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Nguyễn Chí Thanh was born in Thừa Thiên Province in Central Vietnam to a peasant family. His original name was Nguyễn Văn Vịnh. He joined the Indochinese Communist Party in the mid-1930s and apparently spent most of the Second World War in a French prison. He worked for the Party in Central Vietnam until his rise to the Politburo in
Map from the Đại Nam nhất thống chí. The Đại Nam nhất thống chí (chữ Hán: 大南一統志, 1882) is the official geographical record of Vietnam's Nguyễn dynasty written in chữ Hán compiled in the late nineteenth century. [1] It also contains historical records of military campaigns. [2] [3]
In June, 1863, he accompanied Phan Thanh Giản, the chief delegator sent to France by the Huế Court to negotiate the retrieval of provinces lost into French hands. This trip was a good opportunity for Vĩnh Ký to meet with famous figures at the time such as Victor Hugo, Littre, Renan, and other French statesmen.
The Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League (Vietnamese: Việt Nam Thanh Niên Cách Mệnh Đồng Chí Hội; chữ Hán: 越南青年革命同志會), or Thanh Niên for short, was founded by Nguyen Ai Quoc (best known as Ho Chi Minh) in Guangzhou in the spring of 1925. [1]
In 1903, Nguyễn began his association with Phan Bội Châu, the leading Vietnamese revolutionary of the early 20th century. Phan had just become involved in the newly created Duy Tân hội (Reformation Society) that attempted to restore an independent monarchy to rule Vietnam. Phan had moved to Huế with the cover of sitting for the ...
Abridged Chronicles of Đại Việt) or Việt sử lược (chữ Hán: 越史略; lit. Abridged Chronicles of Viet ) is an historical text that was compiled during the Trần dynasty . The three-book work was finished around 1377 and covers the history of Vietnam from the reign of Triệu Đà to the collapse of the Lý dynasty . [ 1 ]
Emperor Cảnh Thịnh (chữ Hán: 景 盛), born Nguyễn Quang Toản (chữ Hán: 阮 光 纘; 1783–1802), was the third and last emperor of the Tây Sơn dynasty.He followed his father Quang Trung (Nguyễn Huệ ruled 1788–1792) at the age of 9, and reigned for 10 years.
Nguyễn Chánh Thi ([ŋwiəŋ˨˦ c̻an˦ˀ˥ tʰi˧˥]; 23 February 1923 – 23 June 2007) was an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). He is best known for being involved in frequent coups in the 1960s and wielding substantial influence as a key member of various juntas that ruled South Vietnam from 1964 until 1966, when he was overpowered by Republic of Vietnam Air Force ...