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Quảng Trị is a coastal province near the southernmost part of the North Central Coast region, the Central of Vietnam, north of the former imperial capital of Huế.It borders Quảng Bình to the north, Thừa Thiên Huế to the south, Savannakhet of Laos to the west and the South China Sea to the east, with 75 kilometres (47 mi) of coast.
It is an example of Vauban architecture and it later became the administrative head office of the Nguyễn dynasty in Quảng Trị Province (1809–1945). [1] Quảng Trị was an area of early Catholic presence and by 1913, the nearest railway station to the starting point of the La Vang pilgrimage. [2]
In the 1990s, the People's Committee of Quảng Trị province restored the citadel as a historical site. Some sections of the city walls were restored and the four main gates were rebuilt. A memorial was erected in the center of the citadel commemorating "the 81 days and nights of 1972". [7] Currently, it is the largest park in Quang Tri Town.
Quảng Nam Quảng Ngãi. 44,605.12 9,470,840 212.33 contains the coastal provinces in the southern half of Vietnam's central part. One province borders Laos. Central Highlands (Tây Nguyên) Đắc Lắc Đắk Nông Gia Lai Kon Tum Lâm Đồng. 54,548.31 6,092,420 111.69 contains the mountainous provinces to the west of south-central Vietnam.
Sơn La: 14,123.49 1,356,000 [21] 88 13.8 0.634 1,773.90 Bắc Ninh province: 20 ... administrative grouping of Quảng Ngãi and Bình Định provinces between 1975 ...
The Vietnamese government often groups the various provinces and municipalities into three regions: Northern Vietnam, Central Vietnam, and Southern Vietnam.These regions can be further subdivided into eight subregions: Northeast Vietnam, Northwest Vietnam, the Red River Delta, the North Central Coast, the South Central Coast, the Central Highlands, Southeast Vietnam, and the Mekong River Delta.
The planned Quảng Trị Airport will be also constructed in Gio Quang commune. [ 17 ] Besides, the former Cồn Tiên - Dốc Miếu Military Base Complex, which was founded by the McNamara Line Electronic Barrier program, soon became an industrial crop area for high yields in the whole province. [ 18 ]
The provinces of Vietnam are subdivided into second-level administrative units, namely districts (Vietnamese: huyện), provincial cities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh), and district-level towns (thị xã).