COSARA
COSARA (''Comptoirs Saigonnais de Ravitaillements'') was a Vietnamese aviation and transport company founded by Maurice Loubière. The company's office was located at 5–13, Turc Street, Saigon - now Ho Huan Nghiep Street, Ho Chi Minh City. Origin of the company Loubière was posted to the French 4th Colonial Artillery Regiment, based in Hanoi in 1929, to undertake his military service. He sailed from France of the ''Chargeurs Réunis''. Once in Hanoi he learnt Vietnamese and became the regiment's interpreter. In September 1942, he started his own business, ''Les Comptoirs des Industries Locales'', which provided provisions for the Army. Indo-China was controlled by the French Vichy government at this time although occupied by the Japanese. On 9 September 1947 Loubière, along with one of his Vietnamese friends, founded COSARA (''Comptoirs Saigonnais de Ravitaillements''). The company's aim was to air freight supplies to army units scattered around Vietnam by using the airfiel ...
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Sud-Ouest SO-30P Bretagne
Sud-Ouest (French for southwest) may refer to: Places * Sud-Ouest Region (Burkina Faso), the Burkina Faso region * Sud-Ouest Region (Cameroon), the Cameroon region * Ile du Sud-Ouest, an isle in the Cosmoledo atoll * Le Sud-Ouest, a borough in Montreal, Quebec * Province du Sud-Ouest, the Southwest Province in Cameroon * Rivière du Sud-Ouest, a river in Quebec Companies * ''Sud Ouest'' (newspaper), a newspaper * CIT du Sud-Ouest (CITSO), a bus company * SNCASO (''Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du sud-ouest''), a French former aircraft manufacturer See also * Southwest (other) * South West France (other) South West France (in French often ''Sud-ouest'') can refer to: * South West France (wine region) * South-West France (European Parliament constituency) * A geographic area, part of Southern France Southern France, also known as the South of Fr ...

Luang Prabang
Luang Phabang, ( Lao: ຫລວງພະບາງ/ ຫຼວງພະບາງ) or ''Louangphabang'' (pronounced ), commonly transliterated into Western languages from the pre-1975 Lao spelling ຫຼວງພຣະບາງ (ຣ = silent r) as Luang Prabang, literally meaning " Royal Buddha Image", is a city in north central Laos, consisting of 58 adjacent villages, of which 33 comprise the UNESCO ''Town Of Luang Prabang'' World Heritage Site.Application of Information and Communication Technology to Promote Sustainable Development A Case Study: Town of Luang Prabang, Lao PDR
(pdf) Tokyo Institute of Technology, Retrieved June 15, 2016 It was listed in 1995 for unique and "remarkably" well preserved architec ...
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Viet Nam Red Cross Society
The Viet Nam Red Cross Society () is a member (National Society) of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and has its headquarters in Hanoi. The organisation was established during the First Indochina War, and originally had two branches. The Northern branch was established in Hanoi in 1946, and the Southern branch was established by Dr Ho Van Nhut in Saigon in 1951.Lê Văn Trá. L’oeuvre de la Croix Rouge Vietnamienne – Une longue interview du Dr Hồ Văn Nhựt. L’ami du peuple, Saigon, 26 Juillet 1953. Directeur–Fondateur: Nguyễn Thế Truyền. The Southern branch functioned separately from the Northern Branch and was officially recognized by the International Committee of the Red Cross,Véronique Harouel-Bureloup. L'action du CICR en Indochine. Media & Humanitaire. to address the increasing needs for assistance to Vietnamese civilians caught in the conflict between North and South Vietnam during the Indochina War and to thos ...
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Sud-Ouest SO
Sud-Ouest (French for southwest) may refer to: Places * Sud-Ouest Region (Burkina Faso), the Burkina Faso region * Sud-Ouest Region (Cameroon), the Cameroon region * Ile du Sud-Ouest, an isle in the Cosmoledo atoll * Le Sud-Ouest, a borough in Montreal, Quebec * Province du Sud-Ouest, the Southwest Province in Cameroon * Rivière du Sud-Ouest, a river in Quebec Companies * ''Sud Ouest'' (newspaper), a newspaper * CIT du Sud-Ouest (CITSO), a bus company * SNCASO (''Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du sud-ouest''), a French former aircraft manufacturer See also * Southwest (other) * South West France (other) South West France (in French often ''Sud-ouest'') can refer to: * South West France (wine region) * South-West France (European Parliament constituency) * A geographic area, part of Southern France Southern France, also known as the South of Fr ...

