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Lưu Diễm
{{Unreferenced, date=December 2009 Lưu or Luu without diacritics is a Vietnamese surname. It is also the Vietnamese and Khmer transliteration of the Chinese surname Liu (劉). During the Three Kingdoms 三國 era (3rd century AD), a number of Luu/Liu (劉) families immigrated to Vietnam. During the Shu Han 蜀漢 dynasty, for example, Emperor Liu (Luu) Bei's 劉備descendants left their capital Chengdu in Sichuan. After losing the Cao Wei 曹魏dynasty, many royals and peasants alike headed south and eventually escaped to Vietnam. During the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), Yao people who included the surname Liu (劉) and H'mong-Mien Lìu, migrated from Guangdong, Guangxi to Vietnam to escape pressure from invading Mongols and ethnic Chinese. Yet from the same period, Mongols also used the surname Liu in Vietnam. Vietnam has endured centuries of constant occupation throughout history. With the Vietnamese people's resistance to various regimes, Luu took on a new specific meaning sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vietnamese Language
Vietnamese ( vi, tiếng Việt, links=no) is an Austroasiatic languages, Austroasiatic language originating from Vietnam where it is the national language, national and official language. Vietnamese is spoken natively by over 70 million people, several times as many as the rest of the Austroasiatic family combined. It is the native language of the Vietnamese people, Vietnamese (Kinh) people, as well as a second language, second language or First language, first language for List of ethnic groups in Vietnam, other ethnic groups in Vietnam. As a result of overseas Vietnamese, emigration, Vietnamese speakers are also found in other parts of Southeast Asia, East Asia, North America, Europe, and Australia (continent), Australia. Vietnamese has also been officially recognized as a minority language in the Czech Republic. Like many other languages in Southeast Asia and East Asia, Vietnamese is an analytic language with phonemic tone (linguistics), tone. It has head-initial directionali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punji Sticks
The punji stick or punji stake is a type of booby trapped stake. It is a simple spike, made out of wood or bamboo, which is sharpened, heated, and usually set in a hole. Punji sticks are usually deployed in substantial numbers. The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' (third edition, 2007) lists less frequent, earlier spellings for "punji stake (or stick)": panja, panjee, panjie, panji, and punge. Description Punji sticks would be placed in areas likely to be passed through by enemy troops. The presence of punji sticks may be camouflaged by natural undergrowth, crops, grass, brush or similar materials. They were often incorporated into various types of traps; for example, a camouflaged pit into which a soldier might fall (it would then be a trou de loup). Sometimes a pit would be dug with punji sticks in the sides pointing ''downward'' at an angle. A soldier stepping into the pit would find it impossible to remove their leg without doing severe damage, and injuries might be incurred by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lưu Trọng Lư
Lưu Trọng Lư (19 June 1912 – 10 August 1991) is a Vietnamese poet, writer, play writer. He was born in 1912 at Cao Lao Hạ village, Bố Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province, North Central Coast, Vietnam. He attended Quốc học Huế school, then moved to Hanoi Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi is ... to work as a writer and journalist. He wrote many famous poems. He was one of the founders of the New Poetry Movement (Phong trào Thơ mới) in Vietnam. {{DEFAULTSORT:Luu, Trong Lu People from Quảng Bình province 1912 births 1991 deaths Vietnamese male poets 20th-century Vietnamese poets 20th-century male writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luu Meng
Luu Meng ( km, លូ ម៉េង; born on 7 February 1974) is a Chinese Cambodian chef, culinary author and hospitality entrepreneur. He is the CEO of Almond Group, director of Thalias Group, president of the Cambodia Tourism Federation, president of Cambodian Hotel Association, president of Cambodia Chef Federation, vice president of ASEAN Hotel Association and Cuisine Advisor of the Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs. Biography Luu Meng was born in 1974 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. At the age of three his family was forced to relocate to a U.N. operated refugee camp in Thailand where Meng grew up as the oldest of three. His family survived the Khmer Rouge period by following Meng's grandfather's advice to stay near the water. His grandfather had previously fled Mao Zedong's regime in China and settled in Phnom Penh with his family, where he had sold clocks and watches at the Central Market. Meng's mother Diep Cheang had run a famous '' banh chao'' shop on Sothearos Boule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lưu Huỳnh
Lưu Huỳnh (born Saigon) is a Vietnam-born Vietnamese American film director. His family arrived in America when he was 16 years old. He worked as a director for the Vietnamese diaspora variety show '' Paris By Night'', which is banned in Vietnam. In 1997, a segment he directed accompanying a song by Trịnh Công Sơn generated much controversy among overseas Vietnamese because it allegedly depicted South Vietnam negatively during the Vietnam War. His 2007 film, '' The White Silk Dress'' (''Áo lụa Hà Đông'') won the Audience Award at the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea,Viet Nam News the Kodak Vision award at the Fukuoka Asian Film Festival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janette Luu
Janette N. Luu (born March 18, 1976) is a Vietnamese-American broadcaster. Until October 2009, she hosted '' CANOE Live'', a local TV program on Sun TV in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as Toronto's first-ever Vietnamese TV news anchor. Personal life Luu was born in Big Spring, Texas. Luu's parents came to the United States in 1975, with her birth coming just a year afterward. During her childhood, Luu attended Haley Elementary and Blackhawk Middle School. Luu later attended Snider High School, where she won first place for a speech written for 'Project XL', an Indiana competition sponsored by Farm Bureau and the Indiana High School Athletic Association. Having co-anchored the school's weekly television show known as ''Panther's Pause'', Luu also graduated as valedictorian from Snider High School, having been labeled as "Most Likely to be the First Woman President" in the school yearbook. Luu's parents had many expectations for her that involved a degree in medicine. She had want ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Đinh Xuân Lưu
