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Ho Chi Minh Trail
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Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City formerly Saigon, city (1997 pop. 5,250,000), on the right bank of the Saigon River, a tributary of the Dong Nai, Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh City is the largest city, the greatest port, and the commercial and industrial center of Vietnam. It has an airport and is the focus of the... Read more |
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Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh , 1890-1969, Vietnamese nationalist leader, president of North Vietnam (1954-69), and one of the most influential political leaders of the 20th cent. His given name was Nguyen That Thanh. In 1911 he left Vietnam, working aboard a French liner. He later lived in London and in the United... Read more |
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Le Duan
Le Duan , 1908-86, Vietnamese Communist party leader. Imprisoned by the French colonial regime, he organized Communist forces in the South after the French withdrawal from Vietnam in 1954 and became first secretary of North Vietnam's Communist party in 1959. After Ho Chi Minh 's death (1969), Le... Read more |
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Da Lat
Da Lat , city (1989 pop. 87,136), S Vietnam, in the central highlands, alt. c.5,000 ft (1,520 m). Developed by the French as a health resort and hunting center, it is a modern city surrounded by mountains that rise to 7,380 ft (2,249 m). Coffee, tea, tobacco, and temperate-zone vegetables are... Read more |
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Bao Dai
Bao Dai , 1913-97, emperor of Annam (1926-45) and chief of state of Vietnam (1949-55). Born Prince Nguyen Vinh Thuy, he was the son of Emperor Khai Din and succeeded to the throne in 1926, but did not occupy it until 1932. Bao Dai cooperated with both the Vichy French and Japanese during World War... Read more |
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Leon Charles Albert Calmette
Léon Charles Albert Calmette , 1863-1933, French physician and bacteriologist. He was founder and director of the Pasteur institutes at Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) and at Lille. From 1917 he was affiliated with the Pasteur Institute in Paris. He discovered a serum for snake bite, studied... Read more |
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Geneva Agreement on Indochina
Geneva Agreement on Indochina (1954).The “Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam” ended the eight‐year war over the decolonization of Indochina between France and the Communist forces under the command of the leader of the League for Vietnamese Independence, Ho Chi... Read more |
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Vo Nguyen Giap
Vo Nguyen Giap , 1911-, soldier and government official of North Vietnam and later of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. A nationalist, he joined the Vietnamese Communist party in the 1930s, later joining Ho Chi Minh in China. Giap helped to organize the Viet Minh forces, fighting to oust the... Read more |
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Dienbienphu
Dienbienphu or Dien Bien Phu , former French military base, N Vietnam, near the Laos border. It was the scene in 1954 of the last great battle between the French and the Viet Minh forces of Ho Chi Minh in Indochina. The French occupied the base by parachute drop in Nov., 1953; this move... Read more |
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Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh (1890?–1969), international Communist...DRV).The son of a scholar‐official, Ho was born in Nghe An, central Vietnam, and...the Vietnamese Independence League (Viet Minh). Using the code name “Lucius,” he supplied... |
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Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) City at the mouth of the River Saigon in the Mekong delta...Vietnamese forces. Taken by the North Vietnamese in 1975, it was later renamed Ho Chi Minh City. It is the commercial, industrial and ... |
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Viet Minh
Viet Minh, an abbreviation of Vietnam Doc Lap Dong Minh Hoi (League for the independence of Vietnam), a communist...collaboration). Its forces were led by Vo Nguyen Giap, under Ho Chi Minh as its general secretary, and by the end of 1944 with... |
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Vietnam
...and Haiphong; in the s, the Mekong delta contains Ho Chi Minh City. Inland, the Annam Cordillera forms much of the...s government collapsed, and the nationalist Viet Minh, led by Ho Chi Minh, set up a ... |
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Giap, Vo Nguyen
...peasants. Two years later, he joined Ho Chi Minh in China and learned more about guerrilla...Giap helped to organize the Viet Minh forces, the nucleus of the Vietnam...1955) envisaged development of the Ho Chi ... |
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Vietnam War
...ardent Vietnamese nationalist named Ho Chi Minh capitalized on French weakness and...surrender of Japan in August 1945, Ho's Vietminh (League for the Independence...the Soviet Union. They saw Ho Chi Minh and ... |
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Vietnam War (1960–1975)
...NLF); and the government of North Vietnam, led by Ho Chi Minh—as agents of global communism. U.S. policymakers...elections been held as scheduled in Vietnam in 1956, “Ho Chi Minh would have won 80% of the vote”—and no U.S... |
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Geneva Agreement on Indochina
...the leader of the League for Vietnamese Independence, Ho Chi Minh. It was the result of an international conference held in Geneva between 8May...a settlement that ceded authority over much less than Ho Chi Minh's forces had ... |
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Johnson, Lyndon B.
