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Mai Dịch Cemetery
The Mai Dịch Cemetery is a cemetery in Hanoi, Vietnam, which houses the graves of Communist government leaders and famous revolutionaries. Burials Notable burials include: * Phùng Chí Kiên (died 1941) * Nguyễn Sơn (d. 1956) * Nguyễn Chí Thanh (d. 1967) * Nguyễn Lương Bằng (d. 1979) * Tôn Đức Thắng (d. 1980) * Nguyễn Phan Chánh (d. 1984) * Xuân Thủy (d. 1985) * Xuân Diệu (d. 1985) * Hoàng Văn Thái (d. 1986) * Lê Duẩn (d. 1986) * Trần Quốc Hoàn (d. 1986) * Lê Trọng Tấn (d. 1986) * Phạm Hùng (d. 1988) * Phạm Huy Thông (d. 1988) * Trường Chinh (d. 1988) * Giáp Văn Cương (d. 1990) * Lê Đức Thọ (d. 1990) * Văn Cao (d. 1995) * Nguyễn Khắc Viện (d. 1997) * Nguyễn Cơ Thạch (d 1998) * Đoàn Khuê (d. 1999) * Lê Quang Đạo (d. 1999) * Phạm Văn Đồng (d. 2000) * Văn Tiến Dũng (d. 2002) * Tố Hữu (d. 2002) * Nguyễn Đình Thi (d. 2003) * Trần Hoàn (d. 2003) * Lê Minh Hương (d. 2004) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 the cultural and political centre of Vietnam. Hanoi can trace its history back to the third century BCE, when a portion of the modern-day city served as the capital of the historic Vietnamese nation of Âu Lạc. Following the collapse of Âu Lạc, the city was part of Han China. In 1010, Vietnamese emperor Lý Thái Tổ established the capital of the imperial Vietnamese nation Đại Việt in modern-day central Hanoi, naming the city Thăng Long (literally 'Ascending Dragon'). Thăng Long remained Đại Việt's political centre until 1802, when the Nguyễn dynasty, the last imperial Vietnamese dynasty, moved the capital to Huế. The city was renamed Hanoi in 1831, and served as the capital of French Indochina from 1902 to 1945. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lê Trọng Tấn
General Lê Trọng Tấn (3 October 1914 – 5 December 1986) was an officer of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) during 1945 to 1986. During this period of his military career, Lê Trọng Tấn held several senior positions of the Army. Lê Trọng Tấn participated in the Viet Minh movement before the August Revolution in 1945 and gradually became one of the most important figures of the Vietnam People's Army during the Second Indochina War. Being one of the key figures of the North Vietnam armed forces in Vietnam War, Lê Trọng Tấn was Deputy Commander of the Viet Cong (VC) and second commander of the 1975 Spring Offensive that effectively ended the war. Afterwards, he became Chief of the General Staff (Vietnam), General Staff and Ministry of Defence of Vietnam, Deputy Minister of Defence of Vietnam until his death in December 1986. Lê Trọng Tấn was widely appreciated by his comrades, whom of which include general Võ Nguyên Giáp, as one of the finest commande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nguyễn Đình Thi
Nguyễn Đình Thi (December 20, 1924 – April 18, 2003) was a famous Vietnamese writer, poet and composer, most notable for writing Diệt phát xít, the song that became the official daily theme tune of the Voice of Vietnam. Biography He was born on December 20, 1924, in Luang Prabang, Laos. His home, Vũ Thạch Village, is now known as Bà Triệu street, Tràng Tiền ward, Hoàn Kiếm District, Hanoi, Vietnam. His father was an official in the Indochina Post Office, who moved to Laos to work. He came back to Vietnam in 1931, to study in Haiphong City and joined the Youth Rescue nation in 1941. He belonged to the generation of artists who were involved in the French defeat in the 1950s. He wrote essays on philosophy, poetry, music and drama. After the August Revolution (1945), Nguyễn Đình Thi became the general secretary of the national culture association. From 1958 to 1989 he was secretary of the Vietnamese Writers association. From 1995, he was chairman of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tố Hữu
