Portal:Vietnam/Did you know


 * The following items all appeared in the Main page's Did You Know section during the month of July 2010 (see older items):


 * 31 July 2010
 * ... that as a result of his success during the Cambodian Campaign, Army of the Republic of Vietnam General Do Cao Tri was dubbed the "Patton of the Parrot's Beak"?
 * ... that General Mai Huu Xuan presided over the capture of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem after a successful coup, which Do Mau helped organise?


 * 28 July 2010
 * ... that the former Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig was one of two US battalion commanders in the Battle of Ap Gu during the Vietnam War?


 * 24 July 2010
 * ... that during the Vietnam War's Battles of Prek Klok I and II, 13 times more Viet Cong were killed than American troops?


 * 22 July 2010
 * ... that Operation Lam Son II during the Vietnam War was an attempt to combine security sweeps with winning hearts and minds by organizing village fairs?
 * ... that U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam Graham Martin held George W. Webber implicitly responsible for a mortar attack that killed 32 South Vietnamese children?
 * ... that after the FRENCH IRONCLAD Atalante was condemned in Saigon in 1887, she fell into such a state of disrepair that "she foundered one night and gradually sank into the mud"?


 * 19 July 2010
 * ... that during the Vietnam War the Swedish FNL movement used to attack U.S. diplomats with eggs, tomatoes and, occasionally, surströmming?


 * 13 July 2010
 * ... that woodworkers from the Vietnamese village of Kim Bồng (sample art pictured) created not only detail work for Huế's Imperial City, but also an entire warship for the Spanish navy?


 * 2 July 2010
 * ... that, out of the 2600 km of track in use in Vietnam's national railway network, 85% of passenger volume and 60% of cargo volume is transported along the 1726 km North–South Railway line?