Lieutenant General Trần Hanh (born November 29, 1932) is a pilot of the Vietnam People's Air Force and later Deputy Minister of Defence of Vietnam . During the Vietnam War , Trần Hanh was a MIG-17 pilot and officer of the 921st Regiment who shot down a F-105D in April 1965. After the war he became the Deputy Chief of the General Staff and later Deputy Minister of Defence of Vietnam before his retirement in 2000.
26-898: Trần Hanh, real name Trần Huy Hanh , was born in 1932 to a poor family in Lộc Vượng commune, Mỹ Lộc , Nam Định . He began to participate in Youth Union in December 1946 and the revolutionary movement in April 1947. Trần Hanh joined the Vietnam People's Army in September 1949 and became a student of the Lê Lợi School for Officers and later Nguyễn Huệ School in December 1950. In his early career, Trần Hanh often served as political commissar ( chính trị viên ) of various military units, he
52-545: Is a festival held in Nam Định called the Cố Trạch . This celebration honors General Trần Hưng Đạo , a 13th-century national hero who led Annamese forces to victory over the invading Mongols . Before the Trần dynasty , the land of modern Namdinh City of a northern area of a area was called as Hiển-khánh district , which corresponds to half of the modern area of Nam Định province . This
78-544: Is also different from many localities in Vietnam . It is usually mixed with boiled water from the cow 's bone . This method will make the fish sauce lose the smell and become fragrant like peppermint . Besides, there are shrimp sauce (mắm tôm & mắm tép), which is used to wake the taste of boiled vegetables . Some other specialties of Namdinh City : Bánh cuốn , bánh mì pa-tê , bánh gối , toast with honey , fish bún (fried rohu , snake-head or catfish
104-437: Is an agriculturally rich and densely populated area. Most of the land is devoted to rice cultivation. Eight provinces , together with two municipalities (the capital Hanoi , and the port of Haiphong ) form the delta. It had a population of almost 23 million in 2019. In 2021, Paul Sidwell proposed that the locus of Proto- Austroasiatic languages was in this area about 4,000–4,500 years before present. The Hong River Delta
130-557: Is often considered as the birth place of pho by the majority. However, this dish is considered the best what only exists in Nguyễn Du, Hàng Sắt and Hàng Thao Streets. All of them are close to the 3-2 Square. Pho has some esoteric formulas stored by the descendants of the Teochew families , who have become Kinh people since the 1970s. The noodles of Namdinh's pho are thought to always be as thin as clouds and they even can dissolve at
156-497: Is served with tomato broth and sliced lettuce & spinach ) , bún đũa , xôi (xôi vò, xôi khúc, xôi đỗ đen), bánh bèo ( rice flour is wrapped by seaweed leaves, with water fat and roasted onion ) , Seochew sweet (kẹo Sìu-châu)... Nam Định has two sports facilities, Thiên Trường Stadium (formerly Cuối Stadium) and Trần Quốc Toản Indoor Stadium, which are host to football and volleyball matches. Both sports centers are located on Hùng Vương Street. Hà Nam Ninh won
182-749: Is the cradle of the Vietnamese nation. Water puppetry originated in the rice paddies here. The region was bombed by United States warplanes during the Vietnam War . The region was designated as the Red River Delta Biosphere Reserve as part of UNESCO 's Man and the Biosphere Programme in 2004. Spanning some 150 km in width, the Red River Delta is located in the western coastal zone of
208-601: Is the flat low-lying plain formed by the Red River and its distributaries merging with the Thái Bình River in Northern Vietnam . Hồng (紅) is a Sino-Vietnamese word for "red" or "crimson". The delta has the smallest area but highest population and population density of all regions . The region, measuring some 15,000 square kilometres (6,000 sq mi) is well protected by a network of dikes . It
234-685: The Gulf of Tonkin . The Red River is the second largest river in Vietnam and one of the five largest rivers on the East Asia coast. Its catchment covers parts of China and Vietnam and its water and sediment discharges greatly influence the hydrology in the Gulf of Tonkin. In 2003, of the 78 million people in Vietnam, almost a third (24 million) live in the Red River basin, including over 17 million people in
