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    Bình Xuyên Force (Vietnamese: Bộ đội Bình Xuyên, IPA: [ɓɨ̂n swiəŋ]), often linked to its infamous leader, General Lê Văn Viễn (nicknamed "Bảy Viễn"),...
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    free disparate Bình Xuyên personalities and component gangs from Côn Sơn in 1941. Thereafter, under Japanese patronage, the Bình Xuyên grew rapidly, both...
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    dismantled the private army of the Bình Xuyên crime syndicate in urban warfare in the district of Chợ Lớn. With the Bình Xuyên vanquished, Diệm turned his attention...
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    branch of the Bình Xuyên was given the rank of Major General of the Vietnamese National Army and his troops became the QDQG Bình Xuyên, which was a self-funded...
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    Ngo Dinh Diem (category People from Quảng Bình province)
    most of Bình Xuyên's posts in Saigon after a victory in the Battle of Saigon. Within a few months, Diệm's troops wiped out the Bình Xuyên's remnants...
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    subdivisions, including the wards of: Mỹ Bình, Mỹ Long, Mỹ Xuyên, Bình Khánh, Mỹ Phước, Đông Xuyên, Mỹ Quý, Mỹ Thạnh, Mỹ Thới, Bình Đức, Mỹ Hòa and the rural communes...
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    State of Vietnam and the private army of the Bình Xuyên organised crime syndicate. At the time, the Bình Xuyên was licensed with controlling the national...
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    Many of the surviving Bình Xuyên fled to the countryside, taking refuge in the swamps of the Mekong River delta. The Bình Xuyên leader, Bảy Viễn, escaped...
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  • called Bình Xuyên, led by Ba Dương. Before that, in the 1920s, Ba Dương was already the leader of a coalition of river pirates. In 1949, Bình Xuyên became...
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    the events of 24-25 September, when a Vietnamese mob (alleged to be the Bình Xuyên, but later found to be Trotskyists), entered the Cité Hérault district...
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  • Bình Xuyên is a rural district of Vĩnh Phúc province, in the Red River Delta region of northern Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 104...
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  • Look up xuyên in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Places with the Vietnamese syllable Xuyên in them include: Bình Xuyên District, rural district (huyện)...
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    February 20, 1946) was a Vietnamese military officer and leader of the Bình Xuyên army. His nickname was Ba Dương (Dương the Third). He was born in 1900...
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    a new battle began in Saigon between the VNA and Bình Xuyên. The Diệm loyalists crushed Bình Xuyên, with the latter being saved from total annihilation...
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    administrations in the countryside supported by private armies, while the Bình Xuyên organised crime syndicate controlled the streets of Saigon. Despite interference...
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    blow at the Bình Xuyên at the same time by shutting down the brothels, gambling houses and opium dens of Saigon owned by the Bình Xuyên while having...
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  • Province Kha Lâm, Nam Sơn ward, Hải Phòng city La Xuyên village, Ý Yên District, Nam Định Province Mỹ Xuyên village, Phong Điền District, Thừa Thiên–Huế Province...
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  • emerge in Vietnam were the Bình Xuyên, which during the 1920s acted mainly as river pirates led by Dương Văn Dương. Bình Xuyên later became a legitimate...
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  • Battle of Saigon (1955), between the Vietnamese National Army and the Bình Xuyên crime syndicate Battle of Saigon (1968), during the Tet Offensive of the...
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    28 April 1955, the Vietnamese National Army launched an attack against Bình Xuyên military force in the city. The battle lasted until May, killing an estimated...
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  • Bình Châu may refer to several rural communes in Vietnam, including: Bình Châu, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu, a commune of Xuyên Mộc District Bình Châu, Quảng Ngãi...
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    third politico-religious organization called Bình Xuyên, can be traced back to the early 1920s, but Bình Xuyên did not become a truly organized political...
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    ultimately led to the assassination of their leader in April 1947. The Bình Xuyên organized crime group also sought power in the country and although initially...
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    Trần Thượng Xuyên (Chen Shangchuan, chữ Hán: 陳上川, 1626–1720) was a Chinese exile. Trần Thượng Xuyên was born in Wuchuan, Guangdong, he was a general of...
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    campaigns against three powerful group – the Cao Đài, Hòa Hảo and the Bình Xuyên organised crime syndicate whose military strength combined amounted to...
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    scheduled election on reunification would not be held. After subduing the Bình Xuyên organized crime gang in the Battle for Saigon in 1955, and the Hòa Hảo...
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  • a rural commune of Cẩm Thủy District Cẩm Bình, Hà Tĩnh, a rural commune of Cẩm Xuyên District Former Cẩm Bình District of Hải Hưng Province This disambiguation...
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  • Minh, along with the armed religious Cao Đài and Hòa Hảo sects and the Bình Xuyên organized crime group. The French re-installed Bảo Đại as the head of...
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    attacked the Bình Xuyên's Saigon headquarters in late April, quickly crushing them. During the fighting, the Hòa Hảo attempted to help the Bình Xuyên by attacking...
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    Mèo Vạc Mèo Vạc District Quản Bạ Tam Sơn District Quang Bình Yên Bình District Vị Xuyên Vị Xuyên District Xín Mần Cốc Pài District Yên Minh Yên Minh District...
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