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Đa Kao
Đa Kao is a ward () of District 1 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Geography Đa Kao Ward located in the north of District 1, borders to: * Bến Nghé Ward to the east by Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai Street * Tân Định Ward to the west by streets of Võ Thị Sáu and Đinh Tiên Hoàng (stretch leading to Bông Bridge) * Võ Thị Sáu Ward, District 3 to the south by Hai Bà Trưng Street * Ward 1, 2 and 17, Bình Thạnh District to the north by Nhiêu Lộc – Thị Nghè Channel. The ward has an area of 0,99 km², with the total population is 21.579 people, and population density is 21.467 person/km², in 2023. History The Đa Kao area was originally called by a Vietnamese name that has meaning as ''Đất Hộ'' (quartier land or land managed by quartier). Quartier (''Hộ'') was an administrative unit that existed during the period when the cities of Saigon (changed from Bến Nghé) and Chợ Lớn were merged into the Saigon – Cholon region (Région de Saigon – Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ward (Vietnam)
Ward () is a type of third tier subdivision of Vietnam. It has equal status with township and commune. As of 13 December 2023, Vietnam has a total of 1,780 wards. According to hierarchy of Vietnamese administrative unit, Wards are subordinate to urban district, city or town as the Third Tier unit. Currently, to manage the urban areas and their associating families, each ward is divided into neighborhoods (; ), with each neighborhood the most basic organization of population. Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) has 249 wards and Hanoi Hanoi ( ; ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Vietnam, second-most populous city of Vietnam. The name "Hanoi" translates to "inside the river" (Hanoi is bordered by the Red River (Asia), Red and Black River (Asia), Black Riv ... has 175 wards. References {{Subdivisions of Vietnam Subdivisions of Vietnam Vietnam 3 Ward, Vietnam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Colonial Vietnam
French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China), officially known as the Indochinese Union and after 1941 as the Indochinese Federation, was a group of French dependent territories in Southeast Asia from 1887 to 1954. It was initially a federation of French colonies (1887–1949), later a confederation of French associated states (1949–1954). It comprised Cambodia, Laos (from 1899), Guangzhouwan (1898–1945), Cochinchina, and Vietnamese regions of Tonkin and Annam. It was established in 1887 and was dissolved in 1954. In 1949, Vietnam was reunited and it regained Cochinchina. Its capitals were Hanoi (1902–1945) and Saigon (1887–1902, 1945–1954). The Second French Empire colonized Cochinchina in 1862 and established a protectorate in Cambodia in 1863. After the French Third Republic took over northern Vietnam through the Tonkin campaign, the various protectorates were consolidated into one union in 1887. Two more entities were incorporated into the union: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jade Emperor Pagoda
The Jade Emperor Pagoda (Vietnamese: ''Chùa Ngọc Hoàng''; name: ''Ngọc Hoàng Điện,'' 玉皇殿, "Jade Emperor Hall", French: Temple Da Kao) also known as the Phước Hải Tự (Vietnamese: ''Chùa Phước Hải''; 福海寺, "Luck Sea Temple") is a Taoist, Buddhist, Confucian pagoda located at 73 Mai Thị Lựu Street, Đa Kao, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It was founded by a Chinese merchant named Liu Daoyuan (劉道源, Lưu Minh or Lưu Đạo Nguyên), a Cantonese migrant. It is also known from 1984 by the new Buddhist name Phước Hải Tự (福海寺, "Luck Sea Temple"). Then U.S. President Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who was the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American president in American history. O ... paid a visit to the pagoda during his state trip to Vietnam on 22 May 2016. References Pagod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tự Đức
