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  1. Complete the sentence about Hanoi with the correct year: Hanoi had the second-highest gross regional domestic product of all Vietnamese provinces and centrally-governed cities at US…
  2. Complete the sentence about Hanoi with the correct year: In ______, Hanoi became the capital of the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
  3. Complete the sentence about Ho Chi Minh City with the correct year: The area was initially part of Cambodian polities until it became part of the Vietnamese Nguyễn lords in ______, as a result of Đại…
  4. Complete the sentence about Da Nang with the correct year: On 1 January ______, Da Nang was separated from Quảng Nam province to become one of the centrally controlled municipalities.
  5. Complete the sentence about Da Nang with the correct year: As a result of these setbacks, the Cham eventually abandoned Indrapura around ______ AD.
  6. Complete the sentence about Da Nang with the correct year: One of the first Europeans to visit Da Nang was Portuguese explorer António de Faria, who anchored in Da Nang in ______.
  7. Complete the sentence about Haiphong with the correct year: Moorer ordered the mining of Haiphong harbor on 8 May ______, effectively sealing the port.
  8. Complete the sentence about Huế with the correct year: What is now the modern city was historically part of Thuận Hóa, a territory ceded by Champa to Đại Việt in ______ as a wedding dowry.
  9. Complete the sentence about Huế with the correct year: In ______, Đoàn Nhữ Hài was appointed by the emperor, Trần Anh Tông, to administer the area.
  10. Complete the sentence about Da Lat with the correct year: The legacy of boarding schools where children from the whole of Indochina were taught by French priests, nuns, and expatriates still existed a…
  11. Complete the sentence about Da Lat with the correct year: The only major involvement Da Lat had during the Vietnam War was during the ______ Tet Offensive.
  12. Complete the sentence about Da Lat with the correct year: Another brief attack targeted the military academy on 30 May ______ before being repelled by South Vietnamese forces.
  13. Complete the sentence about Vinh with the correct year: On September 5, ______, it was upgraded from a Grade-II city to a Grade-I city, becoming the fourth city to hold the status, after Haiphong, Đà…
  14. Complete the sentence about Vinh with the correct year: Eventually, in ______, the official name became simply Vinh, probably under European influence.
  15. Complete the sentence about Hà Giang with the correct year: In ______, Hà Giang was incorporated into the new Tuyên Quang Province, which at that time stretched north as far as the Chinese border.
  16. Complete the sentence about Hà Giang with the correct year: Following the French conquest of the area in ______, Hà Giang became an important French colonial military outpost.
  17. Complete the sentence about Hà Giang with the correct year: On 13 August ______, during the August Revolution, the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng took power here.
  18. Complete the sentence about Hà Giang with the correct year: On August 12, ______, the province of Hà Giang was re-established and separated from Tuyên Quang Province.
  19. Complete the sentence about Hà Giang with the correct year: On September 27, ______, Hà Giang town was officially upgraded into a provincial city.
  20. Complete the sentence about Long Xuyên with the correct year: In ______, a group of explorers established a small outpost in the Tam Khe canal, naming it Dong Xuyen.
  21. Complete the sentence about Long Xuyên with the correct year: From ______, the reach of Long Xuyên grew as the city's administration became responsible for an increasing number of neighborhoods and wa…
  22. Complete the sentence about Long Xuyên with the correct year: Long Xuyen would not be designated as a formal city until ______.
  23. Complete the sentence about Long Xuyên with the correct year: As Long Xuyen was designated as a city until ______, many of its residents have moved from surrounding rural towns.
