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  2. Nguyễn Quang Bích - Wikipedia

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    Nguyễn Quang Bích (chữ Hán: 阮光碧, 1832 – 1890) also known as Ngô Quang Bích, tự Hàm Huy, hiệu Ngư Phong; was a Vietnamese poet and independence activist. He was one of the leaders of the royalist Cẩn Vương ("Serve the King") Movement against the French in northern Vietnam.

  3. Vietnamese National Heroes - Wikipedia

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    Vietnamese National Heroes (Vietnamese: Anh hùng dân tộc Việt Nam) is a term used by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to designate fourteen prominent figures in the history of Vietnam. These figures would have statues of them built in their home regions, regions where they had significant marks, regions where there are ...

  4. Battle of Dien Bien Phu - Wikipedia

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    At Dien Bien Phu, the French lost the only source of "legitimation" on which their presence turned, that is the right of the strongest [to rule the weakest]. [ 115 ] Unmarked Vought AU-1 Corsair fighters on the deck of the U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Saipan (CVL-48) in the South China Sea, in 1954.

  5. 1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing - Wikipedia

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    An A-1 Skyraider of the Vietnamese air force similar to the one used in the attack. Quốc and Cử, who were trained in France and the United States, respectively, were given orders to fly their A-1H/AD-6 Skyraider ground attack planes from Bien Hoa Air Base outside Saigon to the Mekong Delta in an early morning mission against the VC. [1]

  6. Tây Sơn wars - Wikipedia

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    A Nguyen attack in the spring of 1797 bypassed the usual target of Qui Nhơn, heading instead farther north into the heart of Tây Sơn territory. This expedition led to a Nguyen occupation of the city of Da Nang (Tourane) that lasted for two months, before it was finally abandoned. [145]

  7. National Treasure (Vietnam) - Wikipedia

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    Hoang Ha bronze drum of Đông Sơn Culture (national treasure no. 2 – set 1). A National Treasure (Vietnamese: Bảo vật quốc gia) or a national precious object [1] is a tangible cultural heritage or object handed down from the past with historical, cultural or scientific value of exceptional significance to the country of Vietnam. [2]

  8. Thánh Gióng - Wikipedia

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    Thiền uyển tập anh has a follow-up to the story: In the Early Lê dynasty, Buddhist monk Khuông Việt travelled to Vệ Linh mountain and wanted to build a house there. That night, he dreamt of a deity who wore gold armor, carried a golden spear in his left hand and a tower in his right hand, followed by more than ten people.

  9. Phạm Phú Quốc - Wikipedia

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    Phạm Phú Quốc (1935–1965) was a French-trained South Vietnamese fighter pilot and lieutenant in the Republic of Vietnam Air Force, [1] best known for being one of two mutinous pilots involved in the 1962 South Vietnamese Presidential Palace bombing on February 27, 1962, which aimed to assassinate President Ngô Đình Diệm and his immediate family, who were his political advisers.