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  2. Nguyễn Đình Chiểu - Wikipedia

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    Nguyễn Đình Chiểu was born in the southern province of Gia Định, the location of modern Saigon.He was of gentry parentage; his father was a native of Thừa Thiên–Huế, near Huế; but, during his service to the imperial government of Emperor Gia Long, he was posted south to serve under Lê Văn Duyệt, the governor of the south.

  3. Phan Bội Châu - Wikipedia

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    The book was moderately successful amongst the Vietnamese populaces and received attention from other nationalists like Trần Quý Cáp and Phan Châu Trinh. However, many mandarins were reluctant to publicly support Phan's ideas, and as a result, he came to realize that he couldn't rely on the bureaucratic elite to support his cause.

  4. Tây Sơn wars - Wikipedia

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    The origin of the conflicts was back to the 15th century, when Vietnamese monarch Lê Thánh Tông (r. 1460 – 1497) started adopting the Ming-inspired Confucian reform over the country, [7] led the kingdom reached its height as a prosperity and regional superpower, its population expanded from 1.8 million in 1417 to 4.5 million people at the end of his reign.

  5. Võ Thị Sáu - Wikipedia

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    In the “Death Monitoring Book (1947–1954)” preserved in Côn Đảo, an entry written in French states: “Le 23 Janvier 1952: 195 G.267 Võ Thị Sáu dite CAM mort 23/1/1952 7h P.Condor Par balles…” (January 23, 1952: Prisoner G.267 Võ Thị Sáu, known as CAM, executed at 7 AM at Poulo Condor (Con Son) by gunfire).

  6. Chieu Hoi - Wikipedia

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    Logo. The Chiêu Hồi program ([ciə̯w˧ hoj˧˩] (also spelled "chu hoi" or "chu-hoi" in English) loosely translated as "Open Arms" [1]) was an initiative by the United States and South Vietnam to encourage defection by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong (VC) and their supporters to the side of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

  7. Lady Triệu - Wikipedia

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    The earliest mention of Trieu Thi Trinh can be found in the "Jiaozhou Ji"(交州记) written in the Jin dynasty, and collected in the Taiping Yulan. [15] In the book Vietnamese Tradition on Trial, 1920-1945 written by David G. Marr , an American Professor, told the story of Trieu Thi Trinh as follow: Trieu Thi Trinh was a 9-foot-tall (2.7 m ...

  8. Vietnamese Martyrs - Wikipedia

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    Their memorial in the current General Roman Calendar is on November 24 as Saint Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions (Vietnamese: Anrê Dũng-Lạc và các bạn tử đạo), although many of these saints have a second memorial, having been beatified and inscribed on the local calendar prior to the canonization of the group.

  9. Phan Châu Trinh - Wikipedia

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    Phan Châu Trinh was born in Tây Lộc village, Hà Đông district, Thăng Bình fu (now is Tam Lộc commune, Phú Ninh district) of Quảng Nam province in 1872.He was the third son of a rich and famous scholar, who joined and became an official in the Cần Vương association of Quảng Nam in 1885.