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However, Vietnam has begun to intervene to Cambodia since 17th century, notably with the overthrown of Cambodia's only Muslim ruler, Ramathipadi I. [22] Continuing Vietnamese influence also met with strong Siamese response, but in 19th century, Vietnam finally consolidated influence in Cambodia and annexed entire of Mekong Delta. [23]
Vietnam's President Triet, on a visit to Moscow in October 2008, signed a pact for Vietnamese and Russian firms to develop energy fields off the Vietnam coast. In the telecommunications sector, Russia's VimpelCom on mid-July 2009 announced the commercial launch in Vietnam of its Beeline mobile service through GTEL-Mobile , a joint venture with ...
The first of five Vietnamese journalists to be murdered, Duong Trong Lam was shot by an assassin July 21, 1981. He was known as a "left-wing" publisher of Cai Dinh Lang (Translated: The Village Temple), a Vietnamese-language newspaper published in San Francisco, California, and for his criticism of the Vietnam War.
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One reason why many Vietnamese settled in New Orleans was because of the climate similar to that of Vietnam, and Vietnam was a country colonized by France, not unlike Louisiana itself. In addition, many Vietnamese fleeing were Catholic, [2] and Catholic Charities brought them specifically to New Orleans. [1]
On 22 March, Yonhap News Agency released information stating that Ri Ji-hyon, one of the four suspects who left Malaysia after the attack (the man with a cap on the photo from the airport CCTV), is the son of former North Korean ambassador to Vietnam Ri Hong. From November 2009, he worked as a trainee diplomat in Hanoi for more than a year ...
Vietnam competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.It is the 13th summer games in which the nation has competed since its first appearance in 1952.Although it has sent a modest delegation every year it has competed, Vietnam had only earned one Olympic medal before Beijing (in 2000). [2]
As a non-profit NGO founded in 1997, the Vietnam Human Rights Network (VNHRN) – named Mạng Lưới Nhân Quyền Việt Nam in Vietnamese - consists of several human rights activists and organizations committed to the defense and promotion of human rights and civil liberties entitled to all Vietnamese citizens.