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Lesson LibraryAdvanced Audio Blog Season 2

Advanced Audio Blog Season 2

In this series, you will learn in-depth about the culture of Vietnam. You'll learn about different famous tourist destinations, leaders, writers, and more.

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Top 10 Vietnamese Tourist Destinations: My Son Sanctuary

Learn about My Son Sanctuary

3 Minutes • Audio

2

Top 10 Vietnamese Tourist Destinations: Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park

Learn about the rich karst terrain and caves in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park; how you can find a lion, the Buddha, and the world's largest cave there; and how ancient men and women left their mark and made the caves famous in Vietnamese culture

3 Minutes • Audio

3

Top 10 Vietnamese Tourist Destinations: Nha Trang

Learn about some of the reason why many people you meet in Vietnam will tell you, "You should really check out Nha Trang"

3 Minutes • Audio

4

Top 10 Vietnamese Tourist Destinations: Mui Ne

Learn about how this town grew from a small fishing village to one of Vietnam's most sought-after vacation destinations and about all the things you can do while you're there

2 Minutes • Audio

5

Top 10 Vietnamese Tourist Destinations: Cat Ba Island

Learn about how the biodiversity of Cat Ba Island is a result of many different types of ecosystems compressed into a small space

3 Minutes • Audio

6

Top 10 Vietnamese Leaders: The Trung Sisters

Learn about the story of the Trung sisters and their impressive accomplishments

2 Minutes • Audio

7

Top 10 Vietnamese Leaders: Trieu Thi Trinh

Learn about the legendary life of Trieu Thi Trinh and her enduring commitment to independence, both for her nation and for herself as a Vietnamese woman

2 Minutes • Audio

8

Top 10 Vietnamese Leaders: Le Loi

Learn about the history of Vietnam in the middle ages, some of the facts and legends surrounding Le Loi, and why many Vietnamese people consider him to be one of their greatest historical leaders and national heroes

2 Minutes • Audio

9

Top 10 Vietnamese Leaders: Ly Cong Uan

Learn about the life of Ly Thai To, one of Vietnam's most storied leaders, and about the founding of Hanoi

2 Minutes • Audio

10

Top 10 Vietnamese Leaders: Ho Chi Minh

Learn about Ho Chi Minh, his role in the nation's independence and adoption of communism, and his globe-spanning travels and eclectic work experience before becoming the leader of the Viet Minh

3 Minutes • Audio

11

Top 10 Vietnamese Leaders: Phan Boi Chau

Learn about the life of Phan Boi Chau and his efforts to raise support for a free Vietnam in the turbulent mid-twentieth century

3 Minutes • Audio

12

Top 10 Vietnamese Leaders: Tran Thu Do

Learn about how Tran Thu Do rose to power and even founded an imperial dynasty by shrewdly arranging other people's lives

2 Minutes • Audio

13

Top 10 Vietnamese Leaders: Nguyen Anh

Learn about the founder of Vietnam's last imperial dynasty and how he united Vietnam little by little in a long-lasting military campaign

2 Minutes • Audio

14

Top 10 Vietnamese Leaders: Phan Chu Trinh

Learn about the life and activities of Phan Chu Trinh, who, as a scholar, even founded his own school to spread his ideas about nationalism and independence among the people

3 Minutes • Audio

15

Top 10 Vietnamese Leaders: Ngo Quyen

Learn about how Ngo Quyen tracked down an assassin and pre-empted a Chinese invasion during his rise to power

2 Minutes • Audio

16

Top 10 Vietnamese Writers: Nguyen Du

Learn about the life and career of the poet Nguyen Du as well as about the story that unfolds throughout the three thousand verses of The Tale of Keiu

2 Minutes • Audio

17

Top 10 Vietnamese Writers: Nguyen Trai

Learn about Le Loi's life, his tragic death as the result of false accusations against him, and how he is still honored in Vietnam today

3 Minutes • Audio

18

Top 10 Vietnamese Writers: Nguyen Binh Khiem

Learn about the many different roles that Nguyen Binh Kiem held during his lifetime and how his influence helped to shape the future of his nation

2 Minutes • Audio

19

Top 10 Vietnamese Writers: Vu Trong Phung

Learn about the life of Vu Trong Phung and his works, especially his famous novel Dumb Luck, published in 1936

3 Minutes • Audio

20

Top 10 Vietnamese Writers: Ho Xuan Huong

Learn about the life and work of Ho Xuan Huong, and how it was so significant that it helped to elevate the status of the Vietnamese language itself

2 Minutes • Audio

21

Top 10 Vietnamese Writers: Xuan Dieu

Learn about how Xuan Dieu, whose poems were mostly published posthumously, became one of the most well-known poets in Vietnam

2 Minutes • Audio

22

Top 10 Vietnamese Writers: Han Mac Tu

Learn about why you'll rarely hear about any of the great poet Han Mac Tu's work being translated into English, as well as what the poet's real name is and how many pseudonyms he went through

2 Minutes • Audio

23

Top 10 Vietnamese Writers: Nguyen Tuan

Learn about the life of Nguyen Tuan and his career as a writer and also about the one theme that, despite all the different ideas he wrote about and styles he experimented with throughout his life, remained constant

2 Minutes • Audio

24

Top 10 Vietnamese Writers: Duong Thu Huong

Learn about the activist and writer Duong Thu Huong, her work, and how she began receiving her political education on the front lines

2 Minutes • Audio

25

Top 10 Vietnamese Writers: Nam Cao

Learn about the life of Nam Cao, his career, his risky involvement with the Cultural Association for National Liberation, and also his most famous short story, "Chi Pheo"

2 Minutes • Audio