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t. e. The provinces of Vietnam are subdivided into second-level administrative units, namely districts ( Vietnamese: huyện ), provincial cities ( thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh ), and district-level towns ( thị xã ). The centrally-controlled municipalities (the other first-level division, in addition to provinces) are subdivided into ...
Hải Dương city was built in 1804, and was first called "Thành Đông" (Sino-Vietnamese for eastern citadel ), referring to the citadel east of Vietnam's capital, Hanoi. During the French colonial period, Hải Dương was a town. Before 1968, Hải Dương was a town in Hải Dương Province. Between 1968 and 1996 it was the capital of ...
The postal code system of Vietnam has officially been changed from 6 digits to 5 digits. Each country has its own separate postal code or zip code system. The postal code of Vietnam is composed of 5 digits, with the following meanings: [2] [3] The first digit determines the area code. The first two characters identify the centrally-governed ...
Vũ Trọng Phụng ( Hanoi, 20 October 1912 – Hanoi, 13 October 1939) was a popular Vietnamese author and journalist, who is considered to be one of the most influential figures of 20th century Vietnamese literature. Today, several of his works are taught in Vietnamese schools. Phụng 's ancestral village was Hảo village, Mỹ Hào ...
2,000/km 2 (5,200/sq mi) An Dương is a rural district ( huyện) of Hai Phong, the third largest city of Vietnam. It is located in the west of Hai Phong city. It separated from An Hải district in 2002. An Dương's area is 98.3196 km 2 and its population is 150,000 people (in 2008). The district is adjacent to Hải Dương province in the ...
Dương Văn Minh ( Vietnamese: [jɨəŋ van miŋ̟] ⓘ; 16 February 1916 – 6 August 2001), popularly known as Big Minh, was a South Vietnamese politician and a senior general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and a politician during the presidency of Ngô Đình Diệm. In 1963, he became chief of a military junta after leading ...
Đám cưới chuột (Rat's wedding), a popular example of Đông Hồ painting. Ðông Hồ painting (Vietnamese: Tranh Đông Hồ or Tranh làng Hồ), full name Đông Hồ folk woodcut painting (Tranh khắc gỗ dân gian Đông Hồ) is a line of Vietnamese folk painting originating in Đông Hồ village (Song Hồ commune, Thuận Thành District, Bắc Ninh Province).
The least populous is Bắc Kạn, a mountainous province in the remote northeast with 338,000 people. In land area, the largest province is Nghệ An, which runs from the city of Vinh up the wide Sông Cả valley. The smallest is Bắc Ninh, located in the populous Red River Delta region.