Portal:Vietnam

Welcome to the Vietnam portal / Chào mừng bạn đến với Chủ đề Việt Nam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about 331,000 square kilometres (128,000 sq mi) and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country. One of the two Marxist–Leninist states in Southeast Asia, Vietnam shares land borders with China to the north, and Laos and Cambodia to the west. It shares maritime borders with Thailand through the Gulf of Thailand, and the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia through the South China Sea. Its capital is Hanoi and its largest city is Ho Chi Minh City (commonly known as Saigon). Vietnam was inhabited by the Paleolithic age, with states established in the first millennium BC on the Red River Delta in modern-day northern Vietnam. The Han dynasty annexed Northern and Central Vietnam, which were subsequently under Chinese rule from 111 BC until the first dynasty emerged in 939. Successive monarchical dynasties absorbed Chinese influences through Confucianism and Buddhism, and expanded southward to the Mekong Delta, conquering Champa. During most of the 17th and 18th centuries, Vietnam was effectively divided into two domains of Đàng Trong and Đàng Ngoài. The Nguyễn—the last imperial dynasty—surrendered to France in 1883. In 1887, its territory was integrated into French Indochina as three separate regions. In the immediate aftermath of World War II, the nationalist coalition Viet Minh, led by the communist revolutionary Ho Chi Minh, launched the August Revolution and declared Vietnam's independence from the Empire of Japan in 1945. Vietnam went through prolonged warfare in the 20th century. After World War II, France returned to reclaim colonial power in the First Indochina War, from which Vietnam emerged victorious in 1954. As a result of the treaties signed between the Viet Minh and France, Vietnam was also separated into two parts. The Vietnam War began shortly after, between the communist North Vietnam, supported by the Soviet Union and China, and the anti-communist South Vietnam, supported by the United States. Upon the North Vietnamese victory in 1975, Vietnam reunified as a unitary socialist state under the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) in 1976. An ineffective planned economy, a trade embargo by the West, and wars with Cambodia and China crippled the country further. In 1986, the CPV initiated economic and political reforms similar to the Chinese economic reform, transforming the country to a socialist-oriented market economy. The reforms facilitated Vietnamese reintegration into the global economy and politics. Vietnam is a developing country with a lower-middle-income economy. It has high levels of corruption, censorship, environmental issues and a poor human rights record. It is part of international and intergovernmental institutions including the ASEAN, the APEC, the CPTPP, the Non-Aligned Movement, the OIF, and the WTO. It has assumed a seat on the United Nations Security Council twice. (Full article...) Selected article - Nguyễn Khánh, the leader of the coup, in 196dptpd Before dawn on 19 December 1964, a coup d'état took place when the ruling military junta of South Vietnam led by General Nguyễn Khánh dissolved the High National Council (HNC) and arrested some of its members. The HNC was an unelected legislative-style civilian advisory body they had created at the request of the United States—South Vietnam's main sponsor—to give a veneer of civilian rule. The dissolution dismayed the Americans, particularly the ambassador, Maxwell D. Taylor, who engaged in an angry war of words with various generals including Khánh and threatened aid cuts. They were unable to do anything about the fait accompli that had been handed to them, because they strongly desired to win the Vietnam War and needed to support the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Instead, Taylor's searing verbal attacks were counterproductive as they galvanized the Vietnamese officers around the embattled Khánh. At the time, Khánh's leadership was under threat from his fellow generals, as well as Taylor, who had fallen out with him and was seeking his removal. The genesis of the removal of the HNC was a power struggle within the ruling junta. Khánh, who had been saved from an earlier coup attempt in September 1964 by the intervention of some younger generals dubbed the Young Turks, was indebted to them and needed to satisfy their wishes to stay in power. The Young Turks disliked a group of older officers who had been in high leadership positions but were now in powerless posts, and wanted to sideline them completely. As a result, they decided to hide their political motives by introducing a policy to compulsorily retire all general officers with more than 25 years