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Vietnam (
Vietnamese :
Việt Nam ,
[vîət nāːm] (listen ) ), officially the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (
SRV ), is a country at the eastern edge of
mainland Southeast Asia , with an area of 331,212 square kilometres (127,882 sq mi) and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's
fifteenth-most populous country . Vietnam shares land borders with
China to the north, and
Laos and
Cambodia to the west. It shares
maritime borders with
Thailand through the
Gulf of Thailand , and the
Philippines ,
Indonesia , and
Malaysia through the
South China Sea . Its capital is
Hanoi and its largest city is
Ho Chi Minh City (commonly referred to by its former name, Saigon).
Vietnam was inhabited by the Paleolithic age, with states established in the first millennium BC on the Red River Delta in modern-day northern Vietnam . The Han dynasty annexed Northern and Central Vietnam under Chinese rule from 111 BC, until the first dynasty emerged in 939. Successive monarchical dynasties absorbed Chinese influences through Confucianism and Buddhism , and expanded southward to the Mekong Delta , conquering Champa . During most of the 17th and 18th centuries, Vietnam was effectively divided into two domains of Đàng Trong and Đàng Ngoài . The Nguyễn —the last imperial dynasty—surrendered to France in 1883. In 1887, its territory was integrated into French Indochina as three separate regions. In the immediate aftermath of World War II , the nationalist coalition Viet Minh , led by the communist revolutionary Ho Chi Minh , launched the August Revolution and declared Vietnam's independence in 1945.
Vietnam went through prolonged warfare in the 20th century. After World War II , France returned to reclaim colonial power in the First Indochina War , from which Vietnam emerged victorious in 1954. As a result of the treaties signed between the Viet Minh and France, Vietnam was also separated into two parts. The Vietnam War began shortly after, between the communist North , supported by the Soviet Union and China , and the anti-communist South , supported by the United States . Upon the North Vietnamese victory in 1975, Vietnam reunified as a unitary socialist state under the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) in 1976. An ineffective planned economy , a trade embargo by the West , and wars with Cambodia and China crippled the country further. In 1986, the CPV initiated economic and political reforms similar to the Chinese economic reform , transforming the country to a socialist-oriented market economy . The reforms facilitated Vietnamese reintegration into the global economy and politics .
A developing country with a lower-middle-income economy, Vietnam is nonetheless one of the fastest-growing economies of the 21st century. Vietnam has high levels of corruption , censorship , environmental issues and a poor human rights record ; the country ranks among the lowest in international measurements of civil liberties , freedom of the press , and freedom of religion and ethnic minorities . It is part of international and intergovernmental institutions including the ASEAN , the APEC , the CPTPP , the Non-Aligned Movement , the OIF , and the WTO . It has assumed a seat on the United Nations Security Council twice. (Full article... )
Thích Quảng Đức (Vietnamese: [tʰǐk̟ kʷâːŋ ɗɨ̌k] (listen ) ; Hán tự : 釋 廣 德 , 1897 – 11 June 1963; born Lâm Văn Túc ) was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who died by suicide by self-immolation at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963. Quảng Đức was protesting against the persecution of Buddhists by the US-backed South Vietnamese government of Ngô Đình Diệm , a staunch Roman Catholic . Photographs of his self-immolation circulated around the world, drawing attention to the policies of the Diệm government. John F. Kennedy said of one photograph, "No news picture in history has generated so much emotion around the world as that one." Malcolm Browne won the World Press Photo of the Year for his photograph of the monk's death.
Quảng Đức's act increased international pressure on Diệm and led him to announce reforms with the intention of mollifying the Buddhists. However, the promised reforms were not implemented, leading to a deterioration in the dispute. As protests continued, the
ARVN Special Forces loyal to Diệm's brother,
Ngô Đình Nhu , launched
raids across South Vietnam on Buddhist
pagodas , seizing Quảng Đức's heart and causing deaths and widespread damage. Several Buddhist monks followed Quảng Đức's example, also immolating themselves. Eventually,
a US-backed coup toppled Diệm, who was
assassinated on 2 November 1963. (
Full article... )
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Image 1 Making salt by evaporation of sea water near Ninh Hòa town, Khánh Hòa Province Vietnam
Image 2 The painting depicts the retired emperor Trần Nhân Tông who has now become a monk and returned to Hanoi from his hermitage in Vũ Lâm.
