Lan Kham Deng was the third king of the Lao state of Lan Xang. He was the oldest son of Samsenethai.
The Golden Lotus is the highest prize awarded to competing films at the Vietnam Film Festival. It was introduced in 1973 at the 2nd Vietnam Film Festival held in Hanoi. The award is separated in five different categories: feature film; direct-to-video; documentary film; scientific film and animated film. The Golden Lotus is awarded for one or several films which are chosen by the jury of each category as the best production of the festival. It is also possible that the prize is not awarded if the jury decides that no film at the festival deserves the Golden Lotus. It is to be distinguished from the Golden Kite Prize of the Vietnam Cinema Association.
Đồng Sĩ Nguyên also spelled Đồng Sỹ Nguyên, other name Nguyễn Hữu Vũ; is a former Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam, a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam, lieutenant-general of the North Vietnamese Army, and former minister of transport of Vietnam. He was born in Quảng Bình Province, home to general Võ Nguyên Giáp and Ngô Đình Diệm, president of the Republic of Vietnam.
Miss Vietnam is a beauty contest in Vietnam that has been held biennially since 1988. This contest was initiated and organized by Tien Phong newspaper and Sen Vàng Productions.
Việt Yên is a rural district of Bắc Giang Province in the Northeast region of Vietnam. Việt Yên borders on the south with Bắc Ninh Province; on the west with Hiệp Hòa District; on the east with Yên Dũng District; and on the north with Tân Yên District and Bắc Giang City.
Vietnamese people in Finland form one of the country's largest groups of Southeast Asian people. According to Statistics Finland, in 2017 there are 10,817 people with a Vietnamese background, 9,872 people whose mother tongue is Vietnamese, 8,012 people who have been born in Vietnam, and 5,603 people with Vietnamese citizenship residing in Finland. The Vietnamese-Finnish community includes both ethnic Vietnamese and Sino-Vietnamese.
Little Vietnam is a name given to ethnic enclaves of expatriate Vietnamese. Alternate names include Little Saigon and Little Hanoi, depending on the enclave's political history. Saigon is the former name of the capital of the former South Vietnam, whereas Hanoi is the current capital of Vietnam.
Thượng Lan is a commune (xã) and village in Việt Yên District, Bắc Giang Province, in northeastern Vietnam. Thượng Lan includes Cham, Ha Thuong, Son Ha, Ha, Ha Boi, Ruong, Nguon.
Dendrobium amabile is a species of orchid endemic to Vietnam.
The Vietnam Film Festival, founded in 1970, is a film festival of Vietnam. It is considered as the major event of Cinema of Vietnam with awards for numerous categories ranging from feature film, direct-to-video to documentary film. The festival is held for each two or three years in different host cities all over Vietnam with the latest was organized in 2007 in the city of Nam Định.
Ỷ Lan or Empress Mother Linh Nhân was a Vietnamese regent, the imperial concubine of Lý Thánh Tông, the third emperor and the natural mother of Lý Nhân Tông, the fourth emperor of the Lý Dynasty. She served as regent during the absence of her spouse in 1066-68, and as co-regent during the reign of her son in 1073-1117.
Vietnam’s Next Top Model is a Vietnamese reality television show in which female contestants compete for the title of "Vietnam's Next Top Model." Contestants are given the opportunity to begin a career in the modeling industry, and the winner receives a cash prize and a feature article in a fashion magazine.
There is a large community of Vietnamese people in Laos. As Vietnam and Laos are neighbours, there is a long history of population migrations between the territories which today make up the two respective countries.
Maria Lê Thanh Lan, stage name Ngọc Lan "Jade Orchid", was a famous overseas Vietnamese singer-lyricist known for covering nostalgic French-language love songs. Among her biggest hits included covers of Mon amie la rose of Françoise Hardy, Johnny, Johnny of Jeanne Mas, Joe le taxi of Vanessa Paradis, Tombe la neige of Salvatore Adamo, Pour en arriver-là and Mourir sur scène of Dalida and Poupée de cire, poupée de son.
Phạm Thái Thanh Lan is a Vietnamese popular singer. She was a well-known singer of South Vietnam during the early 1970s, who remained in Vietnam after the fall of Saigon in 1975.
Mai Phương Thúy is a Vietnamese actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned the 10th Miss Vietnam at the Vinpearl Resort in Nha Trang, Vietnam on August 26, 2006. She represented Vietnam at the Miss World 2006 pageant in Warsaw, Poland on September 30, in the Asia-Pacific group. She made the first cut In Miss World 2006 by winning the viewers' votes around the world.
Trần Ngọc Lan Khuê is a Vietnamese supermodel and beauty queen. Lan Khue rose to prominence in 2013 as she won the Gold award in the Vietnam supermodel contest in 2013, and became one of the most sought-after models in Vietnam. In 2014, she joined the Miss World Vietnam pageant and won title. Then, she represented Vietnam in Miss World 2015 and was placed top 11. She shoot to fame when she got invited as one of 3 mentors in the reality show The Face Vietnam.
The Vietnamese-Laotian War of 1467–80, also known as the White Elephant War, was the biggest conflict between the historical Laotian state of Lan Xang and the Vietnamese Đại Việt of the later Lê Dynasty. It was known in the later years as the war that "had shaped the history of Laos".