  24. Complete the sentence about Phú Quốc with the correct year: Around ______, Phú Quốc was part of the Principality of Hà Tiên, a maritime polity founded by Chinese merchant and explorer Mạc Cửu under th…
  25. Complete the sentence about Côn Đảo with the correct year: Three years later, on 2 March ______, the Bugis mercenaries hired by the English mutinied, murdering the agents, destroying the factory, and…
  26. Complete the sentence about Cát Bà Island with the correct year: In ______, the third Indo-China War broke out between China and Vietnam in response to Vietnam's invasion of Cambodia that ended the re…
  27. Complete the sentence about Hạ Long Bay with the correct year: In ______, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of North Vietnam listed Hạ Long Bay in the National Relics and Landscapes publicat…
  28. Complete the sentence about Hạ Long Bay with the correct year: In ______, the core zone of the bay was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site under Criterion VII, and was listed for a second time unde…
  29. Complete the sentence about Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park with the correct year: Sơn Đoòng Cave, which was discovered in the ______ survey by British and Vietnamese explorers, is considered the larg…
  30. Complete the sentence about Sơn Đoòng Cave with the correct year: The entrance to Hang Sơn Đoòng was found on December 10, ______ by a local man named Hồ Khanh, while searching for agarwood, a valuabl…
  31. Complete the sentence about Sơn Đoòng Cave with the correct year: By mid-______, the cave was found to be connected by its underground river with a nearby cave called Hang Thung.
  32. Complete the sentence about Fansipan with the correct year: The initial metal pyramid was made and installed on the mountain's peak by Soviet engineers from Hòa Bình province, in ______.
  33. Complete the sentence about Mekong Delta with the correct year: After ______, the Mekong Delta ceased being a part of the Republic of Vietnam, succeeded by the current Vietnamese nation.
  34. Complete the sentence about Mekong Delta with the correct year: The Nguyễn invited fleeing Chinese refugees to settle in Mekong River entrance towns of Mỹ Tho and Biên Hoà In ______, the Chinese revol…
  35. Complete the sentence with the correct year: King Ang Nan died in ______, and the revolt was soon resolved.
  36. Complete the sentence about Red River with the correct year: One of the earliest of them is the Thác Bà Dam in Vietnam, constructed in ______, which forms the Thác Bà Lake.
  37. Complete the sentence about Red River Delta with the correct year: Two of the four provinces, Bắc Ninh and Quảng Ninh, became municipalities in September ______.
  38. Complete the sentence about Hoan Kiem Lake with the correct year: The last known individual was found dead on January 19, ______.
  39. Complete the sentence about West Lake with the correct year: Ultimately its name was changed to "West Lake" in ______ to avoid the given name of Emperor Lê Thế Tông, which was Duy Đàm.
  40. Complete the sentence about Central Highlands with the correct year: After ______, concept of "Nam tiến" and the southward expansion was celebrated by Vietnamese scholars.
  41. Complete the sentence about Central Highlands with the correct year: The Pays Montagnard du Sud-Indochinois was the name of the Central Highlands from ______ under French Indochina.
  42. Complete the sentence about Central Highlands with the correct year: Population statistics are from the ______ Vietnam Population Census.
  43. Complete the sentence about Central Highlands with the correct year: Bahnar is the second ethnic group, after the Kinh people, to have their language written based on Latin script by French missionari…
  44. Complete the sentence about Central Highlands with the correct year: The bilingual Ede-French edition was then released in ______ by the French School of the Far East's magazine in Hanoi.
  45. Complete the sentence about Central Highlands with the correct year: In February ______, a prehistoric lithophone named Ndut Lieng Krak was discovered in Dak Lak, which is now kept at the Museum of Ma…
  46. Complete the sentence about Ban Gioc–Detian Falls with the correct year: Disputes regarding the border demarcation at this location were settled in ______ Viet Nam-China Treaty on Land Borderline.
  47. Complete the sentence about Mũi Né with the correct year: After ______, Hải Long district merged with Hàm Thuận and Thiện Giáo districts to form Hàm Thuận district, Thuận Hải province.
  48. Complete the sentence about Mũi Né with the correct year: On March 13, ______, the Government Council issued Decision 104-CP.
  49. Complete the sentence about Mũi Né with the correct year: On December 30, ______, the Council of Ministers issued Decision 204-HĐBT.
  50. Complete the sentence about Imperial City, Huế with the correct year: After the end of the monarchy in ______, it suffered heavy damage and neglect during the Indochina Wars through the 1980s.