260-681: The Vietnam People's Army from April 1989 to October 1996. From November 1996 to December 1999 Trần Hanh was appointed to the position of Deputy Minister of Defence of Vietnam before retired in 2000. He was also deputy of the National Assembly of Vietnam and member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam . After retired, Trần Hanh was elected to the General Secretary ( Tổng thư ký ) of
286-607: The Vietnam War Veterans Association ( Hội cựu chiến binh Việt Nam ). Trần Hanh was promoted to Major General ( thiếu tướng ) in 1984 and Lieutenant General ( trung tướng ) in 1989. In 1967 Trần Hanh was awarded the prestigious title Hero of the People's Armed Forces ( Anh hùng lực lượng vũ trang nhân dân ). Besides, he was bestowed on various medals and decorations such as the 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade Military Exploit Order ( Huân chương quân công ),
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#1732787724584312-591: The 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade Medal of Glorious Soldier ( Huân chương Chiến sỹ vẻ vang ) or the Badge of Hồ Chí Minh ( Huy hiệu Hồ Chí Minh ). Nam %C4%90%E1%BB%8Bnh Nam Định ( listen ) is a city in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam . Nam Định City is the capital of Nam Định Province and is well known as the birthplace of Pho . The city of Nam Định is 90 km southeast of Vietnam's capital, Hanoi . From August 18–20 of each year, there
338-1231: The National Football Champions ( V.League ) in 1985 with star player Nguyễn Văn Dũng. In 2001, Nam Định took second place in the National Championships, losing to Bình Định F.C. In 2007, the Nam Định football team changed its name to Đạm Phú Mỹ Nam Định and won its first National Cup under its new name. In 2009 the Nam Định Football team changed its name to Megastar Nam Định F.C and failed in standing on V.League to 1st level tournament 2010. Besides : Giác Hải , Bùi Công Kỳ , Đặng Gia Mẫn , Đặng Phương Nam , Đặng Minh Phương , Bằng Cường , Đặng Thị Diệu Hương , Trần Thị Diễm Hương , Josephine Mai Thị Mậu , Giuse Hoàng Văn Tiệm , Giuse Maria Đinh Bỉnh , Giuse Trần Xuân Tiếu , Lương Kim Định , Hoàng Minh Chính , Hoàng Ngọc Hiến , Đinh Thế Huynh , Kiwi Ngô Mai Trang , Giuse Đinh Đức Đạo , Lôrensô Chu Văn Minh , Đa Minh Nguyễn Chu Trinh , Phêrô Nguyễn Văn Tự , Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên ... Sister towns and sister cities Red River Delta The Red River Delta or Hong River Delta ( Vietnamese : Đồng bằng sông Hồng )
364-715: The South is a textile industry planned by the French from the 1880s, which is now called Hòa-vượng New Urban Complex (khu đô-thị Hòa-vượng). Besides : 3-2 Square, Canton Temple, Doraemon Lane (previously River Resettlement hamlet), Đò-Quan Bridge, Đầu-mom Hamlet, Gốc-Mít Lane, Hakka Temple, Hoàng-văn-Thụ Street (previously Hải-phòng Road), Lê-hồng-Phong High School, Mỹ-tho Market, Ngõ-Ngang Market, Teochew Temple, Statue of Hưng-đạo Prince, Truyền-thống Lake, Trường-chinh Avenue (previously Giải-phóng Road and Lò-trâu Slope), Poet Tú-Xương's House and Tomb, Vọng-cung Temple... Namdinh City
390-1024: The Vietnam People's Air Force in August 1976. In January 1977 Trần Hanh was sent by the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam to be the Secretary ( Bí thư ) of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union for a short time before returned to the Air Force as Deputy Commander in June 1977. Trần Hanh became the Commander of the Air Force in March 1986 and Deputy Chief of the General Staff ( Phó Tổng tham mưu trưởng ) of
416-626: The city was considered to be the second capital, besides Thăng Long . Under Lê dynasty , the city belonged to the Prefecture of Sơn Nam (山南), meant "Southern Mountains" or "to the South of the Mountains" in 1466 by Emperor Lê Thánh Tông , and Sơn Nam Hạ (山南下), meant "The South Prefecture of the Southern Mountains" in compared to Sơn Nam Thượng (山南上), meant "The North Prefecture of the Southern Mountains". The modern name of
