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Cholon
(Encyclopedia) CholonCholonchōlônˈ, Fr. shôlôNˈ [key], district and former city, since 1932 part of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; on the right bank of the Saigon River, a tributary of the Dong Nai.…Saigon
(Encyclopedia) Saigon: see Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.Dong, Pham Van
(Encyclopedia) Dong, Pham VanDong, Pham Vanfäm vän dông [key], 1906–2000, prime minister of the Democratic Republic of (North) Vietnam (1954–76) and of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (1976–87).…Ho Chi Minh City
(Encyclopedia) Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, city, on the right bank of the Saigon River, a tributary of the Dong Nai, Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh…Ton Duc Thang
(Encyclopedia) Ton Duc Thang, 1888–1980, Vietnamese politician. He was an early supporter of Ho Chi Minh and was imprisoned (1929–45) by the French colonial regime. After Vietnamese independence, he…Ho Chi Minh
(Encyclopedia) Ho Chi MinhHo Chi Minhhô chē mĭn [key], 1890–1969, Vietnamese nationalist leader, president of North Vietnam (1954–69), and one of the most influential political leaders of the 20th…Pleiku
(Encyclopedia) Pleiku or Play KuPlay Kuboth: plāk&oomacr;ˈ [key], town, central Vietnam. A highway junction for roads going east (to Quy Nhon), west (to Cambodia), north (to Da Nang), and south (…Dong Nai
(Encyclopedia) Dong Nai or DonnaiDong Naiboth: dôngˈnīˈ [key], river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, rising as the Da Dung in the mountains of S central Vietnam. It flows SW past Bien Hoa and joins with the…Tay Ninh
(Encyclopedia) Tay NinhTay Ninhtā nĭn [key], city, S Vietnam, NW of Ho Chi Minh City. It is the center of the Cao Dai, a politically active religious group that was suppressed by South Vietnamese…Bien Hoa
(Encyclopedia) Bien Hoa Bien Hoa bēĕnˈ wä [key], city, Vietnam, c.20 mi (30 km) NE of Ho Chi Minh City. It is famous…Trending
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