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Hanoi. / 21.00; 105.85. Hanoi [a] ( Vietnamese: Hà Nội ⓘ) is the capital and second-most populous city of Vietnam. As evident by the literal translation of its name – 'inside the river' [17] – portions of Hanoi's border are delineated by the Red and Black Rivers. As a municipality, Hanoi consists of 12 urban districts, 17 rural ...
Nguyễn Tuân (July 10, 1910 – July 28, 1987) was a renowned Vietnamese author. Books about public schools in Vietnam rank him as one of the nine most famous authors of contemporary Vietnamese literature. [clarification needed] He wrote essays on multiple subjects, with clever and creative use of language. Hanoi has a street named after him ...
Thao Nguyen (born March 19, 1984), also known as Thao, is an American singer-songwriter originally from Virginia and now based in San Francisco. She is the former lead singer, songwriter and figurehead of the defunct band Thao & the Get Down Stay Down , [2] and has collaborated with Joanna Newsom and Andrew Bird . [3]
Ghost Festival. The Ghost Festival or Hungry Ghost Festival, also known as the Zhongyuan Festival in Taoism and the Yulanpen Festival in Buddhism, is a traditional festival held in certain East and Southeast Asian countries. According to the Chinese calendar (a lunisolar calendar ), the Ghost Festival is on the 15th night of the seventh month ...
Nguyễn Thái Học ( chữ Hán: 阮 太 學; 1 December 1902 – 17 June 1930) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and independent activist who was the founding leader of the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng, namely the Vietnamese Nationalist Party. [1] [2] [3] He was captured and executed by the French colonial authorities after the failure of the ...
Nguyễn Trần Duy Nhất. Nguyễn Trần Duy Nhất (born March 21, 1989) is a Vietnamese professional mixed martial artist, Muay Thai and Lethwei fighter. He previously competed in Muay Thai on ONE Championship and in Lethwei on World Lethwei Championship . Duy Nhất is a five-time WMF Muay Thai world champion and four-time SEA Games ...
The Beulé Gate is a fortified gate leading to the Propylaia of the Acropolis of Athens, Greece.It was constructed largely of repurposed material taken from the 4th-century BCE Choragic Monument of Nikias and integrated into the Post-Herulian Wall, a late Roman fortification built around the Acropolis in the years following the city's sack by the Germanic Heruli people in 267 or early 268 CE.
The Nguyễn lords ( Vietnamese: Chúa Nguyễn, 主阮; 1558–1777, 1780–1802), [a] also known as the Nguyễn clan (阮氏, Nguyễn thị ), were the rulers of southern Đại Việt during the Revival Lê dynasty and ancestors of Nguyễn dynasty 's emperors. The territory they ruled was known contemporarily as Đàng Trong (Inner Realm ...