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Cities 1: This city, the third largest in Vietnam, was the first in Indochina to receive electric power
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Haiphong
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Cities 2: During the Nguyen dynasty, this was the capital of Vietnam.
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Hue
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Cities 3: Important port city located on the Han River
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Da Nang
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Cities 4: This city, nicknamed the Western Metropolis, is known for its edible wrappers called Banh Trang.
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Can Tho
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Artificial Landmarks 1: Former Confucian university located in Hanoi known for its stone statues of turtles, which symbolize students who passed the royal exam.
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Temple of Literature
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Artificial Landmarks 2: Ruins of a Hindu temple complex built by the Cham people
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My Son
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Artificial Landmarks 3: Tomb commissioned by the emperor of Vietnam in the 1920s that blends European and Vietnamese design
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Khai Dinh
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Artificial Landmarks 4: Name for the 250-kilometer tunnel complex used by the Viet Cong
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Cu Chi
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Natural Landmarks 1: This famous bay's name means "bay of descending dragons" after the dragons who allegedly created its islands from emeralds to guard Vietnam against intruders.
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Ha Long Bay
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Natural Landmarks 2: Lake whose name means "Returned Sword" after a legend in which King Le Loi returned a divine sword to its turtle god. It's located in the center of Hanoi.
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Hoan Kiem
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Natural Landmarks 3: National park known for its cave system, one of the largest in the world.
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Phong Nha-Ke Bang
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Natural Landmarks 4: These five peaks, whose individual names come from the five Chinese elements, are home to caves containing Buddhist and Confucian shrines and wartime hospitals
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Marble Mountains
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People 1: These sibling monarchs ruled an independent Vietnam for three years until dying in battle against the Han Dynasty
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Trung Sisters
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People 2: Founder of the Nguyen Dynasty
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Gia Long
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People 3: Communist revolutionary who led the Vietnamese independence movement against French rule
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Ho Chi Minh
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People 4: One of the leaders of negotiations to end the Vietnam War, for which he was offered a Nobel Peace Prize (although he would turn it down)
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Le Duc Tho
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History 1: Ancient culture known for its bronze drums and rice cultivation
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Dong Son
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History 2: Battle in the year 939 CE that led to Vietnamese independence after a millennium of Chinese rule
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Battle of Bach Dang River
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History 3: Franco-Spanish campaign that led to the conquest of the Nguyen Dynasty by France, waged from 1858 to 1862
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Cochinchina Campaign
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History 4: "Viet Cong" is an exonym for the forces that sought to annex South Vietnam into North Vietnam. What was their actual name?
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National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
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Culture 1: Main formal dress of Vietnam. A white version is the standard high school dress code for girls, and it's also worn at weddings and funerals
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Ao Dai
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Culture 2: Instrument related to zithers known for only having one string
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Dan Bau
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Culture 3: Holiday based on the arrival of spring known for an offensive that took place on it.
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Tet Nguyen Dan
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Culture 4: Martial art founded by Nguyen Loc in 1938
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Vovinam
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Cuisine 1: Vietnam's national dish
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Pho (It's pronounced "fuh")
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Cuisine 2: Pork and prawn spring roll served in Banh Trang
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Goi Cuon
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Cuisine 3: Ca phe trung is coffee made using what protein?
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Egg Yolk
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Cuisine 4: Dessert wine filled with balls of rice
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Com Ruou
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Wildlife 1: Critically endangered relative of cattle discovered in 1993
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Saola
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Wildlife 2: World's longest snake
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Burmese Python
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Wildlife 3: Closest relative to the Panthera genus (genus that contains leopards, lions, and tigers) known for its exceptionally large canines
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Clouded Leopard
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Wildlife 4: Genus of primates known for their venomous bite.
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Slow Loris
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