Tự Đức (, vi-hantu, :wikt:嗣, 嗣:wikt:德, 德, , 22 September 1829 – 19 July 1883) (personal name: Nguyễn Phúc Hồng Nhậm, also Nguyễn Phúc Thì) was the fourth emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam, and the country's last pre-colonial monarch. Ruling for about 36 years from 1847 to 1883, this made him the longest reigning Nguyễn emperor. Biography Prince Nguyễn Phúc Hồng Nhậm was born on 22 September 1829. He was a son of the emperor Thiệu Trị and succeeded his father as emperor of Vietnam in 1847 as ''Tự Đức''. Family troubles, however, plagued the beginning of his reign. Thiệu Trị had passed over his more moderate eldest son Nguyễn Phúc Hồng Bảo, Hồng Bảo, in favour of Tự Đức, known for his staunch Confucianism and opposition to foreigners and innovation. As a result and due to the repressive policies of the previous emperor, there was now a great deal of dissatisfaction with Nguyễn rule and a legitimate royal f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Vietnam
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; , VNCH), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975. It first garnered Diplomatic recognition, international recognition in 1949 as the State of Vietnam within the French Union, with its capital at Saigon, before becoming a republic in 1955, when the southern half of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of the Cold War after the 1954 Geneva Conference, 1954 division of Vietnam. South Vietnam was bordered by North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) to the north, Kingdom of Laos, Laos to the northwest, Khmer Republic, Cambodia to the southwest, and Thailand across the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest. Its sovereignty was recognized by the United States and 87 other nations, though it failed to gain admission into the United Nations as a result of a Soviet Union, Soviet veto in 1957. It was succeeded by the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, Rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minh Mạng
Minh Mạng (), also known as Minh Mệnh (, vi-hantu, 明 命, lit. "the bright favour of Heaven"; 25 May 1791 – 20 January 1841; born Nguyễn Phúc Đảm, also known as Nguyễn Phúc Kiểu), was the second emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam, reigning from 14 February 1820 until his death, on 20 January 1841. He was the fourth son of Emperor Gia Long, whose eldest son, Nguyễn Phúc Cảnh, had died in 1801. He was well known for his opposition to French involvement in Vietnam, completing the final Vietnamese conquest of Champa, temporary annexation of Cambodia, and his rigid Confucian orthodoxy. Early years Born Nguyễn Phúc Đảm at Gia Định in the middle of the Second Tây Sơn – Nguyễn War, Minh Mạng was the fourth son of lord Nguyễn Phúc Ánh – future Emperor Gia Long. His mother was Gia Long's second wife Trần Thị Đang, later known as the empress Thuận Thiên. At the age of three, under the effect of a written agreement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citadel Of Saigon
The Citadel of Saigon ( ) also known as the Citadel of Gia Định (; Chữ Hán: 嘉定城 ) was a late 18th-century fortress that stood in Saigon (also known in the 19th century as Gia Định, now Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam from its construction in 1790 until its destruction in February 1859. The citadel was involved in two wars prior to its destruction, first when it was captured by Lê Văn Khôi in 1833 and used in a revolt against Emperor Minh Mạng, then recaptured in 1835. In 1859, it was captured following a French Navy, French naval bombardment and then destroyed, as part of the Cochinchina Campaign, colonization of southern Vietnam which became the French colony of Cochinchina. In the late 18th century, the city of Saigon was the subject of warfare between the Tây Sơn dynasty, which had toppled the Nguyễn lords who ruled southern Vietnam, and Gia Long, Nguyễn Ánh, the nephew of the last Nguyễn lord. The city changed hands multiple times before Nguyễn Ánh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gia Long
Gia Long (Chữ Hán, Chữ hán: 嘉隆) ( (''Hanoi, North''), (''Ho Chi Minh City, South''); 8 February 1762 – 3 February 1820), born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh (阮福暎) or Nguyễn Ánh (阮暎), was the founding emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last List of Vietnamese dynasties, dynasty of Vietnam, which would rule the unified territories that constitute modern-day Vietnam until 1945. A nephew of the last Nguyễn lords, Nguyễn lord who ruled over Đàng Trong, south Vietnam, Nguyễn Ánh was forced into hiding in 1777 as a 15-year-old when his family was slain in the Tây Sơn Tây Sơn wars, revolt. After several changes of fortune in which his loyalists regained and again lost Saigon, he befriended the French Catholic Church, Catholic Bishop Pierre Pigneau de Behaine. Pigneau championed Nguyễn Ánh's cause to regain the throne to the French government and managed to recruit volunteer; however, that soon fell through. From 1789, Nguyễn Ánh was once again in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gia Định
