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Dương Đình Nghệ was killed eventually by his general Kiều Công Tiễn who then moved up to the post of governor/administrator. This brief void left the region without rulers, until Kiều fled and Dương's son-in-law Ngô Quyền established the Ngô dynasty in 939.
Unlike the coup in 1960, the plotters of the 1963 coup knew how to gain broad support from other ARVN officer corps. They obtained the support of Generals Tôn Thất Đính, Đỗ Cao Trí, and Nguyễn Khánh of the III, II, and I Corps respectively. However, commander of the IV Corps Huỳnh Văn Cao remained loyal to Diệm. [168]
Nguyễn Đình Thuần (June 5, 1923 – June 3, 2013 [1]) was the Secretary of State under President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam.After Ngô Đình Diệm was overthrown and then killed in the 1963 South Vietnamese coup, Nguyễn Đình Thuần moved to France to live with his brother.
Bắc Giang (listen ⓘ) is a city in Vietnam.It is the capital of Bắc Ninh Province. [3] Its name, deriving from that of the Province Sino-Vietnamese, means "north of the river."
Nguyen Dinh Duc [10] was born in his maternal hometown of Lai Xa village, Kim Chung commune, Hoai Duc district (former Ha Tay province), now part of Hanoi. [11] Lai Xa is known as a land of learning and is the birthplace of Vietnam's first Minister of Education, Professor Nguyen Van Huyen, and renowned astronomer Professor Nguyen Quang Rieu.
In 2009, Vietnamese lawyer Lê Công Định was arrested and charged with the capital crime of subversion; several of his associates were also arrested. [282] [283] Amnesty International described him and his arrested associates as prisoners of conscience. [282] Vietnam has also suffered from human trafficking and related issues. [284] [285] [286]
Vietnamese Martyrs (Vietnamese: Các Thánh Tử đạo Việt Nam), also known as the Martyrs of Tonkin and Cochinchina, collectively Martyrs of Annam or formerly Martyrs of Indochina, are saints of the Catholic Church who were canonized by Pope John Paul II.