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Phạm Văn Đổng was born October 25, 1919, in Quốc Oai district, Sơn Tây, Tonkin (now North Vietnam), when Vietnam was still part of French Indochina.He grew up in his father's village of Xuân Đỗ, Gia Lâm district (then part of Bắc Ninh Province) and went to school in Hà Nội where he earned the "Thành Chung" (Diplôme d'Etudes Primaires Superieures Indochinoises (DEPSI ...
January 2: Two South Vietnamese technicians working in the government's anti-malaria program, Pham Van Hai and Nguyen Van Thach, were killed by VC with machetes, 12 miles (19 km) south of Saigon. February 20: VC threw four hand grenades into a crowded village theater near Can Tho, killing 24 women and children. In all, 108 persons were killed ...
Pham Van Dong is the longest serving Prime Minister of Vietnam, over 30 years from 1955 to 1987 and a student and close associate of Ho Chi Minh. His nickname is To, this used to be his alias. He was also called Lam Ba Kiet when he worked as Deputy Director of the District Attorney's Office in Guilin (the director was Ho Hoc Lam).
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋʷǐənˀ vān tʰîəwˀ] ⓘ; 5 April 1923 – 29 September 2001) was a South Vietnamese military officer and politician who was the president of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975.
The Battle of Ba Gia was a major battle that marked the beginning of the Viet Cong's (VC) Summer Offensive of 1965, during the early phases of the Vietnam War.The battle took place in Quảng Ngãi Province, South Vietnam, between May 28–31, 1965.
Map of Quang Ngai province in 1909. The ancient Sa Huỳnh culture inhabited what is now Quảng Ngãi. Remains of it were found in Sa Huỳnh, Đức Phổ District. Within Champa, the region that is now Quảng Ngãi was less significant than Quảng Nam province and Vijaya. There are only a few Cham remains in the province. [4]
On 3 March at 14:50 a Brigade unit received heavy small arms fire 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Quảng Ngai, the infantrymen fired back and the PAVN/VC withdrew, US losses were one killed. [ 8 ] : 10–1 On 4 March at 18:40 a forward observer sighted 46 PAVN/VC with packs and weapons moving north 10 miles (16 km) west of Quảng Ngai, they ...
Pham had already taken up the matter previously with Chief of the Joint General Staff General Cao Văn Viên, to no avail. Thuần had been Thieu's chief of staff when the latter commanded the 5th Division in 1962. The division, together with General Du Quoc Dong's airborne units, remained Thiệu's major power center. In the interests of ...