Portal:Vietnam

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Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), 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. 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 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 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; the country ranks among the lowest in international measurements of civil liberties, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion and ethnic minorities. 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...)

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The North - South railway line through Quang Nam

The North–South railway (Vietnamese: Đường sắt Bắc–Nam, French: Chemin de fer Nord-Sud) is the principal railway line serving the country of Vietnam. It is a single-track metre gauge line connecting the capital Hanoi in the north to Ho Chi Minh City in the south, for a total length of 1,726 km (1,072 mi). Trains travelling this line are sometimes referred to as the Reunification Express (Vietnamese: Đường sắt Thống Nhất, referring to the Reunification of Vietnam), although no particular train carries this name officially. The line was established during French colonial rule, and was completed over a period of nearly forty years, from 1899 to 1936. As of 2005, 191 of Vietnam's 278 railway stations were located along the North–South line.

From World War II through to the Vietnam War, the entire North–South railway sustained major damage from bombings and sabotage. Owing to this damage, and to a subsequent lack of capital investment and maintenance, much of the infrastructure along the North–South railway remains outdated or in poor condition; in turn, lack of infrastructure development has been found to be a root cause for railway accidents along the line, including collisions at level crossings and derailments. Recent rehabilitation projects, supported by official development assistance, have improved the safety and efficiency of the line. As of 2007, 85% of the network's passenger volume and 60% of its cargo volume was transported along the line. The national railway company, Vietnam Railways, owns and operates the line. (Full article...)

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Image 1A view of Mường Thanh Valley from Dien Bien Phu city, Vietnam
Image 2Imperial City of Huế, recognized as a UNESCO Heritage site in 1993, was the former capital of Vietnam under the Nguyễn dynasty.
Image 3Water 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.
Image 4Hồ Chí Minh attended French Communist Congress in Marseilles in 1921 under the name Nguyễn Ái Quốc.
Image 5Making salt by evaporation of sea water near Ninh Hòa town, Khánh Hòa Province Vietnam
Image 6Wooden doors in the Imperial palace in Huế‎, Vietnam
Image 7Hanging fishing nets in the Cu Đê River, just before it merges with Da Nang Bay
Image 8View of Ho Chi Minh City from Bitexco Financial Tower, Vietnam
Image 9The gate to Linh Ung Pagoda at Sơn Trà District, Da Nang, Vietnam
Image 10The sunset over Hanoi, after a rain
Image 11Dong Ho painting is a line of Vietnamese folk painting originating in Đông Hồ village (Song Hồ commune, Thuận Thành District, Bắc Ninh Province.
Image 12Thích Quảng Đức's self-immolation during the Buddhist crisis in Vietnam.
Image 13The painting depicts the retired emperor Trần Nhân Tông who has now become a monk and returned to Hanoi from his hermitage in Vũ Lâm.
Image 14The train station at Da Lat

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... that Charles Larson became one of the first Americans to teach African literature, after working in Nigeria for the Peace Corps to avoid the Vietnam draft?
... that Lài dogs were instrumental in the Vietnamese Lam Sơn uprising against Ming China in 1418–1428?
... that when students spoke Vietnamese in a graduation speech in Louisiana, the school district proposed banning all non-English languages?
... that a proposed footbridge connecting the Asian Garden Mall to another Vietnamese-American shopping center met opposition because it was deemed "too Chinese"?
... that Trần Lập was involved in Vietnam's first internet copyright lawsuit?
... that wushu athlete Nguyễn Thúy Hiền was voted the best Vietnamese female athlete of the 20th century?

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The following are images from various Vietnam-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Ba tầm hat, a popular type of women's hat in northern Vietnam (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 2A trio of Vietnamese musicians performing together. The man on the far left plays kèn đám ma, the man in the middle plays the đàn nhị and the man on the right plays the trống chầu. (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 3Ceremonial procession of Thành hoàng, 19th century (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 4Court attires of Nguyễn Dynasty (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 5Typical Đông Hồ folk woodblock print of a carp (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 6Silk painting of Trịnh Đình Kiên (1715-1786) in the 18th century, exhibited in Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 7Handwritten Vietnamese (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 8Vietnamese painting depicting a funeral during the Nguyễn dynasty (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 9A lantern procession during Tết Trung Thu in Vietnam, which is also celebrated as "Children's Festival". (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 1019th-century manuscript of "Mysterious tales of the Southern Realm" (Lĩnh Nam chích quái), a copy of 15th-century original tale. (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 11Vietnam map of Köppen climate classification zones (from Geography of Vietnam)
Image 12Vietnamese statues depicting the traditional practice of teeth blackening (nhuộm răng đen) (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 13A Kinh Vietnamese woman with blackened teeth. (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 14Hanoi's One Pillar Pagoda, a historic Buddhist temple (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 15Empress Nam Phương wearing áo nhật bình and khăn vành dây (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 16Portrait of Nguyễn Quý Đức (1648-1720) wearing áo giao lĩnh (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 17Vietnamese calligraphy depicting people on a boat, the calligraphy says, "Thuyền nhân" (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 18Vietnamese New Year in Châu Đốc, Vietnam. (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 19Water puppet theatre in Hanoi (from Culture of Vietnam)

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8 June 2024 – Censorship in Vietnam: Police in Vietnam arrest journalist Huy Đức and lawyer Tran Dinh Trien over Facebook posts. (Reuters)
24 May 2024 –: Fourteen people are killed and three others are injured in a building fire in a densely populated area of Hanoi, Vietnam. (VnExpress) (Reuters)
22 May 2024 – 2024 Vietnamese presidential election: Security Minister Tô Lâm is elected President by the National Assembly, two months after the resignation of Võ Văn Thưởng amid the ruling Communist Party's anti-corruption campaign. (DW)
18 May 2024 –: The Communist Party of Vietnam nominates Minister of Public Security Tô Lâm as the next President after Võ Văn Thưởng resigned as President in March due to the party's anti-corruption campaign. (Al Jazeera)
16 May 2024 –: Permanent Member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee's Secretariat Trương Thị Mai resigns after just over a year in office amid the Communist Party's anti-corruption campaign. (Xinhua)
12 May 2024 –: The Marywilska 44 shopping mall in Białołęka district, Warsaw, Poland, is destroyed in a suspected arson attack. Many of the venues were Vietnamese-owned. (The Times of India) (Puls Biznesu)

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