Hanoi is the capital and second-most populous city of Vietnam. As evident by the literal translation of its name –'inside the river' –portions of Hanoi's border are delineated by the Red and Black Rivers. As a municipality,Hanoi consists of 12 urban districts,17 rural districts,and one district-level town. It has an area of 3,359.84 km2 (1,297.24 sq mi) and a population of 8,435,700 in 2022. In 2020,Hanoi has the second-highest gross regional domestic product of all Vietnam provinces and municipalities at 51.4 billion USD,behind Ho Chi Minh City. Hanoi Capital is also ASEAN 8th largest economy after Surabaya.
Lakeview,also spelled Lake View,is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago,Illinois. Lakeview is located in the city's North Side. It is bordered by West Diversey Parkway on the south,West Irving Park Road on the north,North Ravenswood Avenue on the west,and the shore of Lake Michigan on the east. The Uptown community area is to Lakeview's north,Lincoln Square to its northwest,North Center to its west,and Lincoln Park to its south. The 2020 population of Lakeview was 103,050 residents,making it the second-largest Chicago community area by population.
The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV),also known as the Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP),is the founding and sole legal party of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Founded in 1930 by HồChíMinh,the CPV became the ruling party of North Vietnam in 1954 and then all of Vietnam after the collapse of the South Vietnamese government following the Fall of Saigon in 1975. Although it nominally exists alongside the Vietnamese Fatherland Front,it maintains a unitary government and has centralized control over the state,military,and media. The supremacy of the CPV is guaranteed by Article 4 of the national constitution. The Vietnamese public generally refer to the CPV as simply "the Party" or "our Party".
Little Saigon is a name given to ethnic enclaves of expatriate Vietnamese mainly in English-speaking countries. Alternate names include Little Vietnam and Little Hanoi,depending on the enclave's political history. To avoid political undertones due to the renaming of Saigon to Ho Chi Minh City,it is occasionally called by the neutral name Vietnamtown. Saigon is the former name of the capital of the former South Vietnam,where a large number of first-generation Vietnamese immigrants emigrating to the United States originate from,whereas Hanoi is the current capital of Vietnam.
Edgewater is a lakefront community area on the North Side of the city of Chicago,Illinois six miles north of the Loop. The most recently established of the city's 77 official community areas,Edgewater is bounded by Foster Avenue on the south,Devon Avenue on the north,Ravenswood Avenue on the west,and Lake Michigan on the east. Edgewater contains several beaches for residents to enjoy. Chicago's largest park,Lincoln Park,stretches south from Edgewater for seven miles along the waterfront,almost to downtown. Until 1980,Edgewater was part of Uptown,and historically it constituted the northeastern corner of Lake View Township,an independent suburb annexed by the city of Chicago in 1889. Today,Uptown is to Edgewater's south,Lincoln Square to its west,West Ridge to its northwest and Rogers Park to its north.
Uptown is one of Chicago's 77 community areas. Uptown's boundaries are Foster Avenue to the north;Lake Michigan to the east;Montrose Avenue,and Irving Park Road to the south;Ravenswood Avenue,and Clark Street to the west. To the north is Edgewater,to the west is Lincoln Square,and to the south is Lakeview. Near the lake are some of the northern reaches of Lincoln Park,including Montrose Beach and multiple nature reserves. The area has a mix of commercial and residential development,and includes a well-established entertainment district of clubs and concert venues,and was a center for early film making. Truman College,a two-year city college,is located here,and the area's southwest corner includes the historic 19th century Graceland Cemetery.
Helen Shiller is a former Alderman of the 46th ward in Chicago,Illinois. Shiller is also a published author,having written a 500-page book on her politics and activism in Chicago from 1971 to 2011. Shiller served in the Chicago City Council for six four-year terms,from 1987 to 2011. Shiller was elected to the City Council on her third attempt,as Harold Washington,Chicago's first black Mayor,was re-elected to his second term,and her election as alderman helped close the Council Wars era in Chicago government. Shiller has been described as "a reformer unafraid to take on the boys in power." A less flattering description is that she is "committed to liberal causes and destroying all within her path". Among her most significant impacts on Chicago were her advocacy for diverse,inclusive,affordable housing and helping craft Chicago's response to the HIV/AIDS crisis. Her commitment to fostering community development without displacement often brought Shiller into contention with some constituencies,real estate developers,and editorial boards. Shiller's oral history was collected by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Uptown resident Studs Terkel in his 2003 book,Hope Dies Last. As she details in her own book,among her policy victories as a City Council member was:getting human rights legislation passed,having Chicago implement anti-apartheid legislation,creating a City Council Subcommittee on Domestic Violence,and building a unique mix-used development.
