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Võ Thị Sáu
Võ Thị Sáu (1933 – 23 January 1952) was a teenager who fought as a guerrilla during the First Indochina War participating in the resistance movement against the French colonists for Vietnam’s independence. She carried out multiple assassination attempts targeting French officers and Pro-French Vietnamese individuals collaborating with the colonial government in Southern Vietnam at the time. She was captured, tried, convicted, and executed by the French in 1952, becoming the first woman to be executed at Côn Đảo Prison. Today in Vietnam she is considered a symbolic national revolutionary martyr and heroine. The Vietnamese government posthumously awarded her the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces in 1993. Early Life Võ Thị Sáu was born in 1933 to Võ Văn Hợi and Nguyễn Thị Đậu. Her birthplace was in Phước Thọ Commune, Đất Đỏ District, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province. She was born into a poor family. Her father worked as a horse-cart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phước Hải (township)
Phước Hải is a township (''thị trấn'') in Đất Đỏ District, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province, Vietnam. The township was founded in 2006 from 1,655.58 hectares with 20,923 inhabitants of the commune of Phước Hải. The neighboring communes arei: Lộc An to the east (district of Đất Đỏ); townlet of Long Hải to the west (district of Long Điền); South China Sea to the south, to the north it borders Long Mỹ and Phước Hội in Đất Đỏ District Đất Đỏ is a rural district of Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province in the Southeast The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, Radius, radially arrayed compass directions (or Azimuth#In navigation, azimuths) used in navigation and car ....''Vietnam'' Iain Stewart "A beautiful road winds along the coast between Binh Chau and Long Hải, passing the upandcoming beaches of Ho Coc, Ho Tram and Loc An, crossing through the towns of La Gi and Phuoc Hai, and eventually connecting Mui Ne." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firing Squad
Firing may refer to: * Dismissal (employment), sudden loss of employment by termination * Firemaking, the act of starting a fire * Burning; see combustion * Shooting, specifically the discharge of firearms * Execution by firing squad, a method of capital punishment * Pottery firing in a kiln or oven * Pin firing, an old medical treatment applied to horses * An action potential, where the depolarization of a neuron causes it to "fire" off an electrical signal down its axon * Any material (such as firewood) that can be burned as fuel to release energy See also *Fire Fire is the rapid oxidation of a fuel in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction Product (chemistry), products. Flames, the most visible portion of the fire, are produced in the combustion re ... and Fire (other) * Fired (other) * Firing squad (other) * Fire-raising (other) * Fire making * Firestarter (other) {{d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hồ Chí Minh
(born ; 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), colloquially known as Uncle Ho () among other aliases and sobriquets, was a Vietnamese revolutionary and politician who served as the founder and first president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from 1945 until his death in 1969, and as its first prime minister from 1945 to 1955. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist, he founded the Indochinese Communist Party in 1930 and its successor Workers' Party of Vietnam (later the Communist Party of Vietnam) in 1951, serving as the party's chairman until his death. was born in Nghệ An province in French Indochina, and received a French education. Starting in 1911, he worked in various countries overseas, and in 1920 was a founding member of the French Communist Party in Paris. After studying in Moscow, Hồ founded the Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League in 1925, which he transformed into the Indochinese Communist Party in 1930. On his return to Vietnam in 1941, he foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiến Quân Ca
"Tiến Quân Ca" (lit. "The Song of the Marching Troops") is the national anthem of Vietnam. The march was written and composed by Văn Cao in 1944, and was adopted as the national anthem of the North Vietnam, Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1946 (as per the Constitution of Vietnam, 1946 constitution) and subsequently the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976 following the reunification of Vietnam. Though it has two verses, only the first one is usually sung. History Its lyrics and title were based on Văn Cao's previous works, "''Thăng Long''" (lit. "Rising Dragon", a former name of Hanoi). Part of the lyrics were also Tiến Quân Ca#Lyric changes and completion, different during its early stages, as it went through numerous changes starting in the early 1940s. Lyric changes and completion "Tiến Quân Ca" went through many changes shortly after it was composed. For instance, the first sentence "'" ("''The Vietnamese army marches''") was originally "" ("''The Viet Minh arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Rites
The last rites, also known as the Commendation of the Dying, are the last prayers and ministrations given to an individual of Christian faith, when possible, shortly before death. The Commendation of the Dying is practiced in liturgical Christian denominations, such as the Roman Catholic Church and the Lutheran Church. They may be administered to those mortally injured, terminally ill, or awaiting execution. Last rites cannot be performed on someone who has already died. Last rites, in sacramental Christianity, can refer to multiple sacraments administered concurrently in anticipation of an individual's passing (such as Holy Absolution and Holy Communion). Catholic Church The Latin Church of the Catholic Church defines Last Rites as Viaticum ( Holy Communion administered to someone who is dying), and the ritual prayers of Commendation of the Dying, and Prayers for the Dead. The sacrament of Anointing of the Sick is usually postponed until someone is near death. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bạch Đằng Quay
