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Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about 331,000 square kilometres (128,000 sq mi) and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country. Vietnam shares land borders with China to the north, and Laos and Cambodia to the west. It shares maritime borders with Thailand through the Gulf of Thailand, and the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia through the South China Sea. Its capital is Hanoi and its largest city is Ho Chi Minh City (commonly referred to by its former name, Saigon).

Vietnam was inhabited by the Paleolithic age, with states established in the first millennium BC on the Red River Delta in modern-day northern Vietnam. The Han dynasty annexed Northern and Central Vietnam under Chinese rule from 111 BC, until the first dynasty emerged in 939. Successive monarchical dynasties absorbed Chinese influences through Confucianism and Buddhism, and expanded southward to the Mekong Delta, conquering Champa. During most of the 17th and 18th centuries, Vietnam was effectively divided into two domains of Đàng Trong and Đàng Ngoài. The Nguyễn—the last imperial dynasty—surrendered to France in 1883. In 1887, its territory was integrated into French Indochina as three separate regions. In the immediate aftermath of World War II, the nationalist coalition Viet Minh, led by the communist revolutionary Ho Chi Minh, launched the August Revolution and declared Vietnam's independence in 1945.

Vietnam went through prolonged warfare in the 20th century. After World War II, France returned to reclaim colonial power in the First Indochina War, from which Vietnam emerged victorious in 1954. As a result of the treaties signed between the Viet Minh and France, Vietnam was also separated into two parts. The Vietnam War began shortly after, between the communist North Vietnam, supported by the Soviet Union and China, and the anti-communist South Vietnam, supported by the United States. Upon the North Vietnamese victory in 1975, Vietnam reunified as a unitary socialist state under the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) in 1976. An ineffective planned economy, a trade embargo by the West, and wars with Cambodia and China crippled the country further. In 1986, the CPV initiated economic and political reforms similar to the Chinese economic reform, transforming the country to a socialist-oriented market economy. The reforms facilitated Vietnamese reintegration into the global economy and politics.

Vietnam is a developing country with a lower-middle-income economy. It has high levels of corruption, censorship, environmental issues and a poor human rights record; the country ranks among the lowest in international measurements of civil liberties, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion and ethnic minorities. It is part of international and intergovernmental institutions including the ASEAN, the APEC, the CPTPP, the Non-Aligned Movement, the OIF, and the WTO. It has assumed a seat on the United Nations Security Council twice. (Full article...)

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The general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, simply and informally the general secretary (Tổng bí thư - TBT), is the current title for the holder of the highest office within the Communist Party of Vietnam and practically being the highest position in the politics of Vietnam. The general secretaryship used to be the second-highest office within the party when Hồ Chí Minh was the chairman, a post which existed from 1951 to 1969, and since 1969, the general secretary has generally been regarded as the highest leader of Vietnam. The general secretary also holds the title of the secretary of the Central Military Commission, the leading party organ on military affairs. The current general secretary is Nguyễn Phú Trọng, ranking first in the Politburo. 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 sentenced to prison by the French authorities because of anti-French activities. He died in prison the same year. Trần's de facto successor was Lê Hồng Phong who led the party through the office of General Secretary of the Overseas Executive Committee (OEC). The OEC general secretary led the party because the Central Committee had been all but annihilated. Hà Huy Tập, the third general secretary, was removed from his post in March 1938, and was arrested by the authorities in May. Nguyễn Văn Cừ, the fourth general secretary, was arrested by the authorities in June 1940, and executed by shooting on 25 May 1941. He was succeeded by Trường Chinh in May 1941. An article in Nhân Dân on 25 March 1951 described Trường Chinh's role as the "builder and commander" of the revolution, while Hồ Chí Minh was referred to as "the soul of the Vietnamese revolution and the Vietnamese resistance". Trường Chinh was demoted as first secretary in 1956 because of his role in the Land Reform campaign". Hồ Chí Minh took over the office of first secretary, but quickly appointed Lê Duẩn acting first secretary. Duẩn was elected first secretary in 1960, and was second only to Hồ Chí Minh until the latter's death on 2 September 1969. (Full article...)

