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Nguyễn Phú Trọng ( Vietnamese: [ŋwiən˦ˀ˥ fu˧˦ t͡ɕawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ] ⓘ new-yen foo chong; [ 1] 14 April 1944 – 19 July 2024) was a Vietnamese politician and communist theorist who served as general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 2011 until his death in 2024. As the head of the party's Secretariat, Politburo and ...
The current general secretary is Tô Lâm, ranking first in the Politburo. [ 4] The position was once designated the first secretary ( Vietnamese: Bí thư Thứ nhất) from 1951 to 1976. Trần Phú, one of the founding members of the Indochinese Communist Party, was the party's first general secretary. A year after being elected, he was ...
Điện Biên Phủ ( Vietnamese: [ɗîənˀ ɓīən fû] ⓘ is a city in the northwestern region of Vietnam. It is the capital of Điện Biên Province. The city is best known for the decisive Battle of Điện Biên Phủ, which occurred during the First Indochina War of independence against France. The region is a center of ethnic Thai ...
The ARVN operated Phu Bai as a forward logistics base, and it was the only airport serving Huế. In September 1974, during the Battle of Phú Lộc , after pushing the ARVN defenders off Mo Tau Mountain, the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) targeted artillery fire against the base until they were evicted by the ARVN 1st Division and 15th Ranger ...
Vũ Đức Đam (born 3 February 1963) is a Vietnamese politician who served as one of the Deputy Prime Ministers of Vietnam from 2013 until his sacking in 2023. A long-time assistant to the economic reformer Võ Văn Kiệt, Đam previously served as Chairman of the People's Committee ( Governor) of Quảng Ninh province and as Minister of the ...
220,055 ha (849.64 sq mi) Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng ( Vietnamese: Vườn quốc gia Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng) is a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Bố Trạch and Minh Hóa districts of central Quảng Bình Province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam, about 500 km south of Hanoi. The park borders the Hin Namno National ...
Vương Đình Huệ (born 15 March 1957) is a Vietnamese politician who served as the chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam from 2021 to 2024. He was previously Minister of Finance and head of the PCC Economic Commission (Ban Kinh tế Trung ương), a central committee consulting agency for economic policies and strategies. [1]
Ngô Thị Mận (born 1948) is the widow of Vietnam 's foremost political leader Nguyễn Phú Trọng, who served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 2011 to 2024. [ 3] Additionally, she was also the formal First Lady of Vietnam during her husband's presidency from 2018 to 2021. [ 4]