WebVietnamese (Vietnamese: tiếng Việt) is an Austroasiatic language originating from Vietnam where it is the national and official language.Vietnamese is spoken natively by over 70 million people, several times as many as the rest of the Austroasiatic family combined. It is the native language of the Vietnamese (Kinh) people, as well as a second language or …

WebVietnamese cuisine encompasses the foods and beverages of Vietnam.Meals feature a combination of five fundamental tastes (ngũ vị): sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and spicy.The distinctive nature of each dish reflects one or more elements (nutrients, colors, et cetera), which are also based around a five-pronged philosophy.Vietnamese recipes use …

WebVietnamese personal names generally consist of three parts, used in Eastern name order.. A family name (normally patrilineal, The father’s family name may be combined with the mother's family name to form a compound family name).; A middle name (normally a single name but some have no middle name).; A given name (normally single name but some …

WebVietnamese civilian dead: ... "Vietnam War" is the most commonly used name in English. It has also been called the "Second Indochina War" and the "Vietnam conflict". ... R.J. Rummel estimated that 39,000 were killed by South Vietnam during the Diem-era in democide from a range of between 16,000 and 167,000 people; ...

WebThe Japanese era name (Japanese: 年号, Hepburn: nengō, "year name"), also known as gengō (元号), is the first of the two elements that identify years in the Japanese era calendar scheme. The second element is a number which indicates the year number within the era (with the first year being "gan ( 元 ) "), followed by the literal "nen ( 年 ) " meaning "year".

WebThe Vietnamese people (Vietnamese: người Việt, lit. 'Viet people') or Kinh people (Vietnamese: người Kinh) are a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to modern-day Northern Vietnam and Southern China (Jing Islands, Dongxing, Guangxi).The native language is Vietnamese, the most widely spoken Austroasiatic language.. Vietnamese …

WebEtymology. Phnom Penh (lit. 'Penh's Hill') takes its name from the present Wat Phnom (lit. 'Hill Temple') or from the former Funan Kingdom, an ancient kingdom that existed from 1st to 7th century AD in Southeast Asia and the forerunner of the current Cambodian monarchy.Legend has it that in 1372, a wealthy widow named Penh found a Koki tree …

WebVietnamese dragons (Vietnamese: Rồng; Chữ Nôm: 蠪; Sino-Vietnamese: Long; Hán tự: 龍) are symbolic creatures in Vietnamese folklore and mythology.According to an ancient origin myth, the Vietnamese people are descended from a dragon and a fairy. The dragon was symbolic of bringing rain, essential for agriculture. It represents the emperor, the …

WebAgent Orange is a chemical herbicide and defoliant, one of the "tactical use" Rainbow Herbicides.It was used by the U.S. military as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971. It is a mixture of equal parts of two herbicides, 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D.In addition to its damaging environmental …

WebEstimates of the total number of deaths in the Vietnam War vary widely. The wide disparity among the estimates cited below is partially explained by the different time periods of the Vietnam War covered by the studies and whether casualties in Cambodia and Laos were included in the estimates. According to statistics from the South Vietnamese Ministry of …