Operation Passage To Freedom
Operation Passage to Freedom was a term used by the United States Navy to describe the propaganda effort and the assistance in transporting in 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam (the Democratic Republic of Vietnam) to non-communist South Vietnam (the State of Vietnam, later to become the Republic of Vietnam) between the years 1954 and 1955. The French and other countries may have transported a further 500,000. In the wake of the French defeat at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, the Geneva Accords of 1954 decided the fate of French Indochina after eight years of war between the colonial French Union forces and the Viet Minh, which fought for Vietnamese independence. The accords resulted in the partition of Vietnam at the 17th parallel north, with Ho Chi Minh's communist Viet Minh in control of the north and the French-backed State of Vietnam in the south. The agreements allowed a 300-day period ...
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Operation Cognac
Operation or Operations may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * ''Operation'' (game), a battery-operated board game that challenges dexterity * Operation (music), a term used in musical set theory * ''Operations'' (magazine), Multi-Man Publishing's house organ for articles and discussion about its wargaming products * ''The Operation'' (film), a 1973 British television film * ''The Operation'' (1990), a crime, drama, TV movie starring Joe Penny, Lisa Hartman, and Jason Beghe * ''The Operation'' (1992–1998), a reality television series from TLC * The Operation M.D., formerly The Operation, a Canadian garage rock band * "Operation", a song by Relient K from ''The Creepy EP'', 2001 Business * Business operations, the harvesting of value from assets owned by a business * Manufacturing operations, operation of a facility * Operations management, an area of management concerned with designing and controlling the process of production Military and law enforcement * ...
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Phan Thiet
Phan may refer to: * Phan (surname), a Vietnamese family name * Phan District, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand * Phan River, Bình Thuận Province, Vietnam * Phan (tray) Phan ( th, พาน, ) is an artistically decorated tray with pedestal. It is common in Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos. Description A phan is normally round and comes in different sizes. The usual measures range between a diameter of 20 cm ...

Viet Minh
The Việt Minh (; abbreviated from , chữ Nôm and Hán tự: ; french: Ligue pour l'indépendance du Viêt Nam, ) was a national independence coalition formed at Pác Bó by Hồ Chí Minh on 19 May 1941. Also known as the Việt Minh Front, it was created by the Indochinese Communist Party as a national united front to achieve the independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The was previously formed by Hồ Học Lãm in Nanjing, China, at some point between August 1935 and early 1936, when Vietnamese nationalist parties formed an anti-imperialist united front. This organization soon lapsed into inactivity, only to be appropriated by the Indochinese Communist Party (ICP) and Hồ Chí Minh in 1941. The Việt Minh established itself as the only organized anti-French and anti-Japanese resistance group. The Việt Minh initially formed to seek independence for Vietnam from the French Empire. The United States supported France. When the Japanese occupation be ...
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Legion Of Honor
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte, it has been retained (with occasional slight alterations) by all later French governments and regimes. The order's motto is ' ("Honour and Fatherland"); its seat is the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur next to the Musée d'Orsay, on the left bank of the Seine in Paris. The order is divided into five degrees of increasing distinction: ' ( Knight), ' (Officer), ' ( Commander), ' (Grand Officer) and ' ( Grand Cross). History Consulate During the French Revolution, all of the French orders of chivalry were abolished and replaced with Weapons of Honour. It was the wish of Napoleon Bonaparte, the First Consul, to create a reward to commend civilians and soldiers. From this wish was instituted a , a body of men that was not an ord ...
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Roger Blaizot
Roger Charles André Henri Blaizot (17 May 1891 – 21 March 1981) was a French military leader, who commanded French forces during World War II and the First Indochina War.Biography of: Blaizot, Roger-Charles-André-Henri, Lieutenant-General. (1895 – 1981)
retrieved June 26, 2008 Blaizot served in through the last two years of the World War II, having been sent to command the Far East French Expeditionary Forces (Forces Francaises Extrême Orient) by
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Sóc Trăng
Sóc Trăng () is a city in Vietnam. It is the capital of Sóc Trăng Province. It was upgraded from a town (thị xã) to a city following decree 22/2007/NĐ-CP on 8 February 2007. Name The name is believed to be derived from the Khmer language. The Khmer name for this province is ''Srok Khleang'' (ស្រុកឃ្លាំង). Administrative divisions Sóc Trăng City is divided into 10 administrative divisions numbered 1 to 10. The city borders Long Phú District in the east and north, Mỹ Tú District in the west and north, Châu Thành District in the west and Mỹ Xuyên District in the south. Population Besides the majority Kinh people, there are also ethnic Chinese and a significant Khmer minority in the city. Culture 50 of the 200 pagodas in Sóc Trăng Province are located in Sóc Trăng City. Some of the most famous ones are the Khmer Chùa Dơi (Bat Pagoda) and Chùa Đất Sét (Clay Pagoda). Transportation Highway 1 connects the city to Cà Mau in ...
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