* 1968 – Vietnam War: 135 unarmed citizens of Ha My village in South Vietnam's Quảng Nam Province are killed and buried en masse by South Korean troops in what would come to be known as the Ha My massacre.

Vietnam's village is the typical symbol of Asian agricultural production.

Vietnam's villages have an important role in society ( Vietnamese saying: " Custom rules the law " -" Phép vua thua lệ làng " the king's law yields to village customs ).

* in Vietnam's Annamite realm / empire, hau ( Hán tự: 侯 ) was a senior title of hereditary nobility, equivalent to marquis, for male members of the imperial clan, ranking under vuong ( king ), quoc-cong ( grand duke ), quan-cong ( duke ) and cong ( prince, but here under duke, rather like a German Fürst ), and above ba ( count ), tu ( viscount ), nam ( baron ) and vinh phong ( no equivalent ).

During this period he was active in the training of the Vietnamese National Army ( VNA ), organizing the Caodaist militias under Trình Minh Thế in an attempt to bolster the VNA, a propaganda campaign encouraging Vietnam's Catholics to move to the south as part of Operation Passage to Freedom, and spreading claims that North Vietnamese agents were making attacks in South Vietnam.

China launched the offensive in response to Vietnam's invasion and occupation of Cambodia in 1978 ( which ended the reign of the Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge ), which Chinese President Deng Xiao Ping saw as a Soviet attempt " to extend its evil tentacles to Southeast Asia and ... carry out expansion there.

On the way back to the Chinese border, the PLA destroyed all local infrastructure and housing and looted all useful equipment and resources ( including livestock ), which were mainly donated by China to support Vietnam's economy prior to the war, completely paralyzing the economy of northern Vietnam.

Even worse was the fact that the Chinese had not even engaged Vietnam's regular army ( which was in Cambodia ), but instead fought militia and home guard units.

Nowadays, when Vietnam's economy is much better than before, pork rind is no longer a substitute food, but a delicious and special component in many Vietnamese dishes, such as cơm tấm, noodle and snails ( bún ốc ), noodle soup, etc.

The Phoenix Program (, a word related to fenghuang, the Chinese phoenix ) was a program designed, coordinated, and executed by the United States Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ), United States special operations forces, and the Republic of Vietnam's ( South Vietnam ) security apparatus during the Vietnam War.

Nguyễn Bửu Chánh ( born 12 February 1942 ), a self-styled member of Vietnam's Nguyễn Dynasty, was born in Huế, Vietnam.

In 2005, it accounted for around 24 % of Vietnam's budget ( 42, 000 billion dong ) of a total of 180, 000 billion dong ( exchange rate is 16, 000 dong / dollar ), ranking second, after Hồ Chí Minh City before Hanoi ( 28, 000 billion dong in 2005 ).

* Masan ( Group ), Vietnam's largest private sector company by market capitalization

It is a non-profit organization, founded in 1990 and based in South Carolina ( USA ), that has spoken out against the communist government of Vietnam's polices that affect the Montagnard people.

* Tran Van Chuong ( 1898 – 1986 ), South Vietnam's Ambassador to the U. S. appointed by Ngo Dinh Diem

Jiaozhi ( or, ; ) was the name of all or part of Vietnam's territory, from the Hùng Vương era to the middle of the Third Chinese domination ( c. 7th-10th centuries ), and during the Fourth Chinese domination ( 1407-1427 ).

The Phoenix Program was a counterinsurgency program executed by the United States Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ), United States special operations forces, and the Republic of Vietnam's security apparatus during the Vietnam War.

The 14 September, 2008, Political and Economic Risk Consultancy ( PERC ) survey reported Hong Kong and Singapore have the best judicial systems in Asia, with Indonesia and Vietnam the worst: Hong Kong's judicial system scored 1. 45 on the scale ( zero representing the best performance and 10 the worst ); Singapore with a grade of 1. 92, followed by Japan ( 3. 50 ), South Korea ( 4. 62 ), Republic of China on Taiwan ( 4. 93 ), the Philippines ( 6. 10 ), Malaysia ( 6. 47 ), India ( 6. 50 ), Thailand ( 7. 00 ), People's Republic of China ( 7. 25 ), Vietnam's ( 8. 10 ) and Indonesia ( 8. 26 ).

These small-scale operations were launched against the southern region of the country, where the bulk of North Vietnam's ground forces and supply dumps were located.

Vũng Tàu is the only petroleum base of Vietnam where crude oil and natural gas exploitation activities dominate the city's economy and contribute principal income to Vietnam's budget and export volume.

Vietnam's 3 % Chinese minority cluster in Ho Chi Minh City, where they reportedly control roughly 50 % of the city's market activity and overwhelmingly dominate the light industry, import and export trading, shopping malls, and private banking, and, once again, resentment among indigenous Vietnamese is reportedly on the rise.

This practice is one of many indications of the idea " Vietnam's equality with China " which is remained intact up to twentieth century.

* 1963 – A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination during the Buddhist crisis is held outside South Vietnam's National Assembly, the first open demonstration during the eight-year rule of Ngo Dinh Diem.

* Vietnam's National Day is September 2

Vietnam's legal system is based upon socialist legality according to Article 12 of the constitution.

* The Lý Dynasty, Vietnam's first independent dynasty, is proclaimed.

Vietnam's peculiar geography made it a difficult country to attack, which is why Vietnam under Hùng Vương was for so long an independent and self-contained state.

* 1009: Vietnam's Lý Dynasty begins, which is partly brought about by an alliance with the Buddhist monkhood.

( It is also Vietnam's Trieu Dynasty.

For example, the preamble to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam's constitution states that Vietnam only entered a transition stage between capitalism and socialism after the country was re-unified under the Communist party in 1976, and the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Cuba states that the role of the Communist Party is to " guide the common effort toward the goals and construction of socialism ".

It is also spoken in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City Cholon neighborhood.

This arrangement is a somewhat simplified version of the situation in Vietnam's national government.

The following is a table of Vietnam's provinces broken down by population and area, April 1, 2009.

Because the Front is based around mass participation and popular mobilization, it is seen as representative of the people, and both Vietnam's constitution and laws give it a special role.

Đà Nẵng is listed as a first class city, and has a higher urbanization ratio than any of Vietnam's other provinces or centrally governed cities.

For example, the preamble to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam's constitution states that Vietnam only entered a transition stage between capitalism and socialism after the country was re-unified under the Communist party in 1976, and the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Cuba states that the role of the Communist Party is to " guide the common effort toward the goals and construction of socialism ".

Hai Phong is a coastal city located at the mouth of the Cam River, in Vietnam's northeastern coastal area, 120 km east of Hanoi.

Cần Thơ () is Vietnam's fourth largest city, and the largest city in the Mekong delta.

In 2008, two-way trade reached nearly $ 1. 4 billion and Belgium is now Vietnam's fourth largest export market among EU countries.

Professor Dr. Nguyen Thien Nhan, current Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education & Training, is also an alumnus of the former Technical University.

While organized to promote common economic, social, and cultural goals, ASEAN acquired a security dimension after Vietnam's invasion of Cambodia in 1979 ; this aspect of ASEAN expanded with the establishment of the ASEAN Regional Forum in 1994, which comprises 22 countries, including the U. S. Indonesia's continued domestic troubles have distracted it from ASEAN matters and consequently lessened its influence within the organization.