of service. The chief of state Phan Khắc Sửu, an elderly figure appointed by the military to give a semblance of civilian rule, did not want to sign the decree without the agreement of the HNC, which mostly consisted of old men. The HNC recommended against the new policy, and the younger officers, led by I Corps commander General Nguyễn Chánh Thi and Air Marshal Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, disbanded the body and arrested some of its members along with other politicians. (Full article...) List of selected articles Battle of Dien Bien Phu Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ Double Seven Day scuffle Ho Chi Minh trail Vietnam War Ba Cụt Lê Văn Duyệt Huế chemical attacks Thích Quảng Đức Operation Passage to Freedom Tet Offensive Lê Quang Tung Prime Minister of Vietnam Mekong Delta Cần Thơ Viet Cong Ho Chi Minh City Fall of Saigon Vietnamese cuisine Krulak–Mendenhall mission Hanoi Battle of Kham Duc Lê Duẩn North Vietnam People's Army of Vietnam Vietnam Airlines Typhoon Dan (1989) Commercial Import Program Hạ Long Bay Battle of Lang Vei Malaysia–Vietnam relations Ho Chi Minh Đổi Mới Operation Ranch Hand Noi Bai International Airport Mỹ Tho Battle of Ban Me Thuot Vinh Communist Party of Vietnam Haiphong Operation Shed Light Tan Son Nhat International Airport Spratly Islands Nguyễn Hữu Có North–South railway (Vietnam) Trần dynasty Lady Triệu Vietnamese boat people Degar Áo dài Vietnam and the World Bank National Museum of Vietnamese History September 2009 Vietnam tropical depression Thuy Trang Hue–Da Nang Campaign 6th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam Politics of Vietnam 10th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam Cambodian–Vietnamese War Typhoon Xangsane South Vietnam Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem 1964 Brinks Hotel bombing Phan Xích Long Phạm Ngọc Thảo Tôn Thất Đính Xá Lợi Pagoda raids General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam List of Vietnamese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Vietnam War South Central Coast Buddhist Uprising The Rockpile Lê Trọng Tấn Buddhist crisis Vietnam Women's Union Rail transport in Vietnam War in Vietnam (1954–1959) Selected picture Dong Ho painting is a line of Vietnamese folk painting originating in Đông Hồ village (Song Hồ commune, Thuận Thành District, Bắc Ninh Province. Hanging fishing nets in the Cu Đê River, just before it merges with Da Nang Bay The gate to Linh Ung Pagoda at Sơn Trà District, Da Nang, Vietnam A view of Mường Thanh Valley from Dien Bien Phu city, Vietnam View of Ho Chi Minh City from Bitexco Financial Tower, Vietnam Making salt by evaporation of sea water near Ninh Hòa town, Khánh Hòa Province Vietnam The sunset over Hanoi, after a rain Water puppetry, lit. "Making puppets dance on water") is a tradition that dates back as far as the 11th century when it originated in the villages of the Red River Delta area of northern Vietnam. Wooden doors in the Imperial palace in Huế‎, Vietnam The train station at Da Lat Did you know - Newer entries ... that a proposed footbridge connecting the Asian Garden Mall to another Vietnamese-American shopping center met opposition because it was deemed "too Chinese"? ... that Esmond Venner Keogh was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in World War I and later protested against the Vietnam War? ... that war correspondent Jurate Kazickas financed her plane ticket to Vietnam in 1967 with a US$500 win on the game show Password? ... that Trần Lập was involved in Vietnam's first internet copyright lawsuit? ... that as a lawyer, Peter Dowding defended more than 100 Vietnam War conscientious objectors? ... that the author of the novel Wandering Souls, about Vietnamese refugees, was inspired by an episode of A Very British History? Vietnam News Wikinews Vietnam portal 18 December 2024 – Eleven people are killed and two others are injured in an arson attack on a bar in Hanoi, Vietnam. (Al Jazeera) 3 December 2024 – A court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, upholds the death penalty for real estate tycoon Trương Mỹ Lan after Lan was found guilty of embezzling $12.5 billion through the Sai Gon Joint Stock Commercial Bank. (VnExpress) (AP) The South Korean tourism ministry announces that 38 Vietnamese citizens have gone missing from Jeju Island before their flight back to Vietnam on November 17. (Newsweek) (JoongAng Daily) 30 November 2024 – Vietnam approves a US$67 billion 1,541 kilometres (958 mi) high speed rail line from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, which will be an updated version of the North–South express railway proposal. (Reuters) 21 October 2024 – The National Assembly of Vietnam appoints army general Lương Cường as the country's president, succeeding Communist