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  2. Light - Wikipedia

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    The study of light, known as optics, is an important research area in modern physics. The main source of natural light on Earth is the Sun. Historically, another important source of light for humans has been fire, from ancient campfires to modern kerosene lamps.

  3. Thích Nhật Từ - Wikipedia

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    Ven. Thich Nhat Tu was born in 1969. After completing secondary high school, he became a novice at 13 years old, under the spiritual guidance of the late Most Ven. Thich Thien Hue at Giac Ngo Temple and received full ordination in 1988.

  4. Pétrus Ký - Wikipedia

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    In the time of transition and cultural intersection between West and East in Vietnam at the end of 19th and early 20th century, Vĩnh Ký had such a grandiose career that the French scholar J. Bouchot called him "the only scholar in Indochina and even the modern China" In Vietnam, Vĩnh Ký was praised as the most excellent language and ...

  5. Vietnamese encyclopedias - Wikipedia

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    Vietnamese encyclopedias are encyclopedias which are written in Vietnamese or are focused on Vietnam-related topics. In Vietnamese, encyclopedia are known as Bách khoa toàn thư , literally meaning "complete book of a hundred subjects".

  6. List of lighthouses in Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    green light: 18 metres (59 ft) n/a: n/a: n/a Thổ Chu Lighthouse: Image Archived 3 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine: 2000: Phú Quốc: Fl (4) W 15s. 140 metres (460 ft) 20494.5: F3039.5: 12 Triều Dương Lighthouse: Image Archived 15 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine: 2001

  7. Phan Bội Châu - Wikipedia

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    Liang published Phan's 1905 work Việt Nam vong quốc sử (History of the Loss of Vietnam) and intended to distribute it in China and abroad, but also to smuggle it into Vietnam. Phan wanted to rally people to support the cause for Vietnamese independence; the work is regarded as one of the most important books in the history of Vietnam's ...

  8. Zhulong (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Zhulong / ˈ dʒ uː l ɒ ŋ / or Zhuyin / ˈ dʒ uː j ɪ n /, also known in English as the Torch Dragon, was a giant red solar dragon and god in Chinese mythology.It supposedly had a human's face and snake's body, created day and night by opening and closing its eyes, and created seasonal winds by breathing.

  9. Vietnamese Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    The Vietnamese Wikipedia initially went online in November 2002, with a front page and an article about the Internet Society.The project received little attention and did not begin to receive significant contributions until it was "restarted" in October 2003 [3] and the newer, Unicode-capable MediaWiki software was installed soon after.