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Saigon Execution[ a] is a 1968 photograph by Associated Press photojournalist Eddie Adams, taken during the Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War. It depicts South Vietnamese brigadier general Nguyễn Ngọc Loan shooting Viet Cong captain Nguyễn Văn Lém[ b][ c] near the Ấn Quang Pagoda in Saigon. The photograph was published extensively by ...
The claimed flying aces of the Vietnam War, pilots who shot down five or more enemy aircraft, include 19 Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) pilots, (six MiG-17 and 13 MiG-21 pilots), [ 1]: 228 and five Americans. A MiG-21 of the VPAF which became the primary fighter-interceptor against USAF and USN aircraft.
The Ministry of Public Security ( MPS, Vietnamese: Bộ Công an (BCA)) [ 1] is a public agency directly under the Government of Vietnam, performing the function of state management of security, order and social safety; counterintelligence; crime prevention investigation; fire prevention and rescue; execution of criminal judgments, judgment ...
Naratetama VVIP Airport (IKN Airport) is an under-construction airport that is expected to be operational in August 2024. [1] [2] The Very Very Important Person (VVIP) Airport, also known as the Naratetama Capital of the Archipelago (IKN), is for welcoming state guests in Indonesia.
Quảng Nam (55,091 people, constituting 74.27% of all Cơ Tu in Vietnam), Thừa Thiên-Huế (16,719 people, constituting 22.54% of all Cơ Tu in Vietnam) Giẻ Triêng: 0.07%: 50,962 63,322: 2.17%: Kon Tum (39,515 people, constituting 62.40% of all Giẻ Triêng in Vietnam), Quảng Nam (23,222 people, constituting 36.67% of all Giẻ ...
30 January. General Nguyễn Khánh. General Nguyễn Khánh led a successful coup ousting the military junta led by General Dương Văn Minh from the leadership of South Vietnam. It came less than three months after Minh's junta had come to power in a coup d'état which overthrew and killed then President Ngô Đình Diệm.
Final loss: A-26A 64-17646 (609th SOS, 56th SOW) lost over Laos on the night of 7–8 July 1969, killing both crewmen. A-37 Dragonfly —22 total. First loss: 1967, final loss: 1972. Wing of downed USAF warplane at the Vietnam Military History Museum. AC-47 Spooky —19 total, 12 in combat.
Quảng Nam: 1999 949; (ii), (iii) (cultural) Mỹ Sơn is a cluster of abandoned and partially ruined Hindu temples, constructed between the 4th and the 13th century by the kings of Champa. The temples are dedicated to the worship of the Hindu divinity Shiva. The site reflects the spiritual and political life in the Champa Kingdom. [21] [22]