Ho Chi Minh, the Viet Minh leader, was very popular and would have become the president of all of Vietnam in free and fair elections. However, in negotiations at the Geneva Conference in the summer of 1954, the Americans and other powers decided that Vietnam should be temporarily divided b...
The national network has more than 80 Treatment and Education Centres, which are institutions for drug users (and sex workers) who are required to go through drug detoxification, education and occupational training for one to two years (except in Ho Chi Minh City which has a five-year requirem...
After triumphing in the second Northern Expedition, Chiang Kai-shek asked rhetorically in Shantou, “Where did we learn the organizational tactics for our army? You probably don't know. But to be honest, we really copied the Soviet Red Army.” He added, “Had it not been for the help o...
By the next year the French had seized Ho Chi Minh City then known as Saigon. In 1941, Ho Chi Minh leader of the communist party, gathered troops to fight for Vietnam’s independence from the French – later known as the Viet Minh. In 1946, France tried to regain control of Vietnam...
Working with Naomi did wonders for Steve. It had excited within him the belief he could write one last song. One day, Naomi received an email. Attached was a recording, a recording of loss and love, of the fight. Steve called it “Melancholy Flower”. Naomi heard multiple stops and star...
For 150 years, no one in Vietnam had garnered the courage to stand up to the Chinese. Not until the Trung sisters rebelled did the Vietnamese people begin to fight for their freedom. The heroic legends of these brave young women have inspired the Vietnamese people for centuries as they...
“The revolution did not happen that day, but it is my hope that maybe we planted some seeds for people to radically rethink what is necessary in order to save Black lives,” says Prescod‑Weinstein. Li Lanjuan: Lockdown architect This epidemiologist advised shutting down Wuhan to ...
set back emerging conservative principles for many years, Bagert withdrew from the race two days before the election to make it less likely that Duke would enter a runoff election. In 1991, Bagert did not seek reelection to the Louisiana State Senate and instead ran as the Republican choice ...
confront the racism plaguing America. However, the forces against him were determined to prevail and America was not ready for the change he envisioned. There will never be another Malcolm X, and these words by him are a summation of all the things he experienced and did in his short life...
As Cao finished eleventh in the jungle primary, he did not place high enough to advance to the general election. Age: 57 Birthplace: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Allen Stanford Businessperson, Promoter, Financier Robert Allen Stanford (born March 24, 1950), known primarily by his middle name...