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Before 1975, North Vietnam had maintained that the Central Highlands and the Day Truong Son were strategic areas of paramount importance, essential to the domination not only of South Vietnam but also of the southern part of Indochina. Since 1975, the highlands have provided an area in which to relocate people from the densely populated lowlands.
It is the largest known cave passage in the world by volume. Its name, Hang Sơn Đoòng, is translated from Vietnamese as "cave of the mountain behind Đoòng". [4] Đoòng is the name of a Vân Kiều village. [5] As a solutional cave, it was formed in soluble limestone [6] and is believed to be between 2 and 5 million years old. [7]
Annamite Range in Hương Sơn District, Hà Tĩnh Province, Việt Nam Landscape south of the Annamite Mountain Range near Hoi Yen, Quảng Nam Province, Việt Nam. The Annamite Range or the Annamese Mountains (French: Chaîne annamitique; Lao: ພູ ຫລວງ Phou Luang; Vietnamese: Dãy Trường Sơn, "the thousand-mile highland") is a major mountain range of eastern Indochina ...
Because Vietnam is located in the eastern Indochinese Peninsula, the northernmost point and the westernmost point both lie on the land, and there are two southernmost points and two easternmost points along and inside the South China Sea. Vietnam stretches along the coast of the South China Sea, with the northernmost point being more than 1,650 ...
The Sơn Đoòng Cave is considered to have the world's largest natural cave passage. [24] [25] Tràng An Landscape Complex † Ninh Bình: 2016 1438bis; (v), (vii), (viii) (mixed) [c] Tràng An is a scenic area located at the southern margin of the Red River Delta. It contains limestone karst peaks with valleys.
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 ...
Currently, Vietnam has 34 national parks. Cúc Phương is the first national park and was established in 1966 in the area of 3 provinces: Ninh Bình, Thanh Hóa and Hòa Bình. Meanwhile, the latest national park established is Song Thanh (Sông Thanh), setup on December 18, 2020, located in Quảng Nam province.
Hoang Lien National Park is Vietnam's mountainous Northwest and includes Fansipan, the highest mountain in Vietnam and on the Indochinese Peninsula. [4]The total area of the core national park is 29,845 hectares (115.23 sq mi), which includes a strict protected area of 11,875 ha; a "forest rehabilitation area" of 17,900 ha; and an administration services area of 70 ha. [3]