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220,055 ha (849.64 sq mi) Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng ( Vietnamese: Vườn quốc gia Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng) is a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Bố Trạch and Minh Hóa districts of central Quảng Bình Province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam, about 500 km south of Hanoi. The park borders the Hin Namno National ...
It is the largest known cave passage in the world by volume. Its name, Hang Sơn Đoòng, is variously translated from Vietnamese as "cave of the mountain river" [4] or "cave of mountains behind Đoòng [village]". [disputed – discuss] As a solutional cave, it was formed in soluble limestone [5] and is believed to be between 2 and 5 million ...
Đồng Tháp (Vietnamese: [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ tʰaːp̚˧˦] ⓘ) is a province in the Mekong Delta and Plain of Reeds region of southern Vietnam.Đồng Tháp is 165 kilometres (103 mi) from Ho Chi Minh City, bordered by Pray Veng province (Cambodia) in the north with a length of more than 48 kilometres (30 mi); Vĩnh Long and Cần Thơ in the south; An Giang in the west; and Long An and ...
Phong Nha Cave is a cave in Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam. It is 7,729 metres long and contains 14 grottoes, as well as a 13,969 metre underground river. While scientists have surveyed 44.5 kilometres of passages, tourists are only allowed to explore the first 1500 metres.
Dương Văn Minh ( Vietnamese: [jɨəŋ van miŋ̟] ⓘ; 16 February 1916 – 6 August 2001), popularly known as Big Minh, was a South Vietnamese politician and a senior general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and a politician during the presidency of Ngô Đình Diệm. In 1963, he became chief of a military junta after leading ...
Harvard University ( BA, JD) Viet D. Dinh ( Vietnamese: Đinh Đồng Phụng Việt; born February 22, 1968) is a Vietnamese-born American legal scholar [1] who is on the board of Strategic Education. [2] He is also the Chief Legal and Policy Officer of Fox Corporation [3] where he leads all legal, government and regulatory and government affairs.
1559. Completed. 1560. Golden Stupa, gilded carved wood above main door. Wat Xieng Thong ( Lao: ວັດຊຽງທອງ, pronounced [wāt síaŋ.tʰɔ́ːŋ]; "Temple of the Golden City") is a Buddhist temple (vat or wat) on the northern tip of the peninsula of Luang Prabang, Laos. [1] : 264 Built between 1559 and 1560 by King Setthathirath ...
Viễn Đông Daily News ( Vietnamese: Nhật báo Viễn Đông, lit. 'Far East Daily News') is one of the three largest Vietnamese-language newspapers published seven days a week by Vietnamese overseas. [1] Founded in 1993, its headquarters is situated in the Little Saigon neighborhood of Westminster, California. The newspaper's auditorium ...