Tố Hữu (4 October 1920 – 9 December 2002) was a Vietnamese revolutionary poet and politician. He published seven collections of poems, the first of which was the 1946 collection entitled ''Từ ấy'' (Thenceforth), which included many of his most popular and influential works that were written between 1937 and 1946. Following the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, he became a prominent figure in the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam. Biography Tố Hữu, whose real name is Nguyễn Kim Thành, was born 4 October 1920 in Hoi An, Quang Nam province, as the youngest son of the family. At the age of 9, he and his father returned home and lived in Phu Lai village, now in Quang Tho commune, Quang Dien district, Thua Thien province. His father was a poor scholar, could not earn a living and struggled to earn a living, but he liked poetry, liked collecting proverbs and folk songs. He taught To Huu to write old poems. His mother was also the daughter of a schol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Văn Tiến Dũng
Văn Tiến Dũng (; 2 May 1917 – 17 March 2002), born Co Nhue commune, Từ Liêm District, Hanoi, was a Vietnamese general in the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), PAVN chief of staff (1954–74); PAVN commander in chief (1974–80); member of the Central Military–Party Committee (CMPC) (1984–86) and Socialist Republic of Vietnam defense minister (1980–87). Military career Văn Tiến Dũng joined the Communist Party of Vietnam in 1936, he escaped from a French prison in 1944, and fought against the Japanese occupation force during the Second World War. August 1945, he directed the armed forces to seize power in the province of Hòa Bình, Ninh Bình and Thanh Hóa. By October 1953 during the First Indochina War, Dũng rose to become Chief of Staff of the Vietnam People's Army under General Võ Nguyên Giáp prior to the siege of Điện Biên Phủ in 1954. For the next twenty years, his military reputation in North Vietnam was second only to Giáp's. He comma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lê Quang Đạo
Lê Quang Đạo (8 August 1921 – 24 July 1999) was a Vietnamese politician who was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 1960 to 1991. Having served 28 years in the military, he was promoted to the rank of Major General in 1959 and Lieutenant General in 1974. He was Chairman of the National Assembly and also one of the Vice Chairmen of the State Council of Vietnam from 1987 to 1992. As a native of Đình Bảng village in Từ Sơn District, in the Red River Delta province of Bắc Ninh Bắc Ninh () is a city in the northern part of Vietnam and is the capital of Bắc Ninh province. The city is the cultural, administrative and commercial center of the province. The city area is 82.60 square km, with a population of 501,199 in N ..., he was instrumental in the government's restoration of the Đô Temple as a national memorial.Philip Taylor ''Modernity and Re-Enchantment: Religion in Post-Revolutionary Vietnam'' -2007 Page 67 "... Presiden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Đoàn Khuê
Đoàn Khuê ( Triệu Phong, 29 October 1923 – 16 January 1999) was a Vietnamese Army general and Minister of Defence from 1992-1997.Đại tướng Đoàn Khuê Vịên lịch sử quân ṣư Vịêt Nam - 2002 Reminiscences of General Đoàn Khuê, 1923-1999; Includes biographical sketch; collection of articles. Đoàn Khuê was born on 29 October 1923 in Triệu Phong District in Quảng Trị Province, joined the Communist Party of Vietnam in 1945, and served as the military Commissioner of the provincial Party Committee. Military career Đoàn held various positions during the resistance against French rule ( First Indochina War) which was Political Commissar. Other positions which he held include:- * Political Commissar of the 351st Division Artillery of the Viet Minh * Deputy Political Commissar of 3rd Military Region (Vietnam People's Army) * Commander of 5th Military Region (Vietnam People's Army) (1977–80) * Commander of volunteer Army of Vietnam in Cambodia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nguyễn Cơ Thạch
Nguyễn Cơ Thạch (15 May 1921 – 10 April 1998; born ''Phạm Văn Cương'') was a Vietnamese revolutionary, diplomat, and politician. He was Foreign Minister of Vietnam from February 1980 to July 1991.Seth Mydans (12 April 1998"Nguyen Co Thach, Hanoi Foreign Minister, 75" ''New York Times'' Thạch was seen as pragmatic and influential (given his representation in the Politburo).Palmujoki, Eero (1999): "Ideology and Foreign Policy: Vietnam's Marxist-Leninist Doctrine and Global Challenge, 1986–96". Thayer, Carlyle A. & Amer, Ramses (ed.): ''Vietnamese Foreign Policy in Transition''. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore His time in office coincided with part of Vietnam’s transition from an ideology-based alignment to the Soviet bloc towards a pragmatic approach to foreign policy, including the primacy of economic over ideological considerations, integration into ASEAN and closer relations with non-socialist countries. However, Mr Thạch’s efforts to norma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nguyễn Khắc Viện
