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Renamed Vạn Hanh Buddhist University, it was a private institution that taught Buddhist studies, Vietnamese culture, and languages, in Saigon. Nhất Hạnh taught Buddhist psychology and prajnaparamita literature there, [ 14 ] and helped finance the university by fundraising from supporters.
On 4 May of the same year, with his family in attendance, Thục was consecrated a bishop by Archbishop Antonin Drapier, Apostolic Delegate to Indochina, and co-consecrators Bishop Isidore-Marie-Joseph Dumortier, M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Saigon, and Bishop Dominique Maria Hồ Ngọc Cẩn, Vicar Apostolic of Bùi Chu.
In Vietnam, the term Việt Kiều is used to describe Vietnamese people living abroad, though it is not commonly adopted as a term of self-identification. [85] Instead, many overseas Vietnamese also use the terms Người Việt hải ngoại ("Overseas Vietnamese"), a neutral designation, or Người Việt tự do ("Free Vietnamese"), which carries a political connotation.
The Hoa people, also known as Vietnamese Chinese (Vietnamese: Người Hoa, Chinese: 華人; pinyin: Huárén; Cantonese Yale: Wàhyàhn or Chinese: 唐人; Jyutping: tong4 jan4; Cantonese Yale: Tòhngyàhn) are the citizens and nationals of Vietnam of full or partial Han Chinese ancestry.
French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China), [a] [b] officially known as the Indochinese Union [c] [d] and after 1941 as the Indochinese Federation, [e] was a group of French dependent territories in Southeast Asia from 1887 to 1954.
Anne Jacqueline "Annie" [1] Hathaway was born on November 12, 1982, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Her father, Gerald, was a labor attorney, and her mother, Kate (née McCauley), is a former actress.
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