W.Minh Tuan 68 years ago, on September 2, 1945, President Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence giving birth to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The unique thing in Vietnam’s Declaration of Independence is that Uncle Ho named the country the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, not the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
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Great speech by US President Bill Clinton more than 20 years ago, in Hanoi
Introduction At the end of 2000, US President Bill Clinton visited Vietnam, opening the door to friendly relations between the two former enemies Vietnam and the United States. President Bill Clinton gave a wonderful speech at the reception of President Tran Duc Luong on the evening of November 17, 2020 in Hanoi.
President Vaclav Havel of Czech Republic: Ending the era of lies and fear
Introduction: On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall in East Germany collapsed, starting the process of unifying the two Germanys. Also in November 1989, the people of Czechoslovakia also took to the streets to protest peacefully, without violence, without bloodshed, demanding an end to the communist dictatorship of the Socialist Republic of Tiep Khac- …
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Hanoi during the French colonial period, elegant and cultured
W.Minh Tuan (According to Hanoi Moi newspaper) The French came to colonize Vietnam around the 1850s, and brought with them French culture, French style, French economy, French administrative management, and the organizational structure of the State apparatus in the French style, and French language. French entered Vietnam, but still did not destroy the ancient Vietnamese …
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Hà Nội thời Pháp thuộc, thanh lịch và văn hóa
W.Minh Tuan (Theo báo Hà Nội Mới) Người Pháp vào đô hộ Việt Nam ta từ khoảng những năm 1850, và mang theo văn hóa Pháp, phong cách Pháp, kinh tế Pháp, cách quản lý hành chính Pháp, cơ cấu tổ chức bộ máy Nhà nước theo kiểu Pháp, và mang tiếng Pháp vào …
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