  51. Complete the sentence about Imperial City, Huế with the correct year: The Imperial City was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in ______ as part of the Complex of Huế Monuments and is undergoi…
  52. Complete the sentence about Imperial City, Huế with the correct year: During the Tây Sơn dynasty, Hue was still chosen by Emperor Quang Trung as the capital of his kingdom in ______.
  53. Complete the sentence about Củ Chi tunnels with the correct year: The Củ Chi tunnels were the location of several military campaigns during the Vietnam War, and were the Viet Cong's base of operations…
  54. Complete the sentence about Củ Chi tunnels with the correct year: In ______, General William Westmoreland tried to launch a larger assault on Củ Chi and the Iron Triangle.
  55. Complete the sentence about Cao Bằng Province with the correct year: Quảng Nguyên became part of Đại Việt in ______, when Emperor Lý Thái Tông expelled Nùng Trí Cao, a Tày-Nùng leader, from the area.
  56. Complete the sentence about Cao Bằng Province with the correct year: Royalty faced revolt during the 16th and 17th century – Mạc Đăng Dung initially occupied the territory and the Lê throne in ______.
  57. Complete the sentence about Cao Bằng Province with the correct year: Cao Bình was an administrative town until the French occupied the territory; the capital was shifted to the Cao Bằng peninsula when…
  58. Complete the sentence about Cao Bằng Province with the correct year: In ______, the province had 10 districts: Bảo Lạc, Hạ Lang, Hòa An, Nguyên Bình, Phú Thạch, Phục Hòa, Quảng Uyên, Thạch An, Trấn Bi…
  59. Complete the sentence about Cao Bằng Province with the correct year: The district of Thông Nông was created out of part of the district of Hà Quảng by Decision 67-CP on 7 April ______.
  60. Complete the sentence about Lào Cai Province with the correct year: The latter became official usage and spelling after November ______.
  61. Complete the sentence about Lào Cai Province with the correct year: The Hoàng Liên National Park was upgraded from a nature reserve in ______.
  62. Complete the sentence about Lào Cai Province with the correct year: The area was surveyed by French biologist Delacour in ______ who had accompanied Theodore Roosevelt to an expedition in southeast As…
  63. Complete the sentence about Yên Bái Province with the correct year: The only other notable incidents after this came in ______ was the Thái Nguyên rebellion.
  64. Complete the sentence about Khánh Hòa Province with the correct year: When Jean-Louis Taberd published the map of Annam in ______, the province was named "Bình Hòa Trấn," with "Trấn" meaning "Departme…
  65. Complete the sentence about Lâm Đồng Province with the correct year: In ______, Lâm Đồng became the first province in the Central Highlands to have two provincial-level cities: Đà Lạt and Bảo Lộc.
  66. Complete the sentence about Kiên Giang Province with the correct year: In ______, Lord Nguyễn Phúc Khoát divided into 12 in the palace, but still leave the town of Hà Tiên, Mạc Thiên Tích as a ruler.
  67. Complete the sentence with the correct year: By the reign of Minh Mệnh, in ______, Hà Tiên had become one of the six provinces of the south.
  68. Complete the sentence about Kiên Giang Province with the correct year: From January 1, ______, two-particle parameters of Hà Tiên and Rạch Giá became two provinces of Hà Tiên and Rạch Giá.
  69. Complete the sentence about An Giang Province with the correct year: An Giang province was first established in ______ when Emperor Minh Mạng divided Lower Cochinchina into Six Provinces.
  70. Complete the sentence about An Giang Province with the correct year: In ______, during the reign of Minh Mạng, it was formally established as one of the southern provinces of Vietnam.
  71. Complete the sentence about Geography of Vietnam with the correct year: The ancestral home of the ethnic Vietnamese, the delta accounted for almost 70% of the agriculture and 80% of the industry of No…
  72. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, The academy was moved to the new capital of Nguyen dynasty in Hue.
  73. Complete the sentence about Temple of Literature, Hanoi with the correct year: In ______, the Nguyễn Dynasty's monarchs founded the Huế capital where they established a new imperial academy.
  74. Complete the sentence about Temple of Literature, Hanoi with the correct year: Under the French protectorate, the Văn Miếu - Quốc Tử Giám was registered as a Monument historique in ______.
