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There is scope for expanding land under forests. The produce from the forests has been estimated as 3.5 million m 3 of wood and 500 million trees of bamboo and neohouzeaua. Bắc Giang occupies an area of 3,827.45 square kilometres (1,477.79 sq mi), [13] which is 1.2% of the area of the whole country. According to statistics from 2000, 32.4% of ...
The town was created out of the old Láng Thượng District after independence. [3] The Suối Mỡ thermal springs area is 37 km from the town centre. [ 4 ] Bắc Giang Peace Park was a sister city project with Madison, Wisconsin , United States.
Excavations by Vietnamese researchers at Lang Vac have uncovered over 100 graves with a wide range of Dong Son culture objects. An official public excavation report and map reports for the burial site has yet to be published, but it is known that an area of more than 600 square metres (6,500 sq ft) has been dug up prior to a second round of ...
The district of Hạ Lang was abolished and integrated into the districts of Quảng Hòa and Trùng Khánh by Decision 176-CP on 15 September 1969. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In December 1978, the two districts of Ngân Sơn and Chợ Rã were transferred from the province of Bắc Thái to Cao Bằng by a decree of the congress of the Communist Party.
The task of capturing Lang Vei was entrusted to the PAVN's 24th Regiment, 304th Division, led by Colonel Le Cong Phe. The regiment was to be supported by the 2nd Battalion (part of the 101D Regiment, 325th Division), the 2nd Artillery Battalion (part of the 675th Artillery Regiment), one tank company (part of the 198th Tank Battalion, 203rd Armored Regiment), two sapper companies, one anti ...
The district is split administratively into the townships of Vôi, Kép and the rural communes of: Thái Đào, Đại Lâm, Tân Dĩnh, Xương Lâm, Tân Hưng, Hương Sơn, Xuân Hương, Mỹ Thái, Tân Thanh, Mỹ Hà, Tiên Lục, Đào Mỹ, An Hà, Hương Lạc, Nghĩa Hưng, Nghĩa Hòa, Quang Thịnh, Dương Đức and Yên Mỹ.
Many place-names in Vietnam incorporate the word Long, or Rồng ("dragon" in Vietnamese): Hạ Long Bay (vịnh Hạ Long, lit. "Bay of Descending Dragon"), the section of the Mekong river flowing through Vietnam contains 9 branches and is called Cửu Long ("nine dragons"); Hàm Rồng Bridge (lit."Bridge of Dragon Jaw"), Long Biên Bridge ...
Kiên Giang is a province of Vietnam, located in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam.It is known for fishing and rice farming. The provincial capital is Rạch Giá, 155 mi (249 km) from Ho Chi Minh City.