Vietnam
Việt Nam Several towns have English or French names joining the two syllables:
- Hà Nội : Hanoi, French Hanoï
- Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh : Ho Chi Minh City
- Sài Gòn : Saigon (still used for district), French Saïgon
- Chợ Lớn : Cholon, Ho Chi Minh City
- Hải Phòng : Haiphong, French Haïphong
- Đà Lạt : Dalat
- Đà Nẵng : Danang, French Tourane (obsolete)
- Dãy Trường Sơn : Annamite Range
- Ngũ Hành Sơn : Marble Mountains (Vietnamese name more accurately is "Five elements mountains")
- Mê Kông : Mekong River
- Vịnh Bắc Bộ : Gulf of Tonkin
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Famous quotes containing the word vietnam:
“I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.”
—Benjamin Spock (b. 1903)
“I told them I’m not going to let Vietnam go the way of China. I told them to go back and tell those generals in Saigon that Lyndon Johnson intends to stand by our word, but by God, I want something for my money. I want ‘em to get off their butts and get out in those jungles and whip hell out of some Communists. And then I want ‘em to leave me alone, because I’ve got some bigger things to do right here at home.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
“Let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that.”
—Richard M. Nixon (1913–1992)