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Province Of Gia Định
Gia Định (嘉定) was a province of South Vietnam surrounding Ho Chi Minh City, Sài Gòn. It was one of the country's main industrial centers.Đặng Phong (2004), Kinh tế Miền Nam Việt nam thời kỳ 1955 - 1975, Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội, Hanoi, page 299 Gia Định was created in 1832 and split to four smaller provinces in December 1889: Gia Định, Chợ Lớn Province, Chợ Lớn, Tân An Province, Tân An and Tây Ninh Province, Tây Ninh. In 1957 Gia Định contained 6 districts, Gò Vấp District, Gò Vấp, Tân Bình District, Tân Bình, Hóc Môn District, Hóc Môn, Thủ Đức, Nhà Bè District, Nhà Bè and Bình Chánh District, Bình Chánh. In 1970, the districts of Quảng Xuyên and Cần Giờ District, Cần Giờ were added.In February 1976, parts of the provinces of Biên Hòa Province, Biên Hòa, Bình Dương Province, Bình Dương, Đô Thành Saigon, Đô Thành Sài Gòn and Hậu Nghĩa Province, Hậu Nghĩa were ... [...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] |