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U Minh Thuong National Park is widely considered the richest region of the Mekong delta in terms of plant and animal biodiversity. [3] It boasts of over 243 plant species. [ 2 ] The park has a rich and varied mammalian population, totaling an impressive 32 species, including hairy-nosed otters .
[4]: 15–6 Almost immediately, Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) F-5 and A-1 fighter-bombers, United States Air Force (USAF) A-37s from the 8th Special Operations Squadron based at Bien Hoa Air Base, attack aircraft from the aircraft carrier USS Constellation, and USAF F-4 and AC-130 aircraft from Thailand began flying over the skies of ...
Operation Popeye / Sober Popeye (Project Controlled Weather Popeye / Motorpool / Intermediary-Compatriot) was a military cloud-seeding project carried out by the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War in 1967–1972.
After the defeat of the French Union in the First Indochina War that began in 1946, Vietnam gained independence in the 1954 Geneva Conference but was divided into two parts at the 17th parallel: the Viet Minh, led by Ho Chi Minh, took control of North Vietnam, while the US assumed financial and military support for South Vietnam, led by Ngo ...
It commemorates the Ho Chi Minh Campaign that led to the fall of South Vietnam. Items on display include a 57 mm AZP S-60 antiaircraft gun, F-5 A Freedom Fighter, M-46 130mm cannon, M113 armoured personnel carrier , SA-2 Guideline SAM, T-54 tank, ZIL-157 truck
U Minh Thượng ("Upper U Minh") is a rural district of Kiên Giang province in Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. It was established in 2007. It was established in 2007. U Minh Thượng's area is 432.703 km² and its population is 68,076 people.
2002 Ho Chi Minh City ITC fire (29 October 2002) 2005 AFC Futsal Championship (22 May – 4 June 2005) 2005 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships (29 August – 4 September 2005) 2012 Vietnam Open Grand Prix (20–26 August 2012) Miss International Queen Vietnam 2023 (8 April 2023)
Operation New Life (23 April – 1 November 1975) was the care and processing on Guam of Vietnamese refugees evacuated before and after the Fall of Saigon, the closing day of the Vietnam War. More than 111,000 of the evacuated 130,000 Vietnamese refugees were transported to Guam, where they were housed in tent cities for a few weeks while being ...