Nguyễn Khắc Viện (5 February 1913 in Hương Sơn – 10 May 1997) was a Vietnamese historian, literary critic, sometime dissident, and advocate of a Vietnamese health exercise dưỡng sinh similar to Yoga. Viện was a party member formerly in charge of external propaganda and statements to foreign press. However his circulating of criticism of the government in the 1980s led to a ban on his writings till the early 1990s.''Human Rights Watch World Report'' 1992 - Page 475 Human Rights Watch (Organization), Human Rights Watch "General Secretary Do Muoi met with numerous groups to assure them that the party welcomes divergent ideas, and the ban on writings by Phan Dinh Dieu and Nguyen Khac Vien was said to have been lifted. However, the government ..." Life Khắc Viện first came to Paris, France, in 1937, a time where the capital was a hotbed for anti-imperialist political exiles. He would stay in the country for twenty years, wherein he pursued an advanced degree in m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Văn Cao
Văn Cao (born Nguyễn Văn Cao, ; 15 November 192310 July 1995) was a Vietnamese composer whose works include '' Tiến Quân Ca'', which became the national anthem of Vietnam. He, along with Phạm Duy and Trịnh Công Sơn, is widely considered one of the three most salient figures of 20th-century (non-classical) Vietnamese music. He was also a notable poet and a painter. In 1996, he was posthumously awarded the Hồ Chí Minh Prize for Music. Career After the ''Nhân Văn–Giai Phẩm affair'', a movement for political and cultural freedom in 1956, he had to stop composing. Most of his songs, except ''Tiến Quân Ca'', ''Làng Tôi'', ''Tiến Về Hà Nội'', and ''Trường Ca Sông Lô'' were prohibited in North Vietnam. All of his songs were once again authorized in Vietnam until after the Đổi Mới, 1987. In 1991, the American composer Robert Ashley composed the solo piano piece ''Văn Cao's Meditation'', which is based on the image of Văn Cao playing his p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lê Đức Thọ
Lê Đức Thọ (; 14 October 1911 – 13 October 1990), born Phan Đình Khải in Nam Dinh Province, was a Vietnamese revolutionary, general, diplomat, and politician. He was the first Asian to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in 1973, but refused the award. Communist revolutionary Lê Đức Thọ became active in Vietnamese nationalism as a teenager and spent much of his adolescence in French prisons, an experience that hardened him. Thọ's nickname was "the Hammer" on the account of his severity.Langguth, A.J. ''Our Vietnam: The War 1954–1975'', New York: Simon and Schuster 2000 p. 510 In 1930, Lê Đức Thọ helped found the Indochinese Communist Party. French colonial authorities imprisoned him from 1930 to 1936 and again from 1939 to 1944. The French imprisoned him in one of the "tiger cage" cells on the prison located on the island of Poulo Condore (modern Côn Sơn Island) in the South China Sea. Pou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giáp Văn Cương
Giáp Văn Cương (1921–1990) was an Admiral of the Vietnam People's Navy, was born on 13 September 1921 in Bảo Đài commune, Lục Nam district, Bắc Giang province. He participated in both the first Indochina War and the second Indochina War. In 1974, he was promoted to Major General, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i .... In 1977, he was appointed Commander of the Vietnam People's Navy. In 1988, he was promoted to Admiral, the first Admiral of the Vietnam People's Navy. References 1921 births Vietnam People's Navy Vietnamese admirals Communist Party of Vietnam politicians 1990 deaths North Vietnamese military personnel of the Vietnam War {{Vietnam-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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