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The Viet Cong called for the unification of Vietnam and the overthrow of the American-backed South Vietnamese government. The Viet Cong's best-known action was the Tet Offensive, an assault on more than 100 South Vietnamese urban centers in 1968, including an attack on the U.S. embassy in Saigon.
The Battle of West Saigon took place from 5–12 May 1968 during the May Offensive of the Vietnam War as South Vietnamese and United States forces countered the main thrust of the offensive against the western suburbs of Saigon .
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 ). The centrally-controlled municipalities (the other first-level division, in addition to provinces) are subdivided into rural districts ( huyện ), district-level towns, and ...
Tiến lên ( Vietnamese: tiến lên, tiến: advance; lên: to go up, up; literally: "go forward"; also Romanized Tien Len) is a shedding -type card game originating in Vietnam. [1] It may be considered Vietnam's national card game, and is also played in the United States, sometimes under the names Viet Cong, [2] VC, [2] Thirteen, [2] Killer ...
The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War and is the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member of its armed forces. The recipients must have distinguished themselves at the risk of their own life above and beyond the call of duty in action against an enemy of the United States. Due to the nature of this medal, it is commonly presented ...
Nguyễn Tấn Dũng was born on 17 November 1949 in Cà Mau in southern Vietnam. He purportedly volunteered on his 12th birthday to join the Vietcong, doing first-aid, and communication tasks; he also worked as a paramedic, and a physician. He was wounded four times during the Vietnam War, and was later ranked as a level 2/4 wounded veteran.
Năm Cam. Trương Văn Cam, known by the sobriquet Năm Cam (April 22, 1947 – June 3, 2004) was a notorious Vietnamese mobster who is often called the "Godfather" of Vietnam. Known for building and running a criminal enterprise revolving around gambling dens, hotels, racketeering, extortion, loan sharking and restaurants that fronted for ...
Vietnamese Kinh people account for just over 85.32% of the population of Vietnam in the 2019 census, and are officially designated and recognized as the Kinh people ( người Kinh) to distinguish them from the other minority groups residing in the country such as the Hmong, Cham, or Mường.