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Rivers in Vietnam This page was last edited on 18 December 2024, at 11:16 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License ...
Vietnam: Hanoi (1010–1802; 1945–present): Derived from Vietnamese Hà Nội (河内) meaning "Between Rivers" or "River Interior" in Vietnamese. Saigon (capital of South Vietnam): See Ho Chi Minh City#Etymology. Phong Châu (2809–258 BC): Derived from Vietnamese phộng meaning "peanut." Phong can also mean "style".
The Mekong or Mekong River (UK: / m iː ˈ k ɒ ŋ / mee-KONG, US: / ˌ m eɪ ˈ k ɔː ŋ / may-KAWNG) [1] [2] is a transboundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia.It is the world's twelfth-longest river and the third-longest in Asia [3] with an estimated length of 4,909 km (3,050 mi) [3] and a drainage area of 795,000 km 2 (307,000 sq mi), discharging 475 km 3 (114 cu mi) of water ...
The waterway first began to be manually improved in the rulership of Nguyễn Phúc Chu (1675–1725). [2] The canal was substantially deepened and extended in the reign of Gia Long of Nguyễn dynasty, [3] with 9,000 workers being mobilised to connect the two rivers around 1819.
The Mekong Delta (Vietnamese: Đồng bằng Sông Cửu Long, lit. 'Nine Dragon River Delta' or simply Đồng Bằng Sông Mê Kông, 'Mekong River Delta'), also known as the Western Region (Vietnamese: Miền Tây) or South-western region (Vietnamese: Tây Nam Bộ), is the region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong River approaches and empties into the sea through a network of ...
Pages in category "Rivers of Vietnam" The following 104 pages are in this category, out of 104 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
As one of the primary waterways between Ho Chi Minh City and the Pacific Ocean, the Long Tau River has played a prominent economic and military role in the region. [7] [6] [8] Its strategic location has made it the host of prominent warships and military operations and many times a strategic target for both attack and defense.
Srepok river at Bản Đôn, Buôn Đôn, Đắk Lắk, Vietnam. At the late XIX century when road infrastructure was underdeveloped, Srepok river was a crucial water transport route between Vietnam's Central Highlands and Cambodia and Laos. Lao people and Khmer people went to the upstream by boats to exercise trading with people there.