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As of 2008, Chu Lai Airport is the largest airfield in Vietnam in terms of area, covering 30 km 2. The runway is 3050 m long. [1] To facilitate the travel arrangement to two major towns in the neighborhoods, free shuttle bus services [2] are provided from and to the airport for Tam Kỳ city and Quảng Ngãi city.
This involved the movement of an Army task force to the Chu Lai area, to allow the 1st Marine Division to move north to Danang to support the 3rd Marine Division in northern I Corps. [ 4 ] : 78 In September 1967, Task Force Oregon became the 23rd Infantry Division , which assumed responsibility for the defense of Quảng Ngãi Province .
Since 2001, [5] Kia Motors has manufactured automobiles at its Chu Lai Plant as part of a joint ventured with Truong Hai Automobile Co. [6] The site covers 320 hectares (790 acres), and Truong Hai was the first private company in Vietnam to manufacture automobiles, and the first to achieve an annual output of 5,000 automobiles. [5]
It borders Quảng Nam to the north, Bình Định to the south, Kon Tum to the west, Gia Lai to the southwest and the South China Sea to the east. Quảng Ngãi is located 883 kilometres (549 mi) south of Hanoi and 838 kilometres (521 mi) north of Hồ Chí Minh City.
Quảng Nam (Vietnamese: [kwaːŋ˧˩ naːm˧˧] ⓘ) is a coastal province near northernmost part of the South Central Coast region, the Central of Vietnam.It borders Huế to the north, Đà Nẵng to the northeast, Kon Tum to the southwest, Quảng Ngãi to the southeast, Sekong of Laos to the west and the South China Sea to the east.
In late 1967 Force Logistics Group Bravo moved from Chu Lai to Đông Hà, leaving only a reinforced supply company to handle logistics for the remaining Marines at Chu Lai. [5]: 229 In 1967 a Naval Support Activity base was established at Chu Lai to provide logistics support for allied operations in southern I Corps. [5]: 232
Pleiku Airport was little more than an undeveloped air strip in December 1962 when it was designated by the Republic of Vietnam Air Force (VNAF) as Air Base 62.It was expanded during the Vietnam War and became a major air base for the VNAF and United States Air Force activities, but never reached the saturation and population proportions of the major air bases of the coastal lowlands.
Quảng Ngãi (listen ⓘ) is a city in central Vietnam.It serves as the capital city of Quảng Ngãi Province.Quảng Ngãi City borders Tư Nghĩa District to the South and West, Sơn Tịnh District to the Northwest and Bình Sơn District to the North.