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  2. Catholic Church in Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    In March 2007, Thaddeus Nguyễn Văn (b. 1946), a dissident Catholic priest, was sentenced by Vietnamese court in Huế to eight years in prison on grounds of "anti-government activities". Nguyen, who had already spent 14 of the past 24 years in prison, was accused of being a founder of a pro-democracy movement Bloc 8406 and a member of ...

  3. History of Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    When the emperor Lê Long Đĩnh died in 1009, a palace guard commander named Công Uẩn was nominated by the court to take over the throne, and founded the dynasty. [ 81 ] [ 82 ] This event is regarded as the beginning of another golden era in Vietnamese history, with the following dynasties inheriting the dynasty's prosperity and ...

  4. Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    Vietnam, [e] [f] officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, [g] [h] 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.

  5. The Secret of My Success (1987 film) - Wikipedia

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    [8] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 49% of 43 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.5/10. The website's consensus reads: "A miscast Michael J. Fox gives The Secret of My Success all the madcap energy he can muster, but it isn't enough to overcome confused direction and a recycled plot."

  6. Thích Nhất Hạnh - Wikipedia

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    On 1 June, Nhất Hạnh released a five-point proposal addressed to the U.S. government, recommending that (1) the U.S. make a clear statement of its desire to help the Vietnamese people form a government "truly responsive to Vietnamese aspirations"; (2) the U.S. and South Vietnam cease air strikes throughout Vietnam; (3) all anti-communist ...

  7. Vũng Tàu - Wikipedia

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    Success from Đổi Mới and profits from seafood and petroleum exports brought a large budget source to Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, creating positive changes to repel the socio-economic crisis. The production value of economic sectors across the city only reached 271 billion VND at the time of establishment, by 2021, it reached 70,500 billion ...

  8. Global village - Wikipedia

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    Global village describes the phenomenon of the entire world becoming more interconnected as the result of the propagation of media technologies throughout the world. The term was coined by Canadian media theorist Marshall McLuhan in his books The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man (1962) and Understanding Media (1964). [ 1 ]

  9. Quang Trung - Wikipedia

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    Emperor Quang Trung (Vietnamese: [kwāːŋ ʈūŋm]; chữ Hán: 光中, 1753 – 16 September 1792) or Nguyễn Huệ (chữ Hán: 阮惠), also known as Nguyễn Quang Bình (chữ Hán: 阮光平), or Hồ Thơm (chữ Hán: 胡𦹳) was the second emperor of the Tây Sơn dynasty, reigning from 1788 until 1792. [2]