Lý Tự Trọng (20 October 1914 in Thailand – 21 November 1931 in

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; born Lê Hữu Trọng) was a Vietnamese revolutionary, executed by the French when he was only 17 years old. He is considered to be a revolutionary martyr. In 2010, his remains were identified in District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, and he was reburied in his parents' home town, the Việt Xuyên commune in the district of Thạch Hà. On February 9, 1931, during a rally in Le Grand Park in Saigon, celebrating the anniversary of the Yen Bai uprising, Trong used a firearm to shoot at anti-Communist French secret police. He did that to protect Phan Bội Châu, who was speaking at the rally. There was a fear Phan Boi would be assassinated, due to the inflammatory and Marxist-oriented content of his speech. He fled south as a fugitive. Trong was arrested 10 days later in the town of Khám lớn Cần Thơ, about south-west of Saigon. He was brought back to Saigon, hastily tried by French officials, sentenced to death on November 20, 1931, and executed the next day, aged 17. The cruel punishment suffered by Trong sparked strong feelings of anger amongst Communists all over Vietnam toward the French leadership. Trong was viewed as a martyr and his fate was seen as symbolic of French brutality.Khám Chí Hòa - Những chuyện đằng sau cửa ngục, Năng Lượng Mới Ly Tu Trong Street in Saigon is named after him, replacing the street's original name, "Duong

Gia Long Gia Long ( (''North''), ('' South''); 8 February 1762 – 3 February 1820), born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh (阮福暎) or Nguyễn Ánh, was the founding emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last dynasty of Vietnam. His dynasty would rule the unif ...

", given by the previous South Vietnamese government, commemorating the 18th century Vietnamese emperor who quashed the

Tay Son Tay may refer to: People and languages * Tay (name), including lists of people with the given name, surname and nickname * Tay people, an ethnic group of Vietnam ** Tày language *Atayal language, an Austronesian language spoken in Taiwan (ISO 639 ...

rebels, unified and modernized Vietnam, and weakened French influence in the country. The street includes the former US AID building, famous as the location of the helicopter evacuation U.S government employees during the Fall of Saigon in 1975.

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