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20,000–30,000 killed [3] The Battle of Tốt Động – Chúc Động or the Battle of Tụy Động ( Chinese: 崒洞祝洞之戰) in 1426 was the decisive battle in the 14-year Lam Sơn uprising which established Vietnam's independence from Ming China in 1428. The battle took place on 4 December 1426 in the Red River Delta between Tốt ...
Lý Thái Tổ ( chữ Hán: 李 太 祖, 8 March 974 – 31 March 1028), personal name Lý Công Uẩn, temple name Thái Tổ, was a founding emperor of Lý dynasty and the 6th ruler of Đại Việt; he reigned from 1009 to 1028.
Bánh chưng (IPA: [ʔɓajŋ̟˧˦ t͡ɕɨŋ˧˧]) is a traditional Vietnamese food which is made from glutinous rice, mung beans, pork and other ingredients. [1] Its origin is told by the legend of Lang Liêu, a prince of the last king of the Sixth Hùng Dynasty, who became the successor thanks to his creation of bánh chưng and bánh giầy ...
Ông Trời (literally meaning "Old Man Sky/Heaven") is commonly referred to just as Trời ("sky, heaven"). Ông Trời is one of the most important gods in traditional Vietnamese folk religion. Later, due to the influence of Taoism , he was merged and identified with the Jade Emperor , so he was often called the Ngọc Hoàng Thượng Đế ...
Nguyễn Văn Trỗi (1 February 1940 – 15 October 1964) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and member of the Việt Cộng (National Liberation Front). He gained notoriety after being captured by South Vietnamese forces while trying to assassinate United States Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. who were visiting South Vietnam in May 1964.
Đinh Bộ Lĩnh (924–979; r. 968–979 ), real name allegedly Đinh Hoàn ( 丁 桓 ), [1] was the founding emperor of the short-lived Đinh dynasty of Vietnam, after declaring its independence from the Chinese Southern Han dynasty. He was a significant figure in the establishment of Vietnamese independence and political unity in the 10th ...
Thần Trụ Trời (Chữ Nôm: 神柱𡗶) or Ông Trụ Trời (Chữ Nôm: 翁柱𡗶) (lit. "Pillar of Heaven"), with some versions calling him Khổng Lồ (孔路, lit. "The Giant"), is the first god in some traditions of Vietnamese mythology , being the one who created the world by building pillars to separate heaven and earth.
Heaven & Earth is a 1993 American biographical war drama film written and directed by Oliver Stone, and starring Tommy Lee Jones, Haing S. Ngor, Joan Chen, and Hiep Thi Le. It is the third and final film in Stone's Vietnam War trilogy, following Platoon (1986) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989). The film was based on the books When Heaven ...