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Vietnam , officially the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam , is a country at the eastern edge of
mainland Southeast Asia , with an area of about 331,000 square kilometres (128,000 sq mi) and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's
fifteenth-most populous country . One of the two
Marxist–Leninist states in Southeast Asia, 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 known as 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 from the Empire of Japan 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 Vietnam , supported by the Soviet Union and China , and the anti-communist South Vietnam , 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 .
Vietnam is a developing country with a lower-middle-income economy. It has high levels of corruption , censorship , environmental issues and a poor human rights record . 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... )
Lieutenant General Tôn Thất Đính ([toŋ˧˧ tʰək̚˦˥ ʔɗɨn˦˥] , tong tək din ; November 20, 1926 – November 21, 2013) was an officer who served in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). He is best known as one of the key figures in the November 1963 coup that led to the arrest and assassination of Ngô Đình Diệm , the first president of the Republic of Vietnam , commonly known as South Vietnam.
A favorite of the ruling Ngô family, Đính received rapid promotions ahead of officers who were regarded as more capable. He converted to Roman Catholicism to curry favor with Diệm and headed the military wing of the Cần Lao party , a secret Catholic organization that maintained the Ngôs' grip on power. At the age of 32, Đính became the youngest ever ARVN general and the commander of the II Corps , but he was regarded as a dangerous, egotistical, and impetuous figure with a weakness for alcohol and partying. (Full article... )
Image 1 A view of
Mường Thanh Valley from
Dien Bien Phu city, 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 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 4 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 5 The gate to Linh Ung Pagoda at
Sơn Trà District ,
Da Nang , Vietnam
Image 6 Imperial City of Huế , recognized as a UNESCO Heritage site in 1993, was the former capital of Vietnam under the
Nguyễn dynasty .
Image 7 Thích Quảng Đức 's self-immolation during the
Buddhist crisis in Vietnam.
Image 8 Hanging fishing nets in the
Cu Đê River , just before it merges with Da Nang Bay
Image 9 The train station at
Da Lat
Image 10 Making salt by evaporation of sea water near
Ninh Hòa town,
Khánh Hòa Province Vietnam
Image 11 Hồ Chí Minh attended French Communist Congress in Marseilles in 1921 under the name Nguyễn Ái Quốc.
Image 12 The sunset over
Hanoi , after a rain
Image 13 Wooden doors in the Imperial palace in
Huế , Vietnam
Image 14 View of
Ho Chi Minh City from
Bitexco Financial Tower , Vietnam
The following are images from various Vietnam-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 Court attires of Nguyễn Dynasty (from
Culture of Vietnam )
Image 2 Ceremonial procession of
Thành hoàng , 19th century (from
Culture of Vietnam )
Image 3 Traditionally, people wore white clothes along with white turbans during funerals. Vietnamese officials Hồ Đắc Trung, Tôn Thất Hân,
Nguyễn Hữu Bài and Đoàn Đình Duyệt depicted during the funeral of emperor
Khải Định . (from
Culture of Vietnam )
Image 4 A lantern procession during Tết Trung Thu in Vietnam, which is also celebrated as "Children's Festival". (from
Culture of Vietnam )
Image 5 Vietnamese calligraphy depicting people on a boat, the calligraphy says, "Thuyền nhân" (from
Culture of Vietnam )
Image 6 Portrait of Nguyễn Quý Đức (1648-1720) wearing
áo giao lĩnh (from
Culture of Vietnam )
Image 8 A Kinh Vietnamese woman with blackened teeth. (from
Culture of Vietnam )
Image 9 Hanoi's
One Pillar Pagoda , a historic Buddhist temple (from
Culture of Vietnam )
Image 10 19th-century manuscript of "Mysterious tales of the Southern Realm" (
Lĩnh Nam chích quái ), a copy of 15th-century original tale. (from
Culture of Vietnam )
Image 11 Ba tầm hat, a popular type of women's hat in northern Vietnam (from
Culture of Vietnam )
Image 12 Water puppet theatre in
Hanoi (from
Culture of Vietnam )
Image 14 Empress Nam Phương wearing
áo nhật bình and
khăn vành dây (from
Culture of Vietnam )
Image 15 Vietnam map of Köppen climate classification (from
Geography 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 Vietnamese painting depicting a funeral during the
Nguyễn dynasty (from
Culture of Vietnam )
Image 18 Vietnamese statues depicting the traditional practice of
teeth blackening (nhuộm răng đen) (from
Culture of Vietnam )
Image 19 Handwritten Vietnamese (from
Culture of Vietnam )
Image 20 A trio of Vietnamese musicians performing together. The man on the far left plays
kèn đám ma , the man in the middle plays the
đàn nhị and the man on the right plays the
trống chầu . (from
Culture of Vietnam )
Wikinews Vietnam portal
21 October 2024 –
The National Assembly of Vietnam appoints army general Lương Cường as the country's president , succeeding Communist Party General Secretary Tô Lâm . (VOA) (AP) (VnExpress)
17 October 2024 –
A court in Vietnam sentences tycoon Trương Mỹ Lan to life in prison for fraud, in addition to a death sentence that Lan received in April for embezzlement. (Radio Free Asia)
13 September 2024 – 2024 Pacific typhoon season
The death toll from Typhoon Yagi in northern Vietnam increases to 233 people, with more than 820 others injured, and 103 people still missing. (AP)
11 September 2024 – 2024 Pacific typhoon season
The death toll from Typhoon Yagi in northern Vietnam increases to 179 people, with 145 others still missing. The majority of the victims were killed by floods and landslides in Lào Cai , Yên Bái , and Cao Bằng provinces . (AP) (Al Jazeera)
9 September 2024 – 2024 Pacific typhoon season
The death toll from Typhoon Yagi in northern Vietnam increases to more than 64 people, with 24 others still missing. (Al Jazeera) (AP News)
7 September 2024 – 2024 Pacific typhoon season
Four people are killed and at least 78 people are injured by Typhoon Yagi in Hải Dương and Quảng Ninh province , Vietnam , as it makes landfall in Hanoi . (BBC News)
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