt điện u linh (Compilation of the potent spirits in the Realm of Việt) of Lý Tế Xuyên; this hypothesis can explain the existence of such mythic elements in an official historical record for a dynasty like Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư.

Little Taipei

(Taipei is the capital city of Taiwan.) Today, the area includes less Mainland Chinese and Chinese-Vietnamese immigrants.

Paris By Night 91

2. Trích Đoạn: "Con Đường Cái Quan: Từ Miền Bắc" (Phạm Duy) - Thế Sơn, Bằng Kiều, Quang Lê, Trần Thái Hòa, Dương Triều Vũ & Trịnh Lam, Quỳnh Vi

12. Trích Đoạn: "Con Đường Cái Quan: Qua Miền Trung" (Phạm Duy) - Trần Thái Hòa, Dương Triều Vũ, Trịnh Lam, Nguyễn Hoàng Nam, Lưu Việt Hùng, & Mai Thiên Vân

Paris By Night 95

01. Nếu Chỉ Còn Một Ngày Để Sống - Bằng Kiều, Thế Sơn, Don Hồ, Trần Thái Hòa, Khánh Ly, Quang Lê, Mai Thiên Vân, Khánh Hà, Hương Thủy, Hồ Lệ Thu, Minh Tuyết, Trúc Lam, Trúc Linh, Tú Quyên, Dương Triệu Vũ, Quỳnh Vi, Ngọc Liên, Lương Tùng Quang, Lưu Việt Hùng, Nguyệt Anh, Hương Giang

Phạm Duy

Phạm Duy's father was Phạm Duy Tốn, a noted journalist and writer, and his mother was Nguyễn Thị Hòa.

Phú Lộc District

The district comprises the townships of Lăng Cô and Phú Lộc, and the communes of Lộc Trì, Lộc Bổn, Vinh Hải, Lộc Hòa, Lộc An, Lộc Bình, Lộc Thủy, Vinh Giang, Lộc Vĩnh, Vinh Mỹ, Lộc Sơn, Lộc Tiến, Vinh Hiền, Vinh Hưng, Xuân Lộc and Lộc Điền.

South Vietnam national football team

The South Vietnam national football team (Vietnamese: Đội tuyển túc cầu quốc gia Việt Nam Cộng hòa) was the national team of South Vietnam controlled by Vietnam Football Association (now Vietnam Football Federation) between 1949 and 1975.

Tai Mène language

Tai Mène or related languages may have also been spoken in Thường Xuân District, Thanh Hóa, Vietnam by a people known as the "Yo" (Robequain 1929).

Thang

Thắng, a township in Hiệp Hoà District, Bac Giang Province, Vietnam

The Red Poppy

One night while dancing for the sailors aboard the ship, the beautiful Tao-Hoa (Pinyin: Taohua) notices a Russian captain trying to rescue the poor Coolies from the port commander.

Trọng Tấn

Trọng Tấn started participating in arts performance and activities when he was still a student of Đào Duy Từ High School (Thanh Hóa).


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