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Lưu Cơ
{{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 me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vietnamese Language
Vietnamese ( vi, tiếng Việt, links=no) is an Austroasiatic language originating from Vietnam where it is the national and official language An official language is a language given supreme status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction. Typically the term "official language" does not refer to the language used by a people or country, but by its government (e.g. judiciary, .... 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 a ... [...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 ... [...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 Quốc is a Vietnamese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Nguyễn Quốc Cường (born 1982), Vietnamese politician * Quốc Thiên (born 1988), Vietnamese singer * Trần Quốc Khang (1237–1300), Vietnamese prince * Trần Qu ... school, then moved to Hanoi 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 ... [...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 Fest ... [...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...] |
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