Party General Secretary Tô Lâm. (VOA) (AP) (VnExpress) 17 October 2024 – A court in Vietnam sentences tycoon Trương Mỹ Lan to life in prison for fraud, in addition to a death sentence that Lan received in April for embezzlement. (Radio Free Asia) Categories Category puzzle Select [►] to view subcategories Vietnam Vietnam-related lists Buildings and structures in Vietnam Culture of Vietnam Economy of Vietnam Education in Vietnam Environment of Vietnam Ethnic groups in Vietnam Geography of Vietnam Government of Vietnam Health in Vietnam History of Vietnam Organizations based in Vietnam Vietnamese people Politics of Vietnam Society of Vietnam Images of Vietnam Vietnam stubs WikiProject Vietnam WikiProject Countries WikiProject Southeast Asia WikiProject Vietnam Wikipedias in Vietnamese languages Topics Recognized content Featured articles 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines 1955 State of Vietnam referendum 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt 1964 Brinks Hotel bombing Arrest and assassination of Ngô Đình Diệm Ba Cụt Operation Camargue Wesley Clark December 1964 South Vietnamese coup Battle of Điện Biên Phủ Double Seven Day scuffle Thích Quảng Đức Durian Gerald Ford Thomas J. Hudner Jr. Huế chemical attacks Javan rhinoceros Krulak–Mendenhall mission Lê Quang Tung Early life and military career of John McCain John McCain McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II USS New Jersey (BB-62) Ngô Đình Cẩn Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem Ngô Đình Diệm presidential visit to Australia Nguyễn Chánh Thi Operation Passage to Freedom Phạm Ngọc Thảo Phan Đình Phùng Phan Xích Long September 1964 South Vietnamese coup attempt 1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing Tang dynasty Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ Tôn Thất Đính Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng Xá Lợi Pagoda raids Featured lists List of Asian Pacific American Medal of Honor recipients Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam List of Vietnamese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Vietnam War List of World Heritage Sites in Vietnam Good articles 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines 6th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam 10th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam 15th Sustainment Brigade 18th Engineer Brigade (United States) 20th Engineer Brigade (United States) 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team Action of 23 August 1967 Agent Orange American Gangster (film) Typhoon Angela (1989) Áo dài Attack on Camp Holloway Attack on USNS Card Peter Badcoe Battle of Ap Bac Battle of Ban Me Thuot Battle of Binh Gia Battle of Coral–Balmoral Battle of Đồng Xoài Battle of Gang Toi Battle of Kham Duc Battle of Lang Vei Battle of Lima Site 85 Battle of Loc Ninh Battle of Long Khánh Battle of Muong Khoua Battle of Ong Thanh Battle of Suoi Bong Trang Battle of Suoi Chau Pha Battle of Xuân Lộc Birdy (film) Bombing of Tân Sơn Nhứt Air Base Born on the Fourth of July (film) Cambodian Civil War Cambodian–Vietnamese War Cambodian campaign Coast Guard Squadron One George Thomas Coker Commercial Import Program Typhoon Dan (1989) Typhoon Dot (1985) Typhoon Elsie (1989) Jane Fonda Hue–Da Nang Campaign Huế Phật Đản shootings I Ching The Inbetweeners 2 George McTurnan Kahin Khmer language Lê Duẩn Lê Văn Duyệt Tropical Storm Linda (1997) Malaysia–Vietnam relations National Museum of Vietnamese History Ngô Đình Diệm presidential visit to the United States Nguyễn Văn Nhung Operation Bribie Operation Coburg Operation Crimp Operation Eagle Pull Operation Frequent Wind Operation Shed Light Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle Politics of Vietnam Prime Minister of Vietnam Pygmy slow loris Leslie H. Sabo Jr. Sarus crane Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. September 2009 Vietnam tropical depression State visit by Ngô Đình Diệm to the United States Tropical Storm Soudelor (2009) Southward expansion of the Han dynasty Tạ Phong Tần Tết Offensive Tịnh Xá Trung Tâm Typhoon Typhoon Wayne (1986) Typhoon Xangsane Humbert Roque Versace Vietnam Airlines Vietnam and the World Bank Vietnamese Cambodians Things you can do In rough order of importance, by type of task. Tagging and assessment Tag the talk pages of all Vietnam-related articles that are not already tagged with {{WPVN}}. Assess all of our unknown-quality and unknown-importance articles. Article improvement Expand and improve our Top-importance Vietnam articles, especially those that are rated Start-class or Stub-class. Add references to Vietnam-related BLPs that lack them. Improve the articles in our cleanup listing (some of these have been tagged since 2006). 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