Thai, or Central Thai, is a Tai language of the Kra–Dai language family spoken by the Central Thai, Mon, Lao Wiang, Phuan people in Central Thailand and the vast majority of Thai Chinese enclaves throughout the country. It is the sole official language of Thailand.
The Dai people are several Tai-speaking ethnic groups living in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture and the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture of China's Yunnan Province. The Dai people form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. By extension, the term can apply to groups in Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar when Dai is used to mean specifically Tai Yai, Lue, Chinese Shan, Tai Dam, Tai Khao or even Tai in general. For other names, see the table below.
The Midwich Cuckoos is a 1957 science fiction novel written by the English author John Wyndham. It tells the tale of an English village in which the women become pregnant by brood parasitic aliens. The book has been praised by many critics, including the dramatist Dan Rebellato, who called it "a searching novel of moral ambiguities", and the novelist Margaret Atwood, who called the book Wyndham's "chef d'œuvre". The book has been adapted into several media, such as film, radio, and a television series (2022).
The Tày people, also known as the Thổ, T'o, Tai Tho, Ngan, Phen, Thu Lao, or Pa Di, is a Central Tai-speaking ethnic group who live in northern Vietnam. According to a 2019 census, there are 1.8 million Tày people living in Vietnam. This makes them the second largest ethnic group in Vietnam after the majority Kinh (Vietnamese) ethnic group. Most live in northern Vietnam in the Cao Bằng, Lạng Sơn, Bắc Kạn, Thái Nguyên, and Quảng Ninh provinces, along the valleys and the lower slopes of the mountains. They also live in some regions of the Bắc Ninh and Bắc Giang provinces. They inhabit fertile plains and are generally agriculturalists, mainly cultivating rice. They also cultivate maize, and sweet potato among other things.
Narathiwat is a town in southern Thailand and capital of Narathiwat Province. The town is in the Mueang Narathiwat District and was established in 1936. As of 2008, the population was 40,521. It lies 1,141 km south of Bangkok.
Bang Konthi is a district (amphoe) of Samut Songkhram province.
Trảng Bàng is a town in Tây Ninh Province, in the Southeast region of Vietnam. It has a traditional artisan industry, and recently has opened an industrial zone for foreign investment. This town has a famous food called bánh canh Trảng Bàng, a kind of pork noodle soup and "Trảng Bàng dew-wetted rice paper", served with boiled pork, local herbs and Vietnamese fish sauce.
The village of Bang Rachan was in the north of Ayutthaya, the old capital of Siam, the predecessor state of modern Thailand. Today their village is located in Khai Bang Rachan District of Sing Buri Province. The village is remembered in Thai popular history for its resistance against the Burmese invaders in the Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767) that ended the Ayutthaya Kingdom.
Lê Thái Tông, birth name Lê Nguyên Long (黎元龍), was the second king of the Later Lê dynasty from 1433 until his early death nine years later.
Tha Sae is a district (amphoe) in the northwestern part of Chumphon province, southern Thailand.
Mueang Narathiwat is the capital district of Narathiwat province, southern Thailand.
Thạch An is a rural district of Cao Bằng province in the Northeast region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 31,942. The district covers an area of 683 km². The district capital lies at Đông Khê.
Đồng Hỷ is a rural district of Thái Nguyên province in the Northeast region of Vietnam. As of April 1, 2019, the district had a population of 92.421. The district covers an area of 427,73 km2. The district capital lies at Hóa Thượng.
Suwanni Sukhontha was the pen name of Suwanni Sukhonthiang, a Thai writer and novelist. In 1971, she won the SEATO Literature Award, the award which has been succeeded by the S.E.A. Write Award after the dissolution of the SEATO.
Paris By Night 86: PBN Talent Show - Semi-Finals is a Paris By Night program produced by Thúy Nga that was filmed at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California on February 8, 2007.
National Matriarch Linh Từ Trần Thị Dung (1193[?]–1259) was the last empress and the last empress mother of the Lý dynasty. She was entitled by the Emperor Lý Huệ Tông as Empress Consort of the Lý dynasty from 1216 to 1225 before becoming Empress Mother of the Lý dynasty when her daughter Lý Phật Kim was enthroned as Lý Chiêu Hoàng in 1225. After Trần Thủ Độ, Trần Thị Dung's cousin, successfully overthrew the Lý dynasty and founded the Trần dynasty, Trần Thị Dung was downgraded to Princess Thiên Cực while her brother Trần Thừa's son became Trần Thái Tông, first emperor of the Trần dynasty. Before Lý Chiêu Hoàng, Trần Thị Dung had another daughter who eventually also became Empress Consort of the Trần dynasty, Empress Thuận Thiên.
Trương Hòa Bình is a Vietnamese politician and the former First Deputy Prime Minister of The Socialist Republic of Vietnam. He is considered to be one of the more promising members' of the Vietnamese Government, having previously served as Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court of Vietnam from 2007 to 2016.
Love Case is a 2008 Vietnamese telefilm adapted from Hồ Văn Trung's July 1941 novel Cư kỉnh (居璟). The film was produced by Ho Chi Minh City Television and directed by Võ Việt Hùng.
Trần Thị Kim Thanh is a Vietnamese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Women's Championship club Thái Nguyên T&T and the Vietnam women's national team.
Nguyễn Thị Bích Thùy is a Vietnamese footballer who plays as a winger for Women's Championship club Thái Nguyên T&T and the Vietnam women's national team.
