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Kiều
Kiều (anglicisation of names, Anglicisation: Kieu), is a Vietnamese language, Vietnamese surname and unisex given name. Notable people with the surname include: * Kiều Công Tiễn (), Vietnamese general * Kiều Công Hãn (died 967), Vietnamese general, grandson of Kiều Công Tiễn * Kiều Thuận (), Vietnamese general, younger brother of Kiều Công Hãn * Kieu Chinh (born 1937), Vietnamese-American actress * Kiều Hưng (born 1937), Vietnamese singer of Vietnamese revolutionary songs * Catherine Kieu (born ), American criminal * Lê Kiều Thiên Kim (born 1981), Vietnamese chess player * Tien Kieu, Vietnamese-Australian physicist and politician Notable people with the given name include: * Lý Ngọc Kiều (1041–1113), Vietnamese princess * Bằng Kiều (born 1973), Vietnamese male pop singer * Chương Thị Kiều (born 1995), Vietnamese female footballer * Hoang Kieu (Hoàng Kiều), Vietnamese-born American businessman See also * ''The Tale of Kieu'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tale Of Kieu
''The Tale of Kiều'' is an epic poem in Vietnamese written by Nguyễn Du (1765–1820), well known in Vietnamese literature. The original title in Vietnamese is ''Đoạn Trường Tân Thanh'' (, "A New Cry From a Broken Heart"), but it is better known as ''Truyện Kiều'' (, , lit. "Tale of Kiều"). In 3,254 verses, written in '' lục bát'' ("six–eight") meter, the poem recounts the life, trials and tribulations of Thúy Kiều, a beautiful and talented young woman, who has to sacrifice herself to save her family. To save her father and younger brother from prison, she sells herself into marriage with a middle-aged man, not knowing that he is a pimp, and is forced into prostitution. While modern interpretations vary, some post-colonial writers have interpreted it as a critical, allegorical reflection on the rise of the Nguyễn dynasty. The work is famous for its humane meaning and was translated into 20 languages, such as English, French, Japanese, and Korean. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiều Công Tiễn
Kiều Công Tiễn (chữ Hán: 矯公羡) (870 - 938) was a general in the court of Dương Đình Nghệ, a Vietnamese Jiedushi of Tĩnh Hải quân who took over the position in 931. In 937, Kiều Công Tiễn assassinated the Jiedushi to seize his position and thus provoked a revolt led by Ngô Quyền who sought revenge his lord and father-in-law Dương Đình Nghệ. In response to the attack, Kiều Công Tiễn appealed to Liu Yan, the emperor of Southern Han, for reinforcements but he was defeated and executed by Ngô Quyền before the army of Southern Han entered the country. Ngô Quyền subsequently won a decisive victory over the Southern Han in the Battle of Bạch Đằng River and would go on to inaugurate the continuous independence of Vietnam for the first time in nearly a thousand years. History According to ''Từ điển Bách khoa toàn thư Việt Nam'', the date of birth of Kiều Công Tiễn was unknown but he was from Phong Châu (now Phú Thọ, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bằng Kiều
Nguyễn Bằng Kiều (born 13 July 1973 in Hanoi), is a Vietnamese ballad singer. He is a former member of bands including Golden Keys, Frangipani, and Watermelon. In 2000, he became a solo artist. In 2002, he relocated to America and married female singer Trizzie Phuong Trinh. From 2004 to 2008, his Vietnam citizenship was revoked due to an unresolved dispute. Today, he is one of the exclusive singers of Thúy Nga Productions, Thuy Nga Center.. He is a tenor. His contemporaries include Lam Trường, Lam Truong, Minh Thuan, Phương Thanh, Phuong Thanh, My Linh, Duong Chi Linh, Quang Linh and Minh Tuyết, Minh Tuyet. In September 2012, he visited Vietnam and was granted allowance perform from October to December 2012 by the Bureau of Art Performance. Early life Bằng Kiều is the youngest son of his father's third wife. His mother is Vietnamese opera singer Luu Nga, while father Nguyen Bang Bui is a doctor. The family lived in a small loft on Ngo Si Lien Street in Han ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kieu Chinh
Kieu Chinh (; born September 3, 1937) is a Vietnamese-American actress, producer, humanitarian, lecturer and philanthropist. Early life Dame Kieu Chinh was born on September 3, 1937, in Hanoi as Nguyễn Thị Kiều Chinh. During World War II, her mother and her newly born brother were killed when their hospital was struck by an Allied bombing raid targeting Japanese troops in Hanoi during the Japanese occupation of French Indochina, when Chinh was at the age of six. Even so, her father was a government official so the family was quite wealthy. Following the end of World War II and the subsequent division of Vietnam into Communist and National regimes after the Geneva Conference, Chinh's older brother ran away from home to join the Resistance Forces. Her father urged her to board an aircraft and travel to the South, while he remained in the North to search for her older brother, promising to reunite with her in Saigon. Following her arrival in South Vietnam, however, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lê Kiều Thiên Kim
Lê Kiều Thiên Kim (born 10 December 1981) is a Vietnamese chess player and FIDE Woman International Master. She won the Vietnamese Women's Chess Championship in 2002. Biography In 2002, Kim won the Vietnamese Women's Chess Championship, but in 2006, she won silver medal in Vietnamese Women's Chess Championship. In 2011, Lê Kiều Thiên Kim won 3rd place in ASEAN Women's Chess Championship. In 2004, Lê Kiều Thiên Kim participated in Women's World Chess Championship by knock-out system and in the first round lost to Hoang Thanh Trang. Kim played for Vietnam: * in Women's Chess Olympiad participated 6 times 1998-2004, 2008, 2012); * in Women's World Team Chess Championship participated in 2007; * in Women's Asian Team Chess Championship participated 2 times (2003, 2008) and won team silver (2003) and bronze (2008) medals, as well as won individual gold (2003) medal; * in Asian Indoor Games participated in 2007 and won team bronze medal. In 2001, she was awarded the FI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiều Công Hãn