''Gia'' is a 1998 American biographical drama television film about the life and times of one of the first supermodels, Gia Carangi. The film stars Angelina Jolie as Gia and Faye Dunaway as Wilhelmina Cooper, with Mercedes Ruehl and Elizabeth Mitchell. It was directed by Michael Cristofer and written by Cristofer and Jay McInerney. The original music score was composed by Terence Blanchard. The film premiered on January 31, 1998 on HBO. Plot Gia Carangi is a Philadelphia native who moves to New York City to become a fashion model and immediately catches the attention of the powerful agent Wilhelmina Cooper. Gia's attitude and beauty help her rise quickly to the forefront of the modeling industry. However, her persistent loneliness, especially after the death of Wilhelmina, drives her to use mood-altering drugs such as cocaine and heroin. She becomes entangled in a passionate affair with Linda, a make-up artist. Their love affair first starts when both pose nude for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fu (administrative Division)
Fu () is a traditional administrative division of Chinese origin used in the East Asian cultural sphere, translated variously as commandery, prefecture, urban prefecture, or city. They were first instituted as a regular form of administrative division of China's Tang Empire, but were later adopted in Vietnam, Japan and Korea. At present, only two ''fu'' still remain: the prefectures of Kyoto and Osaka in Japan. The term ''fu'' is currently also used in Chinese to translate the provinces of Thailand, but not those of mainland China, Taiwan or other countries. Meaning ''Fu'' (府) means an office or a command institution. The character appears in the Chinese words for "government" (政府, ''zhėngfǔ'') or "official's residence" (府邸, ''fǔdǐ''), and names of official institutions such as the " Imperial Household Department" (內務府, ''Nèiwùfǔ'') in China or " Office of the President" (總統府, ''Zǒngtǒngfǔ'') in Taiwan. The Japanese language uses the Chinese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nguyễn Dynasty
The Nguyễn dynasty (, chữ Nôm: 茹阮, chữ Hán: 朝阮) was the last List of Vietnamese dynasties, Vietnamese dynasty, preceded by the Nguyễn lords and ruling unified Vietnam independently from 1802 until French protectorate in 1883. Its emperors were members of the House of Nguyễn Phúc. During its existence, the Nguyễn empire expanded into modern-day Southern Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos through a continuation of the centuries-long Nam tiến and Siamese–Vietnamese wars. With the French conquest of Vietnam, the Nguyễn dynasty was forced to give up sovereignty over parts of French Cochinchina, Southern Vietnam to France in 1862 and 1874, and after 1883 the Nguyễn dynasty only nominally ruled the French protectorates of Annam (French protectorate), Annam (Central Vietnam) as well as Tonkin (French protectorate), Tonkin (Northern Vietnam). Backed by Empire of Japan, Imperial Japan, in 1945 the last Nguyễn emperor Bảo Đại abolished the protectorate treat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tre Publishing House
Tre Publishing House () is a book and magazine publisher in Vietnam. Publications A large part of books published by Tre Publishing House are those about generic life topics; however, it is their fiction books that the company is most well known for. Tre Publishing House has published work by contemporary Vietnamese authors such as Nguyễn Nhật Ánh and Nguyễn Ngọc Tư. The company has published work by foreign authors to Vietnam including Mario Puzo (''The Godfather''), Paul Auster, Thomas Mann, J. K. Rowling (''Harry Potter''), etc. * '' Vừa nhắm mắt vừa mở cửa sổ'' (2004) * '' Cánh đồng bất tận'' (2005) * '' Tôi là Bêtô'' (2007) * '' Cho tôi xin một vé đi tuổi thơ'' (2008) * '' Nữ thần báo tử'' (dịch phẩm, 2012) * ''Nhóc Miko!'' (Manga, 2011) * ''Skip Beat!'' (Manga, 2013) Since the end of 2012, Tre Publishing House has distributed e-book versions of published publications through one of its member unit - YBOOK, (full nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
