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  2. Vietnamese dragon - Wikipedia

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    In 1010, Emperor Lý Thái Tổ moved the capital from Hoa Lư to Đại La, which decision was explained in his Chiếu dời đô (Royal proclamation of moving capital): he saw a Rồng vàng (golden dragon) fly around on the clear blue sky, so he changed the name of Đại La to Thăng Long, meaning "Vietnam's bright and developed future".

  3. List of districts of Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    The provinces of Vietnam are subdivided into second-level administrative units, namely districts (Vietnamese: huyện), provincial cities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh), and district-level towns (thị xã).

  4. Hoa people - Wikipedia

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    The Hoa had constituted the largest ethnic minority group in the mid 20th century and its population had previously peaked at 1.2 million, or about 2.6% of Vietnam's population in 1976 a year following the end of the Vietnam War. Just 3 years later, the Hoa population dropped to 935,000 as large swathes of Hoa left Vietnam.

  5. Chợ Lớn - Wikipedia

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    Typical shophouse architecture of Chợ Lớn.. The city of Chợ Lớn was established by the Hoa community. The Lê dynasty which was the ruling family in the sixteenth century began to decline in power and two rival families, the Trịnh and Nguyễn families began to vie for power to fill in the void of the Lê.

  6. Huang Rong - Wikipedia

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    Huang Rong meets Hong Qigong while out on adventure with Guo Jing. Hong Qigong teaches them his skills to repay Huang Rong's favours of preparing fine cuisine for him. The skills Huang Rong learnt from Hong Qigong are as follows: Carefree Fist (逍遙遊; xiāoyáo yoú) was created by Hong Qigong in his younger days. It requires flexibility ...

  7. Chữ Nôm - Wikipedia

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    Chữ Nôm (𡨸喃, IPA: [t͡ɕɨ˦ˀ˥ nom˧˧]) [5] is a logographic writing system formerly used to write the Vietnamese language.It uses Chinese characters to represent Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary and some native Vietnamese words, with other words represented by new characters created using a variety of methods, including phono-semantic compounds. [6]

  8. Miss World Vietnam 2023 - Wikipedia

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    Miss World Vietnam 2023 was the third edition of the Miss World Vietnam pageant. It was held on 22 July 2023 at MerryLand Quy Nhơn, Quy Nhơn , Bình Định , Vietnam. [ 1 ] Miss World Vietnam 2022 Huỳnh Nguyễn Mai Phương crowned her successor Huỳnh Trần Ý Nhi at the end of the event.

  9. Lạc bird - Wikipedia

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    The meaning of the word Lạc itself is debatable. A theory suggests that it might come from the term "lạc điền", meaning waterfield, and so Lạc bird would mean waterfield bird. [6]