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In 1965, Saigon Television Station (THVN), the first television station of Vietnam, was established. On January 22, 1966, the first television program was broadcast, and then officially aired in the South on February 7 of the same year. Black-and-white television station with the FCC television specification, 4.5 MHz voice modulation.
Lê Anh Tú (born 1981), dharma name Minh Tuệ also called Thích Minh Tuệ, is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk.Having briefly practiced at a temple after giving up his job as a land surveyor, Thich Minh Tue decided to "study according to Buddha's teachings" by keeping the 13 dhutangas of Theravada Buddhism and begging everywhere in Vietnam as a mendicant monk, he only asked for enough food in ...
An indirect presidential election was held in Vietnam on 22 May 2024. The election took place just one year after the 2023 election of President Võ Văn Thưởng, who resigned on 20 March 2024 as part of a broad anti-corruption purge led by the Communist Party 's General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng . On 18 May 2024, General Tô Lâm was ...
Nhất Hạnh was born Nguyễn Xuân Bảo on 11 October 1926, in the ancient capital of Huế in central Vietnam. [13] [7] [14] He is 15th generation Nguyễn Đình; the poet Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, author of Lục Vân Tiên, was his ancestor. [15] His father, Nguyễn Đình Phúc, from Thành Trung village in Thừa Thiên, Huế, was an ...
The history of Vietnam can be traced back to around 20,000 years ago. The first modern humans to arrive and settle in the area of modern-day Vietnam are known as the Hoabinhians, who can be traced as the ancestors of modern-day Negritos. Archaeological findings from 1965, which are still under research, show the remains of two hominins closely ...
Da Nang is the largest city in central Vietnam and one of the country's most important ports. The city is surrounded by mountains to the west, and the South China Sea to the east. Da Nang borders Thừa Thiên-Huế Province across the Hải Vân Pass to the north, along with the Quảng Nam Province to the south and west.
The current general secretary is Tô Lâm, ranking first in the Politburo. [4] The position was once designated the first secretary ( Vietnamese: Bí thư Thứ nhất) from 1951 to 1976. Trần Phú, one of the founding members of the Indochinese Communist Party, was the party's first general secretary. A year after being elected, he was ...
1509. Hanoi. All Cham slaves and fugitives in the capital of Hanoi were murdered [1] King Lê Uy Mục of the Lê dynasty of Đại Việt. 1782 Saigon massacre. 1782. District 5, Ho Chi Minh City. 4,000–20,000 Chinese civilians. Vietnamese Tây Sơn force under Nguyễn Nhạc.