  75. Complete the sentence about One Pillar Pagoda with the correct year: In ______, Ministry of Culture of Democratic Republic of Vietnam restored the pagoda and the Lotus Station based on the architectur…
  76. Complete the sentence about Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon with the correct year: The name Notre-Dame Cathedral has been used since ______, when the statue of Our Lady of Peace was installed…
  77. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Lefevre put the first stone for construction of the church on 28 March ______.
  78. Complete the sentence about Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon with the correct year: On 7 October ______, Bishop Isidore Colombert laid the first stone in an inaugural ceremony.
  79. Complete the sentence about Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon with the correct year: On Easter Day, 11 April ______, a blessing ceremony and ceremony of completion were solemnly organized in pre…
  80. Complete the sentence about Reunification Palace with the correct year: At 10:45 on 30 April ______, a tank of the North Vietnamese army bulldozed through the main gate, effectively ending the Vietnam…
  81. Complete the sentence about Landmark 81 with the correct year: On 10 April ______, the last segment of the crown spire was added, completing Landmark 81.
  82. Complete the sentence about Landmark 81 with the correct year: The observation deck, named SkyView, opened on 28 April ______.
  83. Complete the sentence about Bitexco Financial Tower with the correct year: In ______, Thrillist named the Bitexco Financial Tower the #2 Coolest Skyscraper in the World.
  84. Complete the sentence about Bà Nà Hills with the correct year: The station, advertised as "the Da Lat of Danang province" by local tourism authorities, was founded in ______ by French colonists, and l…
  85. Complete the sentence about Cat Tien National Park with the correct year: Since ______, Cát Tiên National Park has been a part of Đồng Nai Biosphere Reserve.
  86. Complete the sentence about Cat Tien National Park with the correct year: In ______, the velvet-worm Eoperipatus totoro was discovered in the Crocodile Lake area by scientists of the Vietnam-Russia Tr…
  87. Complete the sentence about Cat Tien National Park with the correct year: In ______, Pergalumna indistincta was first found in dark loam in a Lagerstroemia forest.
  88. Complete the sentence about Cúc Phương National Park with the correct year: In ______ the Quen Voi section of the park was the site of a major battle in the civil war between Nguyễn Huệ and Thăng Long…
  89. Complete the sentence about Cúc Phương National Park with the correct year: In ______, 500 Muong were relocated outside of the park because of issues over poaching and land use.
  90. Complete the sentence about Cúc Phương National Park with the correct year: The flora consists of some ______ recorded species with lianas and epiphytes including orchids and ferns such as Asplenium…
  91. Complete the sentence about Cúc Phương National Park with the correct year: The program was established in ______ as a species specific program for the endangered Owston's civet and has since expanded…
  92. Complete the sentence about Vietnamese rhinoceros with the correct year: In ______, a single population, estimated at fewer than 12 remaining rhinos, lived in an area of seasonal tropical forest of Ca…
  93. Complete the sentence about Saola with the correct year: The most recent one was taken in ______ by a movement-triggered camera in the forest of central Vietnam, which represents the most recent recor…
  94. Complete the sentence about Saola with the correct year: In May ______, the Ministry of Forestry, Vietnam sent a survey team to examine the biodiversity of the newly established Vu Quang National Park…
  95. Complete the sentence about Saola with the correct year: The WWF officially announced the discovery of the new species on 17 July ______.
  96. Complete the sentence about Indochinese tiger with the correct year: Three subadult tigers were photographed in spring ______ in a remote region of Thailand that are thought to be dispersing.
  97. Complete the sentence about Asian elephant with the correct year: Carl Linnaeus proposed the scientific name Elephas maximus in ______ in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, the foundational work of…
  98. Complete the sentence about Asian elephant with the correct year: Linnaeus's description heavily relied on a ______ description of an elephant skeleton by John Ray.
  99. Complete the sentence about Asian elephant with the correct year: Elephas indicus was proposed by Georges Cuvier in ______, who described an elephant from India.
  100. Complete the sentence about Asian elephant with the correct year: Coenraad Jacob Temminck named an elephant from Sumatra Elephas sumatranus in ______.

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