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Prime Minister pays tribute to King Quang Trung

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on February 15 offered incense in tribute of King Quang Trung at the Dong Da Mound in Hanoi, a special national relic site which reportedly witnessed one of the most famous battles in Vietnam’s history of fighting invaders.
Prime Minister pays tribute to King Quang Trung ảnh 1PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc pays tribute to King Quang Trung at the temple dedicated to the King at Dong Da Mound in Hanoi (Photo: VNA) 

Hanoi, (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on February 15 offeredincense in tribute of King Quang Trung at the Dong Da Mound in Hanoi, a specialnational relic site which reportedly witnessed one of the most famous battles inVietnam’s history of fighting invaders.

Anannual festival is held at the relic site on the fifth day of the lunar year tomark the Dong Da-Ngoc Hoi battle between King Quang Trung’s troops and ChineseQing invaders in spring 1789. The battle smashed the intention to occupyVietnam of the Qing dynasty.

KingQuang Trung (1753-1792), whose real name is Nguyen Hue, was the second king of the Tay Son dynasty of Vietnam,reigning from 1788 until 1792. He mastered the Tay Son army’s speedy operationfrom Phu Xuan (Hue) to the north to defeat 20,000 Qing aggressors and liberateThang Long citadel in 1789.

Thisyear, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hanoi suspended the Dong Da Mound festival./.

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