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Annamese

The majority ethnic group in Vietnam, comprising 90% of the population. The Annamese language is distinct from Vietnamese, though it has been influenced by Chinese and has loan words from Khmer. Their religion combines elements of Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism, as well as ancestor worship.



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More than 30 years ago, a military UH-1 Huey helicopter carrying four photojournalists over the Annamite Mountains of Laos was struck by enemy fire and crashed to the jungle below.
A new species of rabbit, with bold stripes and a reddish rump, has turned up in the Annamite mountains on the border between Laos and Vietnam.
 
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