Archive for the ‘ Vietnam ’ Category

Hmong People

Hmong People – Vietnam – 2006 The terms Hmong (pronounced [m̥ɔ̃ŋ]) and Mong ([mɔ̃ŋ]) refer to an Asian ethnic group in the mountainous regions of southeast Asia. Hmong are also one of the largest sub-groups in the Miao minzu population in southern China. Beginning in the 18th century, Hmong groups began a gradual southward migration due to political unrest and to find more [ READ MORE ]

Sa Pa

Sa Pa – Vietnam – 2006 Sa Pa  pronunciation (help·info) or Sapa (Westernized spelling) is a frontier town and district in the Lào Cai province in northwestVietnam. It is one of the main market towns in the area, where many ethnic minority groups such as H’mong, Dao and Tay live. It is most likely that Sa Pa was first inhabited by highland minorities [ READ MORE ]

Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam – 2006 Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese: Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh  pronunciation (help·info) ) is the largest city in Vietnam. Under the name Prey Nokor (Khmer: ) it was the main port of Cambodia, before being annexed by the Vietnamese in the 17th century. Under the nameSaigon (Vietnamese: Sài Gòn;  pronunciation (help·info)), it was the capital of the French colony of Cochinchina and later [ READ MORE ]

Hanoi

Hanoi – Vietnam – 2006 Hanoi (Vietnamese: Hà Nội, Hán Tự: 河内)  pronunciation (help·info), estimated population 3,398,889 (2007) [1], is the capital ofVietnam. From 1010 until 1802, with a few brief interruptions, it was the political centre of an independent Vietnam. It was eclipsed byHuế during the Nguyen Dynasty as the capital of Vietnam, but Hanoi served as the capital of French Indochina from 1887 to 1954. From [ READ MORE ]

Hội An

Hội An – Vietnam – 2006 Hội An  pronunciation (help·info) is a small city on the coast of the South China Sea in the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is located in the Quảng Nam province and is home to approximately 88,000 inhabitants. The city possessed the largest harbour in Southeast Asia in the 1st Century and was known as Lâm Ấp Phố (Champa City). Triều [ READ MORE ]

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