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  2. Trưng sisters - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Trưng sisters (Vietnamese: Hai Bà Trưng, 𠄩婆徵, literally "Two Ladies [named] Trưng", c. 14 – c. 43) were Luoyue military leaders who ruled for three years after commanding a rebellion of Luoyue tribes and other tribes in AD 40 against the first Chinese domination of Vietnam. They are regarded as national heroines of Vietnam.

  3. Phạm Nhật Vượng - Wikipedia

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    Organisation. Vingroup. Known for. The first Vietnamese billionaire, richest Vietnamese, founder and chairman of Vingroup. Signature. Phạm Nhật Vượng (born 5 August 1968) is a Vietnamese property developer and Vietnam's first USD billionaire. [3] He is the founder and chairman of Vingroup.

  4. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni - Wikipedia

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    Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni or MCAS Iwakuni (岩国飛行場, Iwakuni hikōjō) (IATA: IWK, ICAO: RJOI) is a joint Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces and United States Marine Corps air station located in the Nishiki river delta, 1.3 NM (2.4 km; 1.5 mi) southeast of Iwakuni Station [1] in the city of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

  5. Hùng king - Wikipedia

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    "Quốc tổ Hùng Vương" by Trọng Nội, 1966, displayed at Independence Palace, Ho Chi Minh City Statue of Hùng Vương at Hùng Temple, Tao Đàn, HCMC. Hùng king (2879 BC – 258 BC; Chữ Hán: 雄王; Vietnamese: Hùng Vương (雄王) or vua Hùng (𤤰雄); Vương means "king" and vua means "monarch; could mean emperor or king") is the title given to the ancient Vietnamese ...

  6. Trần Hưng Đạo - Wikipedia

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    Trần Hưng Đạo was born as Prince Trần Quốc Tuấn (陳 國 峻) in 1228, as a son of Prince Trần Liễu, the elder brother of the new child emperor, Trần Thái Tông, after the Trần dynasty replaced the Lý family in 1225 AD. Later, Trần Liễu—the Empress Lý Chiêu Hoàng's brother-in-law at the time—was forced to defer ...

  7. Bà mụ - Wikipedia

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    The Mười hai Bà mụ (chữ Nôm: 𱑕𠄩婆媒), or Thập nhị Bà thư (chữ Hán: 十二婆姐), "Twelve Midwives" also called Mẹ Sanh (or Mẹ Sinh, 媄生) are deities from Vietnamese mythology and folk religion. They are twelve fairies who teach babies various prosperous traits and skills such as sucking and smiling. [1] In some ...

  8. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous - Wikipedia

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    PS3622.U96 O52 2019. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is the debut novel by Vietnamese American poet Ocean Vuong, published by Penguin Press on June 4, 2019. [1] An epistolary novel, it is written in the form of a letter from a Vietnamese American son to his illiterate mother. It was a finalist for the 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction [2] and ...

  9. Dương Văn Minh - Wikipedia

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    Dương Văn Minh (Vietnamese: [jɨəŋ van miŋ̟] ⓘ; 16 February 1916 – 6 August 2001), popularly known as Big Minh, was a South Vietnamese politician and a senior general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and a politician during the presidency of Ngô Đình Diệm. In 1963, he became chief of a military junta after leading a ...