442-565: The city, Nam Định (南定), literally means "The pacified South", was first mentioned in 1831 under the reign of Emperor Minh Mệnh of the Nguyễn dynasty as the capital of Nam Định Province. In international context, the name of this urban area is often signed as Namdinh City (in English) or le ville de Namdinh (in French). According to a Resolution announced by 2021 and officially applied by 2023,
468-437: The delta is also affected by seasonal storms , flooding , coastal erosion , silting , salt water intrusion , etc. Though the Red River Delta makes up only 5% of Vietnam's land, 30% of the country's population live there, making it the most densely populated part of the country. 80% of the population are employed in agriculture, but the agricultural lands of the delta amount to only about .3-.5 hectares per household, making
494-458: The delta itself. There are many large industrial zones in the Red River Delta clustering in Viet Tri , Hanoi, Haiphong and Nam Dinh . Most of the population works in rice cultivation but the delta region hosts other important economic activities such as fisheries , aquaculture , land reclamation for agriculture, harbor construction, mangrove forestry , etc. The socio-economic development in
520-428: The entire Mỹ Lộc rural district area was merged into Nam Định City. Namdinh City's long-standing customs come from the intersection of three groups of people : Kinh , Hoa and French . Namdinh City's oldest space is often divided by tourism researchers into two parts : The North is the settlement surrounding Vị Xuyên Lake and Dragon Market, which is called Namdinh Old Town (Nam-định lão-nhai) ;
546-414: The limited supply of arable lands a significant constraint to improving living standards. Agriculturally the Red River Delta is the second most important rice-producing area in Vietnam, accounting for 20% of the national crop. Production of rice is close to optimal with very little yield gap to exploit and employing double cropping techniques to achieve close to maximum yields. However the rich soil of
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#1732787724584572-564: The newly found 2nd Company of the Vietnam People's Air Force . In August 1964, Trần Hanh was appointed commander of the 1st Company, 921st Regiment ( Sao Đỏ ) of the Vietnam People's Air Force. On April 4, 1965, Trần Hanh shot down the F-105D No. 59-1754 of the 355th Fighter Wing near Ham Rong Bridge . Later this year, Trần Hanh participated in the formation of 4 MIG-17s that shot down a US helicopter over Hòa Bình in November. Trần Hanh
598-520: The tip of the tongue , while the broth must smell the cow 's bone and onion . Namdinh is also known as the only place in Vietnam that can produce Polka Bread (bánh-mì Ba-lan) since 1969 until present. This is a type of boat -shaped bread but has a very thick intestine . It is maken by a special type of oven , which has been provided with an exclusive patent globally and is Poland 's technology secret . Fish sauce in Namdinh City
624-611: Was appointed political commissar of the 23rd Company of 680th Battalion, 48th Regiment, 320th Division in February 1954 and afterwards deputy political commissar of the 680th Battalion in June 1954. In September 1956, Trần Hanh was chosen to study to fly the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 in a school of People's Liberation Army Air Force in China . After four years studying, Trần Hanh became commander ( đại đội trưởng ) of
650-600: Was promoted to deputy commander ( trung đoàn phó ) in May 1965 and commander ( trung đoàn trưởng ) of this regiment in October 1969. In March 1972, he became the Deputy Commander ( Tư lệnh phó ) of the Vietnam People's Air Force, or the 371st Division at that time, two years later Trần Hanh held the position of Commander of the 371st Division. After the war, Trần Hanh was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff ( Tham mưu phó ) of
676-502: Was the intersection of three large rivers, so it was very convenient for trade. The name of the city, under Trần dynasty , was Thiên Trường (天長) meant "where the Sky remains for Eternity". It is first mentioned to mark the birth of the city in 1262 by Emperor Trần Thái Tông . The name Thiên Trường was probably the name for a whole phủ , which at the time would be equivalent to a special prefecture or province nowadays. Under Trần dynasty ,
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