1. The first street named after General Vo Nguyen Giap is located in which province?

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Vung Tau City (Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province) is the first locality in the country to have a street named after General Vo Nguyen Giap. That is the section of National Highway 51 from the 3/2 roundabout to Co May Bridge. This is also one of the largest, most important and beautiful roads of this coastal city.

2. From which section of road was Vo Nguyen Giap Street in Ho Chi Minh City renamed?

  • A section of Nguyen Van Linh Avenue
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  • A section of Hanoi Highway
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  • A section of East-West Avenue
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  • A section of Ho Chi Minh City - Trung Luong Expressway
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The Hanoi Highway section from Saigon Bridge to Thu Duc Intersection in 2023 has been renamed Vo Nguyen Giap Street. The renamed section is nearly 7.8km long, including: The section from Saigon Bridge to Binh Thai Intersection with a length of 5.9km, from Binh Thai Intersection to Thu Duc Intersection with a length of 1.89km. The remaining Hanoi Highway section extends from Thu Duc Intersection to Bien Hoa City (Dong Nai).

3. General Vo Nguyen Giap directly commanded which campaign?

  • Viet Bac Campaign
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  • Dien Bien Phu Campaign
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  • Ho Chi Minh Campaign
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  • All of the above
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General Vo Nguyen Giap participated in commanding many important campaigns such as the Viet Bac Campaign, the Border Campaign, the Dien Bien Phu Campaign, the Tet Offensive Campaign, the Spring-Summer Campaign, the Ho Chi Minh Campaign...

The campaigns commanded by General Vo Nguyen Giap were all turning points, helping our army move closer to future victories. Among them, the Dien Bien Phu campaign in 1954 was a historic campaign with epochal decisions that helped the entire Vietnamese nation turn the page of independence.

4. Which French general declared himself "honored" to be the loser before General Vo Nguyen Giap?

  • Philippe Leclerc
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  • Jean Etienne Valluy
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  • Marcel Carpentier
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  • De Castries
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The event of French General De Castries being captured alive in the command bunker on May 7, 1954 marked the defeat of the French army in the battle of Dien Bien Phu. Before being returned to France, De Castries spent many words expressing his admiration for the military talent of General Vo Nguyen Giap.

The French general shared: "General Giap is an intelligent, brave man, a good guerrilla commander."

What surprised De Castries the most was not knowing which high-ranking military schools and academies General Vo Nguyen Giap had graduated from. “The fact that General Giap defeated us at Dien Bien Phu surprised us about his talent. We knew that the General was an intellectual and a professor who had taught in Hanoi. But not all sources of knowledge can be transformed into military knowledge, not all intellectuals can be transformed into good generals,” the general said.

De Castries admitted that General Giap was very knowledgeable in military affairs and was wiser and more talented than him, even more than General Cogny and General Navarre. General De Castries was honored to be General Giap's opponent, to be the direct loser of a talented person like General Giap. He expressed his utmost admiration and respect for the talented general of the Vietnamese people.

5. What subject did General Vo Nguyen Giap originally teach?

  • Literature
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  • History
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  • Maths
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  • Philosophy
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In 1934, after passing the Baccalaureate in Philosophy, General Vo Nguyen Giap enrolled in Law School. While attending university, he applied to become a teacher at Thang Long Private School. During his time teaching History at Thang Long Private School (1935-1940), Mr. Vo Nguyen Giap taught both Vietnamese and world history. Many high-ranking generals of the Vietnamese army were former students of Thang Long Private School at that time.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/con-dau-tien-mang-ten-dai-tuong-vo-nguyen-giap-nam-o-tinh-nao-2410559.html