Vietnam/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Asia [r]: The largest continent in both land area (with 30% of Earth's land area) and population (with 4 billion people, or 60% of Earth's population). ^[e]

Subtopics

• Ho Chi Minh [r]: Vietnamese communist and nationalist leader and revolutionary (1890–1969); president of North Vietnam 1946–1969. ^[e]
• Vietnam War [r]: (1955-1975) war that killed 3.8 million people, where North Vietnam fought U.S. forces and eventually took over South Vietnam, forming a single Communist country, Vietnam. ^[e]

Geography

Regions and Provinces

• Annam [r]: The central region in those parts of French Indochina that eventually became South Vietnam; was the Kingdom of Dai Viet and then the Empire of Annam ^[e]
• Central Highlands [r]: Group of three provinces in Vietnam, bordering Laos and Cambodia to the west, and the south central coastal provinces of Vietnam to the east. ^[e]
• Cochin China and the Mekong River Delta [r]: In French Indochina, the southernmost part of Vietnam, including the Mekong Delta; roughly corresponded to IV Corps tactical zone of the Republic of Vietnam ^[e]
• Tonkin [r]: The northernmost part of Vietnam, located on the fertile delta of the Red River. ^[e]

• Quang Tri [r]: A province in present-day north central Vietnam, which was the northernmost province of South Vietnam, and remains one of the most war-damaged parts of the country ^[e]

Cities

• Da Nang [r]: A coastal city approximately in the middle of Vietnam, which is an transportation hub for central Vietnam and was a major military base during the Vietnam War ^[e]
• Haiphong [r]: Vietnam's third largest city and second largest port, and largest transportation area for northern Vietnam; key military supply import point during the Vietnam War ^[e]
• Hanoi [r]: Located on the Red River in northern Vietnam (i.e., Tonkin), it is the national capital, about 65 miles west of Haiphong, on the South China Sea ^[e]
• Saigon or Ho Chi Minh City [r]: The largest city of Vietnam, renamed Ho Chi Minh City after reunification of the North and South in 1975 ^[e]

Infrastructure

• National Highway 9 (Vietnam) [r]: An east-west highway that was near the Demilitarized Zone of the two Vietnams, and strategic in terms of cross-border operations and mobility inside South Vietnam during the Vietnam War ^[e]
• National Highway 14 (Vietnam) [r]: A highway connecting Ban Me Thuot, Pleiku, Kontum and Thua Thien, in central Vietnam ^[e] interconnects Ban Me Thuot, Pleiku, Kontum and Thua Thien, and had been built specifically for ARVN movement against North Vietnamese infiltration.[9]
• National Highway 19 (Vietnam) [r]: A highway in Central Vietnam, which connects the seaport of Qui Nhon, via An Khe to Pleiku. ^[e] connected An Khe to Pleiku.