...Buddhist conflict; the Soviets and the Chinese supplied Ho Chi Minh in the North. The assassination of Diem and his brother with...Soviets. If the United States moved to a land war, Ho Chi Minh held the winning cards because ... |
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French Indo-China
...communist guerrilla organization the Viet Minh, aided by the American Office of...organization after its formation by Ho Chi Minh in May 1941. From 1943, with US support, the Viet Minh also attacked from China into Tongkin... |
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Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City (Thanh Pho H Chí Minh) Vietnam Dong Nai, Phan Yen, Gia Dinh, Saigon Renamed in 1976 after Ho Chi Minh (1890–1969), President of the Democratic Republic of... |
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Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh (he who enlightens) (b. 19 May 1890, d. 3 Sept. 1969). President...fighters and to organize resistance to the Japanese, adopting the name Ho Chi Minh.Upon the defeat of the Japanese in 1945 he proclaimed the ... |
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
Ho Chi Minh Trail a network of trails through eastern Laos and Cambodia into South...miles (20,000 kilometers). It was named by the U.S. media after Ho Chi Minh. The trails were used by National Liberation Front (NLF) and ... |
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Vietnam
...movement. Under instruction from the Comintern in Moscow, Ho Chi Minh founded the Revolutionary Youth League of Vietnam in...coalition was in control of most of the country, enabling Ho Chi Minh to declare an independent ... |
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French Indo-China War
...of World War II and in September 1945 their leader, HO CHI MINH, proclaimed a Vietnamese Republic in Hanoi. The French...opposed independence, and launched a military offensive. Ho Chi Minh was forced to flee Hanoi and begin ... |
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Le Duan
...the Quang Tri Province (central Vietnam), he joined Ho Chi Minh's Revolutionary Youth League in 1928 and was a founding...Hanoi in 1957 as the leading party figure second only to Ho Chi Minh himself. As the latter's health ... |
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Pathet Lao
...association with the Vietnamese Communist movement under Ho Chi Minh, it was closely involved in the Vietnam War, as a crucial Vietcong supply route: the Ho Chi Minh Trail went through the territory controlled by the ... |
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Vietminh
Vietminh an abbreviation of Vietnam Doc Lap Dong Minh Hoi (League for the independence of Vietnam), the Communist...formed in southern China in 1941 under the leadership of Ho Chi Minh to combat the Japanese occupiers and French collaborationist... |
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Bao Dai
...was his compliance with the Japanese from 1940 which discredited him in the eyes of many Vietnamese. He was deposed by Ho Chi Minh's Vietminh, and left for Hong Kong in 1946. After the return of the French colonial authorities to Vietnam, he agreed... |
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...Boleyn, Bryn, chin, chin-chin, Corinne, din, fin, Finn, Flynn, gaijin, gin, Glyn, grin, Gwyn, herein, Ho Chi Minh, in, inn, Jin, jinn, kin, Kweilin, linn, Lynn, mandolin, mandoline, Min, no-win, pin, Pinyin, quin... |
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Ho Chi Minh's journey for national salvation marked.
...anniversary of the day late President HoChi Minh left the nation to seek ways for national salvation was held inHo Chi Minh City on June 5. Party Politburo...greatevent of the nation - President Ho Chi Minh's journey for ... |
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VIETNAM'S HO CHI MINH CITY RECORDS ACHIEVEMENTS IN TOURISM.
HANOI, Jan 4 Asia Pulse - Ho Chi Minh City tourism attained all-round...year-end report just released by Ho Chi Minh City Tourism authority...have hindered tourism development in Ho Chi ... |
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VIETNAM GOVT DRIVES EXPANSION OF HO CHI MINH CITY'S BUS FLEET.
...Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung has again urged Ho Chi Minh City and relevant authorities to speed up a project to...in the project to replace 1,300 worn-out buses in Ho Chi Minh City. The operation of these old buses ... |
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HO CHI MINH CITY PLANS TO MOVE THREE PORTS BY 2008.
...The Ministry for Transport and the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee have agreed...relocate at least three ports from Ho Chi Minh City's inner districts...With the agreement of the Chairman of Ho ... |
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Ho Chi Minh's birthday celebrated abroad.
...birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19) and...paid tribute to Ho Chi Minh at Compoint...a gala night on Ho Chi Minh and Vietnam was held...understandings about ... |
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HO CHI MINH HIGHWAY DESIGNED TO FACILITATE INDUSTRIALISATION.
...Pulse - Construction of the Ho Chi Minh Highway, which was started...the full width of the Ho Chi Minh Highway to four or...province of Ca Mau from Ho Chi Minh City in order ... |
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Ho Chi Minh: A Biography.(Book review)
Ho Chi Minh: A Biography, by Pierre Brocheux. Translated...seem to be the best course of action to Ho, as they tended to ignore local conditions...Second World War provided the opportunity for Ho Chi Minh to ... |
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Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City less powerful at drawing foreign capital
...atmosphere has prevailed in Ho Chi Minh City because of the lowering...stands at only 40% in Ho Chi Minh City, while this figure...the industrial parks in Ho Chi Minh City ... |
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President Ho Chi Minh's birthday celebrated abroad.
...researchers on President Ho Chi Minhs life and cause, highlighted...the simple life of Uncle Ho and a great Vietnamese and...embassy in Thailand Pham Minh Tuan pointed out the significance...the birthday of President Ho Chi ... |
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President Ho Chi Minh's birthday marked.
...with President Ho Chi Minh and expressing...inauguration of the Ho Chi Minh Institute under Saint...Khabarovsk after President Ho Chi Minh. President Ho ... |
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