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Image 1Hồ Chí Minh attended French Communist Congress in Marseilles in 1921 under the name Nguyễn Ái Quốc.
Image 2Thích Quảng Đức's self-immolation during the Buddhist crisis in Vietnam.
Image 3The train station at Da Lat
Image 4Water puppetry, lit. "Making puppets dance on water") is a tradition that dates back as far as the 11th century when it originated in the villages of the Red River Delta area of northern Vietnam.
Image 5A view of Mường Thanh Valley from Dien Bien Phu city, Vietnam
Image 6Hanging fishing nets in the Cu Đê River, just before it merges with Da Nang Bay
Image 7The gate to Linh Ung Pagoda at Sơn Trà District, Da Nang, Vietnam
Image 8Imperial City of Huế, recognized as a UNESCO Heritage site in 1993, was the former capital of Vietnam under the Nguyễn dynasty.
Image 9Wooden doors in the Imperial palace in Huế‎, Vietnam
Image 10Making salt by evaporation of sea water near Ninh Hòa town, Khánh Hòa Province Vietnam
Image 11View of Ho Chi Minh City from Bitexco Financial Tower, Vietnam
Image 12The painting depicts the retired emperor Trần Nhân Tông who has now become a monk and returned to Hanoi from his hermitage in Vũ Lâm.
Image 13Dong Ho painting is a line of Vietnamese folk painting originating in Đông Hồ village (Song Hồ commune, Thuận Thành District, Bắc Ninh Province.
Image 14The sunset over Hanoi, after a rain

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... that when students spoke Vietnamese in a graduation speech in Louisiana, the school district proposed banning all non-English languages?
... that anti–Vietnam War protesters occupied Shinjuku Station in 1968, causing the equivalent of US$18 million in financial losses?
... that the township of Hồ Xá in Vietnam was once known as the "B-52 bomb pocket"?
... that fourteenth-century Buddhist monk Tuệ Tĩnh is referred to as a founding father of traditional Vietnamese medicine?
... that Nothgottes, a pilgrimage destination in the Rheingau since the 14th century, is a monastery of Cistercians from Vietnam?
... that a U.S. soldier who killed a Vietnamese woman after raping her was dubbed a "double veteran"?

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The following are images from various Vietnam-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1A trio of Vietnamese musicians performing together. The man on the far left plays kèn đám ma, the man in the middle plays the đàn nhị and the man on the right plays the trống chầu. (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 2Court attires of Nguyễn Dynasty (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 3Hanoi's One Pillar Pagoda, a historic Buddhist temple (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 4Ba tầm hat, a popular type of women's hat in northern Vietnam (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 5Empress Nam Phương wearing áo nhật bình and khăn vành dây (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 6Vietnam map of Köppen climate classification zones (from Geography of Vietnam)
Image 7Silk painting of Trịnh Đình Kiên (1715-1786) in the 18th century, exhibited in Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 8Handwritten Vietnamese (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 9A lantern procession during Tết Trung Thu in Vietnam, which is also celebrated as "Children's Festival". (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 10Portrait of Nguyễn Quý Đức (1648-1720) wearing áo giao lĩnh (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 1119th-century manuscript of "Mysterious tales of the Southern Realm" (Lĩnh Nam chích quái), a copy of 15th-century original tale. (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 12Vietnamese calligraphy depicting people on a boat, the calligraphy says, "Thuyền nhân" (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 13A Kinh Vietnamese woman with blackened teeth. (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 14Water puppet theatre in Hanoi (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 15Typical Đông Hồ folk woodblock print of a carp (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 16Vietnamese statues depicting the traditional practice of teeth blackening (nhuộm răng đen) (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 17Vietnamese painting depicting a funeral during the Nguyễn dynasty (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 18Ceremonial procession of Thành hoàng, 19th century (from Culture of Vietnam)
Image 19Vietnamese New Year in Châu Đốc, Vietnam. (from Culture of Vietnam)

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26 April 2024 –: Vương Đình Huệ, the Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam, resigns following a sweeping anti-corruption probe. (AP)
17 April 2024 –: Vietnam announces a $24 billion rescue for the Sai Gon Joint Stock Commercial Bank, which is currently involved in a fraud case. (Reuters)
11 April 2024 – Capital punishment in Vietnam: A court in Vietnam sentences tycoon Trương Mỹ Lan to death for embezzling $12.46 billion from the Sai Gon Joint Stock Commercial Bank. (DW)
21 March 2024 –: President of Vietnam Võ Văn Thưởng resigns after just over a year in office amid the Communist Party's anti-corruption campaign, making him the shortest-serving president in Vietnamese history. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera) (Bloomberg)

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