Vietnamese Australians are Australians of Vietnamese descent. Vietnamese Australians are one of the largest groups within the global Vietnamese diaspora. At the 2021 census,334,781 people stated that they had Vietnamese ancestry,representing 1.3% of the Australian population. In 2021,the Australian Bureau of Statistics estimated that there were 268,170 Australian residents who were born in Vietnam.
Miguel del Valle is an American politician and the former City Clerk of Chicago. He was an Illinois State Senator for two decades,representing the 2nd District of Chicago from 1987–2006. Del Valle lost his bid for mayor in Chicago's February 22,2011 municipal elections,coming in third with 53,953 votes. He served as the president of the Chicago Board of Education from June 2019 through June 2023,having been appointed to that position by Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs (JCUA) is a nonprofit organization based in Chicago that mobilizes the Jewish community of the region to advance racial and economic justice. JCUA partners with diverse community groups across the city and state to combat racism,antisemitism,poverty and other forms of systemic oppression,through grassroots community organizing,youth education programs,and community development.
West Argyle Street Historic District is a historic district in northern Uptown,Chicago,Illinois. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 3,2010. The community covers an area of about 41 acres (0.17 km2);its rough boundaries are N. Glenwood Ave to the west,Winona Street to the north,Sheridan Road to the east,and Ainslie Street to the south.
Hoàng TứDuy is a Vietnamese-born American democracy activist. He is currently the executive director for Viet Tan,an unsanctioned pro-democracy political movement in Vietnam. Before becoming a full-time democracy activist,he worked as an investment banker for over 10 years. He has testified before US Congressional committees on human rights issues and written for the Wall Street Journal,Asia Times Online and leading Vietnamese-language publications.
The mix of ethnic groups in Chicago has varied over the history of the city,resulting in a diverse community in the twenty-first century. The changes in the ethnicity of the population have reflected the history and mass America,as well as internal demographic changes. The groups have been important in the development of the city as well as players in occasional conflicts.
Chicago has long had a gay neighborhood. Beginning in the 1920s there was active homosexual nightlife in Towertown,adjacent to the Water Tower. Increasing rents forced gay-friendly establishments steadily northwards,moving through Old Town and Lincoln Park along Clark Street and on to Boys Town.
Little Dovie Thurman was a community activist who dedicated her life to the social and political development of poor communities. She is most known for her involvement in Chicago welfare rights campaign of the 1960s. Thurman worked toward welfare rights and reform with a local organization on the north side of the city called J.O.I.N.,as well as Uptown Voices advocating for quality,affordable housing for low-income people in Uptown,Chicago and its surrounding communities. As President,Dovie worked to empower community members through participation in housing advocacy,development,rehabilitation and management.
Gentrification,the process of altering the demographic composition of a neighborhood usually by decreasing the percentage of low-income minority residents and increasing the percentage of typically white,higher-income residents,has been an issue between the residents of minority neighborhoods in Chicago who believe the influx of new residents destabilizes their communities,and the gentrifiers who see it as a process that economically improves a neighborhood. Researchers have debated the significance of its effects on the neighborhoods and whether or not it leads to the displacement of residents.
Maria Elaine Hadden is an American politician and community activist from Chicago. She is a member of the Chicago City Council,serving as alderperson for the city's 49th ward. She won election to that office after defeating 28-year incumbent Joe Moore in the 2019 election,and was reelected in 2023. The 49th ward includes most of Rogers Park and portions of West Ridge. She is a member of the Progressive Caucus,Black Caucus,and LGBT Caucus in the City Council.
The government of Vietnam prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic as early as the first cases in China emerged in December 2019,and pursued a zero-COVID strategy until September 2021.
The 2023 Chicago aldermanic election took place in two rounds on February 28 and April 4,2023,to elect 50 alderpersons to the Chicago City Council. Each alderperson represents one of Chicago's 50 wards. The elections are non-partisan and use a two-round system where the top two finishers compete in a second-round runoff if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round. The elections are part of the 2023 Chicago elections,which include elections for Mayor,City Clerk,and City Treasurer.
