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Friendship Pass ( traditional Chinese: 友誼關; simplified Chinese: 友谊关; Vietnamese: Hữu Nghị Quan ), also commonly known by its older name Ải Nam Quan ( traditional Chinese: 隘南關; simplified Chinese: 隘南关 ), is a pass near the China-Vietnam border, between China's Guangxi and Vietnam 's Lạng Sơn Province. The pass ...
Intelligence later determined that the PAVN force encountered by the Marines was the 36th Regiment, 308th Division which had only recently arrived in South Vietnam and that they were probably deployed in preparation for an attack on Danang as part of the "mini-Tet" or May Offensive. Operation Allen Brook prevented any such attack and mini-Tet ...
Operation Jefferson Glenn ran from 5 September 1970 to 8 October 1971 and was the last major operation in which U.S. ground forces participated during the Vietnam War and the final major offensive in which the 101st Airborne Division fought. [1] This was a joint military operation combining forces of the 101st Airborne and the Army of the ...
Schlumberger. Schlumberger NV ( French: [ʃlumbɛʁʒe, ʃlœ̃b-] ), doing business as SLB, also known as Schlumberger Limited, [2] is an American oilfield services company. [3] [4] As of 2022, it is both the world's largest offshore drilling company and the world's largest offshore drilling contractor by revenue.
The State Bank of Vietnam ( SBV; Vietnamese: Ngân hàng Nhà nước Việt Nam) is the central bank of Vietnam. Organized a ministry -level body under the Government of Vietnam, it is the sole issuer of the national currency, the Vietnamese đồng. [3] As of 2024 it holds over USD 100 million in foreign exchange reserves. [2]
LPBank. LPBank (old name: LienVietBank or LienVietPostBank) is a Vietnamese retail bank based in Hanoi. As of December 31, 2023, LPBank's total assets reached over VND382,953 billion, [1] up 17% from the beginning of the year. Market segment 1 mobilization activities reached VND285,342 billion; [2] [3] credit growth reached VND39,686 billion ...
In Oliver Stone's 1986 Vietnam War film Platoon, the fictional military unit is depicted by its shoulder patches as being part of the 25th Infantry Division. The stories in The 'Nam, a Marvel Comics series about the Vietnam War, are about the 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry, part of the 25th Infantry Division.
Long An Province was the gateway to the Mekong Delta the "rice-basket" of South Vietnam, in addition to producing over 280,000 tons of rice per year itself. The province contained vital transport links namely Route 4 which connected Saigon to An Xuyên Province and the Vàm Cỏ Đông and Vàm Cỏ Tay rivers which flowed southeast from the ...