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Global Fashion Group (GFG) was established in 2014 through a consolidation of fashion e-commerce regional companies backed by Kinnevik and Rocket Internet.Its regional companies Dafiti, lamoda, THE ICONIC, ZALORA and Jabong (later sold) were founded in 2011 and 2012.
Lolicon is a Japanese abbreviation of "Lolita complex" (ロリータ・コンプレックス, rorīta konpurekkusu), [5] an English-language phrase derived from Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita (1955) and introduced to Japan in Russell Trainer's The Lolita Complex (1966, translated 1969), [6] a work of pop psychology in which it is used to denote attraction to pubescent and pre-pubescent girls. [7]
Cover of The Tale of Kiều (1967 reprint) in quốc ngữ script. It is unclear when prostitution and other forms of sex work first appeared in Vietnam. Possibly the earliest depiction or mention of female sex work in Vietnam is in The Tale of Kiều (Vietnamese: Truyện Kiều), an epic poem written c. 1800 by celebrated Vietnamese writer Nguyễn Du. [5]
Vạn Phúc gauze. Vạn Phúc is a village traditionally associated with silk weaving in Hà Đông, 8 km south-west of Hanoi. [1] In Vietnamese it is called both làng lụa Vạn Phúc "Van Phuc silk village" and làng lụa Hà Đông after the larger village ("làng") area name.
Phở originated in the early 20th century in Northern Vietnam, and after the Vietnam War, refugees popularized it throughout the world. Because phở's origins are poorly documented, [8] [9] there is disagreement over the cultural influences that led to its development in Vietnam, as well as the etymology of the name. [10]
Abortion in Vietnam is legal until 22 weeks of pregnancy [1] and provided free of charge by the state through Article 44 of the 1989 Public Health Protection Law. [2] Vietnam also has one of the highest rates of abortion that has been surveyed in the world [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and its abortion laws are among the most liberal in Southeast Asia and the world.
Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) was a highly classified, multi-service United States special operations unit which conducted covert unconventional warfare operations before and during the Vietnam War.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C., with a veteran in a wheelchair to the right. A Vietnam veteran is an individual who performed active military, naval, or air service in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War.