Bạch Đằng Quay () is a wharf and park with an address No.2 Tôn Đức Thắng Boulevard, Bến Nghé in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, District 1, downtown Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It stretches along about of the Saigon River from the Thủ Ngữ flagpole to the site of the former Ba Son Shipyard (now the Saigon – Ba Son complex) and covers an area of . History According to scholar Pétrus Ký, the waterfront area at the end of Đồng Khởi Street, rue Catinat was once called ''Bến Ngự'' (translating to "royal wharf"), the royal landing stage. He also revealed that it was known in Khmer language, Khmer as Compong-luong, which suggests that its history may date back to the 17th century, when Saigon was still the Cambodian settlement of Prey Nokor. During the early years of French colonial rule, the Mercantile port of Saigon continued to use wharves immediately north of the Bến Nghé Channel, arroyo Chinois extending as far as the Rond-point (modern-day Mê Linh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Côn Đảo
The Côn Đảo ("Côn Island") are an archipelago of Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province, in the Southeast region of Vietnam, and also a district () of this province. Geography Situated about from Vũng Tàu and from Ho Chi Minh City, the group includes 16 mountainous islands and islets. The total land area reaches and the local population is about 5,000. The islands are composed of magmatic rocks of different ages. Hòn Bảy Cạnh, Hòn Cau and Hòn Bông Lang are composed of Cretaceous microgranite rocks]. The northern part of Côn Đảo Island is composed of quartz diorite and granite - granodiorite of late Mesozoic- early Cenozoic age, and is partially covered by Quaternary marine sediments. The southern part of this island and Hòn Bà island are composed of the rhyolite and intrusive formations of unknown age. On the western slope of Côn Đảo Island, there exist groups of outcrops of diorite and microgranite penetrated by big quartz bands. The island group is s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chí Hòa Prison
Chí Hòa Prison ( or ') is a functioning Vietnamese prison located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The prison is an octagonal building on a 7-hectare siteVài nét về khám Chí Hòa - Giới thiệu , Government of Ho Chi Minh city, Accessed 10/12/2010 consisting of detention rooms, jail cells, prison walls, watchtowers, facilities and prisoner's farmlands. The prison is one of 12 national prisons in Vietnam.Mitchel P. Roth, ''Prisons and prison systems: a global encyclopedia'', page 288 Publisher: Westport, Conn.; Greenwood Press, 2006. Originally built by the French Indochina colonial government in 1943 (or 1939) to replace the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tết
Tết (, ), short for (; ), is the most important celebration in Vietnamese culture. Tết celebrates the arrival of spring based on the Vietnamese calendar and usually falls on January or February in the Gregorian calendar. is not to be confused with Tết Trung Thu, which is also known as Children's Festival in Vietnam. "'" itself only means festival but it would generally refer to the Lunar New Year in Vietnamese, as it is often seen as the most important festival amongst the Vietnamese and the Vietnamese diaspora, with regarded as the second-most important. Vietnamese people celebrate annually, which is based on a lunisolar calendar (calculating both the motions of Earth around the Sun and of the Moon around Earth). Tết is generally celebrated on the same day as Chinese New Year (also called Spring Festival), with the one-hour time difference between Vietnam and China resulting in the new moon occurring on different days. Rarely, the dates of Vietnamese and Chine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bastille Day
Bastille Day is the common name given in English-speaking countries to the national day of France, which is celebrated on 14 July each year. It is referred to, both legally and commonly, as () in French, though ''la fête nationale'' is also used in the press. French National Day is the anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, a major event of the French Revolution, as well as the that celebrated the unity of the French people on 14 July 1790. Celebrations are held throughout France. One that has been reported as "the oldest and largest Bastille Day military parade, military parade in Europe" is held on 14 July on the Champs-Élysées in Paris in front of the President of France, along with other French officials and foreign guests. History In 1789, tensions rose in France between reformist and conservative factions as the country struggled to resolve an economic crisis. In May, the Estates General (France), Estates General legislative assembly was reviv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Việt Gian
Viet gian (; vi-hantu, 越奸; ) refers to a Vietnamese person who sells Vietnamese interests. It is similar to the Chinese term hanjian, meaning a Chinese traitor, and uses the same character for "traitor". This term has existed since the imperial era of Vietnam and was later used by both the North Vietnamese and South Vietnamese to refer to supporters of the other side. North Vietnam Since 1945, the Viet Minh have officially used it in legal documents to refer to the Vietnamese who cooperated or collaborated with French colonists. The policies of the Viet Minh include "arming the people, punishing the ''Việt gian''" and "confiscation of the assets of the French and Japanese imperialists and the ''Việt gian''." On January 20, 1953, Ho Chi Minh issued Order No. 133-SL in North Vietnam to punish the ''Việt gian''. South Vietnam It is sometimes interpreted that the term " Việt Cộng" is a contraction of the term ''Việt gian cộng sản'' ("Communist Traitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