Image 3 A view of Mường Thanh Valley from Dien Bien Phu city, Vietnam
Image 4 View of Ho Chi Minh City from Bitexco Financial Tower , Vietnam
Image 5 Thích Quảng Đức 's self-immolation during the Buddhist crisis in Vietnam.
Image 6 Hồ Chí Minh attended French Communist Congress in Marseilles in 1921 under the name Nguyễn Ái Quốc.
Image 7 Wooden doors in the Imperial palace in Huế , Vietnam
Image 8 Water puppetry , lit. "Making puppets dance on water") is a tradition that dates back as far as the 11th century when it originated in the villages of the Red River Delta area of northern Vietnam .
Image 9 The train station at Da Lat
Image 10 Dong Ho painting is a line of Vietnamese folk painting originating in Đông Hồ village (Song Hồ commune, Thuận Thành District , Bắc Ninh Province.
Image 11 The sunset over Hanoi , after a rain
Image 12 Imperial City of Huế , recognized as a UNESCO Heritage site in 1993, was the former capital of Vietnam under the Nguyễn dynasty .
Image 13 Hanging fishing nets in the Cu Đê River , just before it merges with Da Nang Bay
Image 14 The gate to Linh Ung Pagoda at Sơn Trà District , Da Nang , Vietnam
Newer entries
... that Charles Larson became one of the first Americans to teach African literature, after working in Nigeria for the Peace Corps to avoid the Vietnam draft?
... that a U.S. soldier who killed a Vietnamese woman after raping her was dubbed a "double veteran"?
... that a historical theory argues that Nixon sought a decent interval between American withdrawal and South Vietnamese collapse to avoid becoming the first president to lose a war?
... that when students spoke Vietnamese in a graduation speech in Louisiana , the school district proposed banning all non-English languages?
... that cartoonist Trung Le Nguyen 's graphic novel The Magic Fish is inspired by his experience as a child of Vietnamese immigrants to the United States?
... that a dance move originally performed by Big Bang 's G-Dragon became a trend in Vietnam due to efforts by Khá Bảnh ?
The following are images from various Vietnam-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 In Chữ Quốc Ngữ, the word "tính" means "to ponder" or "figure out". (from Culture of Vietnam )
Image 2 Hán Nôm calligraphy in Vietnam (from Culture of Vietnam )
Image 4 Vietnamese statues depicting the traditional practice of teeth blackening (nhuộm răng đen) (from Culture of Vietnam )
Image 5 19th-century manuscript of "Mysterious tales of the Southern Realm" (Vietnamese : Lĩnh Nam chích quái ), a copy of 15th-century original tale. (from Culture of Vietnam )
Image 6 Decorations placed around a coffin at a home funeral in Da Nang (from Culture of Vietnam )
Image 7 Vovinam demonstration in France in 2014 (from Culture of Vietnam )
Image 8 Hanoi's One Pillar Pagoda , a historic Buddhist temple (from Culture of Vietnam )
Image 9 Tet Vietnamese New Year Festivities in Chau Doc, Vietnam. (from Culture of Vietnam )
Image 10 Vietnam map of Köppen climate classification zones (from Geography of Vietnam )
Image 11 A Kinh Vietnamese woman with blackened teeth due to chewing betel nut, a common practice in Vietnam (from Culture of Vietnam )
Image 12 Empress Nam Phương wearing áo nhật bình and khăn vành dây (from Culture of Vietnam )
Image 13 Handwritten Vietnamese (from Culture of Vietnam )
Image 14 Vietnamese phở , noodle soup with sliced rare beef and well done beef brisket (from Culture of Vietnam )
Image 15 Vietnamese calligraphy depicting people on a boat, the calligraphy says, "Thuyền nhân" (from Culture of Vietnam )
Image 16 Silk painting of Trịnh Đình Kiên (1715-1786) in the 18th century, exhibited in Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts (from Culture of Vietnam )
Image 17 A lantern procession during Mid-Autumn Festival (Tết Trung thu) in Vietnam, which is also celebrated as "Children's Festival". (from Culture of Vietnam )
Image 18 Water puppet theatre in Hanoi (from Culture of Vietnam )
Image 19 A trio of Vietnamese musicians perform together. The man at centre plays a đàn nhị . (from Culture of Vietnam )
Image 20 Mother Goddess (or Đạo Mẫu ) (from Culture of Vietnam )
Image 21 Court attires of Nguyễn Dynasty (from Culture of Vietnam )
Image 22 Portrait of Nguyễn Quý Đức (1648-1720) wearing áo giao lĩnh (from Culture of Vietnam )
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