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Nguyen was born in Ban Mê Thuột, South Vietnam in 1971. [18] He was the son of Linda Thanh Nguyen and Joseph Thanh Nguyen, [19] refugees from North Vietnam who had moved south in 1954. [20] [21] Nguyen's mother's real name is Nguyễn Thị Bảy; she is a highly influential person in his life.
The Sympathizer is the 2015 debut novel by Vietnamese-American professor and writer Viet Thanh Nguyen. It is a best-selling novel, [ 6] and recipient of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The novel received generally positive acclaim from critics. [ 7] It was named on more than 30 best book of the year lists and a New York Times Editor's Choice.
In January 1980, the Vietnamese-language magazine office of Van Nghe Tien Phong located in Arlington County, Virginia, was set fire by an explosion but publisher Nguyen Thanh Hoang lived. [3] In 1990, when the last of five journalists was killed, the victim also worked for Van Nghe Tien Phong and the publication reported that victim Triet Le ...
VNU University of Social Sciences and Humanities. Thanh Xuân district, Hanoi. VNU-HCM High School for the Gifted. Trường Phổ thông Năng khiếu. 1996. Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City. District 5, Ho Chi Minh City. HUSC High School for Gifted Students [4] Trường Trung học phổ thông chuyên Khoa học Huế.
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu ( Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋʷǐənˀ vān tʰîəwˀ] ⓘ; 5 April 1923 – 29 September 2001) was a South Vietnamese military officer and politician who was the president of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975. [ 2][ 3] He was a general in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces (RVNAF), became head of a military junta in ...
Cần Thơ, also written as Can Tho or Cantho ( standard Vietnamese: [kən˨˩ tʰəː˧˧], Southern: [kʌŋ˨˩ tʰəː] ), is the fourth-largest city in Vietnam, and the largest city along the Mekong Delta region in Vietnam. [ 6 ][ 7 ] It is noted for its floating markets, rice paper -making village, and picturesque rural canals. [ 7 ]
Vietnamese Martyrs (Vietnamese: Các Thánh Tử đạo Việt Nam; French: Martyrs du Viêt Nam), or in the current Roman Missal as Saint Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions (Vietnamese: Anrê Dũng-Lạc và các bạn tử đạo), also known as the Martyrs of Annam, Martyrs of Tonkin and Cochinchina, collectively Martyrs of Indochina, are saints on the General Roman Calendar who were canonized ...
Central Highlands is a plateau bordering the lower part of Laos and northeastern Cambodia. Kon Tum Province shares a border with both Laos and Cambodia but Gia Lai Province and Đắk Lắk Province only share borders with Cambodia. Lâm Đồng Province is landlocked, like four other provinces in the region, but has no international border.