Kiều Công Hãn ( vi-hantu, 矯公罕, died 967) was a warlord of Vietnam during the Period of the 12 Warlords. Hãn was a grandson of Kiều Công Tiễn. He was also an elder brother of another warlord, Kiều Thuận. He held Phong Châu (modern Việt Trì and Lâm Thao, Phú Thọ Province), and titled himself Kiều Tam Chế (矯三制).''Việt Nam sử lược'', Quyển 1, Phần 3, Chương 1''Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư'', Peripheral Records vol. 5 He was defeated by Đinh Bộ Lĩnh Đinh Bộ Lĩnh (924–979; ), real name allegedly Đinh Hoàn ( 丁 桓), was the founding emperor of the short-lived Đinh dynasty of Vietnam, after declaring its independence from the Chinese Southern Han dynasty. He was a significant figur ... in 967. References 967 deaths Year of birth unknown 10th-century Vietnamese people People from Phú Thọ province Anarchy of the 12 Warlords {{Vietnam-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiều Thuận
Kiều Thuận ( vi-hantu, 矯順, ?–?) was a warlord of Vietnam during the Period of the 12 Warlords. Thuận was a grandson of Kiều Công Tiễn. He was also a younger brother of another warlord, Kiều Công Hãn. He held Hồi Hồ (modern Cẩm Khê District, Phú Thọ Province), and titled himself Kiều Lệnh Công (矯令公).''Việt Nam sử lược'', Quyển 1, Phần 3, Chương 1''Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư The ''Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư'' ( vi-hantu, 大越史記全書; ; ''Complete Annals of Đại Việt'') is the official national chronicle of the Đại Việt, that was originally compiled by the royal historian Ngô Sĩ Liên under ...'', Peripheral Records vol. 5 References 10th-century Vietnamese people People from Phú Thọ province Anarchy of the 12 Warlords Warlords {{Vietnam-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vietnamese Language
Vietnamese () is an Austroasiatic languages, Austroasiatic language Speech, spoken primarily in Vietnam where it is the official language. It belongs to the Vietic languages, Vietic subgroup of the Austroasiatic language family. Vietnamese is spoken natively by around 86 million people, and as a second language by 11 million people, several times as many as the rest of the Austroasiatic family combined. It is the native language of Vietnamese people, ethnic Vietnamese (Kinh), as well as the second language, second or First language, first language for List of ethnic groups in Vietnam, other ethnicities of Vietnam, and used by Overseas Vietnamese, Vietnamese diaspora in the world. Like many languages in Southeast Asia and East Asia, Vietnamese is highly analytic language, analytic and is tone (linguistics), tonal. It has head-initial directionality, with subject–verb–object order and modifiers following the words they modify. It also uses noun classifier (linguistics), classi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiều Hưng
NSƯT Kiều Tất Hưng (born 1937), also known as Kiều Hưng, is a Vietnamese singer of Vietnamese revolutionary songs. He was born in Hanoi. From 1968 to 1972, Hưng studied at the Kiev Conservatory, then at the Moscow Conservatory The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory () is a higher musical educational institution located in Moscow, Russia. It grants undergraduate and graduate degrees in musical performance and musical research. Th ... in 1991. References Musicians from Hanoi 20th-century Vietnamese male singers 1937 births Living people Date of birth missing (living people) Moscow Conservatory alumni {{Vietnam-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chương Thị Kiều
Chương Thị Kiều (born 19 August 1995) is a Vietnamese footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Championship The Women's Super League 2, also known as Barclays Women's Super League 2 for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football league in England, operated by WSL Football. It is the second-highest division of women's football in England. The div ... club Hồ Chí Minh City I and the Vietnam women's national team. International apps International goals References 1995 births Living people Women's association football defenders Vietnamese women's footballers Vietnam women's international footballers Asian Games footballers for Vietnam Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games SEA Games gold medalists for Vietnam SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games SEA Games silver medalists for Vietnam Competitors at the 2013 SEA Games 21st-century Vietnamese sportswomen Khmer Krom people People from Kiên Giang province 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tien Kieu
Tien Dung Kieu (; born 25 October 1960) is an Australian physicist and former politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council since 2018, representing South Eastern Metropolitan Region. He was defeated at the 2022 state election. Kieu was born in Saigon, Vietnam in 1961. In 1979, he and his wife Liem left Vietnam as refugees on a boat to Malaysia, where they lived in a refugee camp until they were approached by Australian officials and offered passage and resettlement in Brisbane. Kieu worked as a labourer before enrolling at the University of Queensland, beginning an academic career in econophysics which took him to the University of Edinburgh and Oxford University, and then to the United States as a Fulbright scholar at Columbia, Princeton and MIT, before returning to Australia to work at Swinburne University of Technology The Swinburne University of Technology (or simply Swinburne) is a public university, public research university in Melb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoang Kieu
Hoang Kieu (Hoàng Ku, born in Vietnam - Triệu Phong, Quảng Trị Province) is a Vietnamese-born American billionaire who owned 37% of Shanghai RAAS Blood Products in 2013, which is traded on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange The Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE; ) is a stock exchange based in the city of Shenzhen, in the People's Republic of China. It is one of three stock exchanges operating independently in Mainland China, the others being the Beijing Stock Excha .... He debuted on the 2014 Forbes Billionaires List, with a net worth of $3.8 billion. References 1944 births Living people American billionaires Vietnamese billionaires Vietnamese emigrants to the United States People from Quảng Trị province Vietnamese business executives American business executives 20th-century American businesspeople {{US-business-bio-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