Dinh Xuan Luu is a Vietnamese Ambassador, he was the Ambassador to Poland of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in the early 2000s. From 2009 he was an ambassador in Israel. He is married to Truong Phuong Hong. Ambassador to Israel Luu is today the Ambassador to Israel of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. He presented his credentials to Israeli President Shimon Peres as the first Vietnamese Ambassador to Israel on July 8, 2009. Diplomatic relations had been established between the two countries in 1993. The Vietnam Embassy in Israel, where he is based, is at 4 Weizman Street in Tel Aviv. In September 2011, he and Vietnamese Ministry of Defence Deputy Minister Lieutenant General Truong Quang Khanh led a working delegation from the defense ministry in a visit to Israel. In September 2012, Luu said that friendship and cooperation between Israel and Vietnam had its roots in a meeting in 1946 between Democratic Republic of Vietnam Prime Minister and President Ho Chi Minh and Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lưu Quang Vũ
Lưu Quang Vũ (17 April 1948 – 29 August 1988) was a Vietnamese playwright and poet. His wife Xuân Quỳnh was a Vietnamese poet. Both parents and their 12-year-old son Lưu Quỳnh Thơ were killed in a traffic collision in 1988. In 2000 he was posthumously Posthumous may refer to: * Posthumous award - an award, prize or medal granted after the recipient's death * Posthumous publication – material published after the author's death * ''Posthumous'' (album), by Warne Marsh, 1987 * ''Posthumous'' (E ... awarded the Ho Chi Minh Prize for his play ''The Ninth Pledge'' (''Lời thề thứ 9'').Lara D. Nielsen, Patricia Ybarra edsNeoliberalism and Global Theatres: Performance Permutations, p. 155.2012. Works Poetry *''Hương cây'' - Smell of the tree (1968) *''Mây trắng của đời tôi'' - White clouds of my life (1989). *''Bầy ong trong đêm sâu'' - Bees in a late night (1993) * other works in collections Theatre *Sống mãi tuổi 17 - Forever 17 *Nàng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luu Co
{{Unreferenced, date=December 2009 Lưu or Luu without diacritics is a Vietnamese surname. It is also the Vietnamese and Khmer transliteration of the Chinese surname Liu ( 劉). During the Three Kingdoms 三國 era (3rd century AD), a number of Luu/Liu (劉) families immigrated to Vietnam. During the Shu Han 蜀漢 dynasty, for example, Emperor Liu (Luu) Bei's 劉備descendants left their capital Chengdu in Sichuan. After losing the Cao Wei 曹魏dynasty, many royals and peasants alike headed south and eventually escaped to Vietnam. During the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), Yao people who included the surname Liu (劉) and H'mong-Mien Lìu, migrated from Guangdong, Guangxi to Vietnam to escape pressure from invading Mongols and ethnic Chinese. Yet from the same period, Mongols also used the surname Liu in Vietnam. Vietnam has endured centuries of constant occupation throughout history. With the Vietnamese people's resistance to various regimes, Luu took on a new specific meaning s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lưu (劉) Family Vietnamese Five Colours Flag
{{Unreferenced, date=December 2009 Lưu or Luu without diacritics is a Vietnamese surname. It is also the Vietnamese and Khmer transliteration of the Chinese surname Liu ( 劉). During the Three Kingdoms 三國 era (3rd century AD), a number of Luu/Liu (劉) families immigrated to Vietnam. During the Shu Han 蜀漢 dynasty, for example, Emperor Liu (Luu) Bei's 劉備descendants left their capital Chengdu in Sichuan. After losing the Cao Wei 曹魏dynasty, many royals and peasants alike headed south and eventually escaped to Vietnam. During the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), Yao people who included the surname Liu (劉) and H'mong-Mien Lìu, migrated from Guangdong, Guangxi to Vietnam to escape pressure from invading Mongols and ethnic Chinese. Yet from the same period, Mongols also used the surname Liu in Vietnam. Vietnam has endured centuries of constant occupation throughout history. With the Vietnamese people's resistance to various regimes, Luu took on a new specific meaning s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Characters
Chinese characters () are logograms developed for the writing of Chinese. In addition, they have been adapted to write other East Asian languages, and remain a key component of the Japanese writing system where they are known as ''kanji''. Chinese characters in South Korea, which are known as ''hanja'', retain significant use in Korean academia to study its documents, history, literature and records. Vietnam once used the '' chữ Hán'' and developed chữ Nôm to write Vietnamese before turning to a romanized alphabet. Chinese characters are the oldest continuously used system of writing in the world. By virtue of their widespread current use throughout East Asia and Southeast Asia, as well as their profound historic use throughout the Sinosphere, Chinese characters are among the most widely adopted writing systems in the world by number of users. The total number of Chinese characters ever to appear in a dictionary is in the tens of thousands, though most are graphic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The north was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist states, while the south was United States in the Vietnam War, supported by the United States and other anti-communism, anti-communist Free World Military Forces, allies. The war is widely considered to be a Cold War-era proxy war. It lasted almost 20 years, with direct U.S. involvement ending in 1973. The conflict also spilled over into neighboring states, exacerbating the Laotian Civil War and the Cambodian Civil War, which ended with all three countries becoming communist states by 1975. After the French 1954 Geneva Conference, military withdrawal from Indochina in 1954 – following their defeat in the First Indochina War – the Viet Minh to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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