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Great Asian Railway Journeys is a 20-part BBC travel and history documentary series produced by Boundless [1] and presented by Michael Portillo, a former Conservative MP and Minister of State for Transport. [2]
The Hoi An Memories Show, performed at the Hoi An Impression Theme Park, is a large-scale outdoor theatrical performance that showcases the city's 400-year history. The show features over 500 performers on a 25,000-square-meter stage, depicting Hoi An's transformation from a rural village into a major Southeast Asian trading port. [36]
National Route 1 (Vietnamese: Quốc lộ 1 (or abbrv.QL.1) or Đường 1), also known as National Route 1A, is the trans-Vietnam highway.The route begins at km 0 at Hữu Nghị Quan Border Gate near the China-Vietnam border, [1] runs the length of the country connecting major cities including Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City, and ends at km 2301.34 [citation needed] at Năm Căn township ...
The southern end of the Hải Vân Tunnel. The Hải Vân Tunnel, the second longest tunnel in Southeast Asia (after Singapore's 12.46 km (7.7 mi) long Kallang-Paya Lebar-Marina Central Expressway tunnel) and the longest in Vietnam at 6.28 km (3.90 mi), lies on Highway 1 between the two cities of Da Nang and Huế in central Vietnam.
The pass, which once formed the boundary between the kingdoms of Đại Việt and Champa in 1306, also forms a boundary between the climates of northern and southern Vietnam, sheltering the city of Da Nang from the "Chinese winds" that blow in from the northwest. During the winter months (November–March), for instance, weather on the north ...
Da Nang or Danang [nb 1] (Vietnamese: Đà Nẵng, Vietnamese pronunciation: [ɗaː˨˩ n̪a˧˥ˀŋ]) is the fifth-largest city in Vietnam by municipal population. [7] It lies on the coast of the South China Sea of Vietnam at the mouth of the Hàn River , and is one of Vietnam's most important port cities.
The base was located just north of the old town of Hội An and 22 km southeast of Danang. [1] The base was constructed by the 58th Naval Construction Battalion starting on 1 March 1968 in what was the largest single Seabee construction mission of the Vietnam War. When construction was completed on 21 June 1968 the base complex comprised over ...
A large PAVN cemetery is located on Le Hong Phong just north of Hội An.; A PAVN cemetery is located on Nguyen Hoang), north of Hoi; The Hội An Museum has several rooms featuring the history of Hội An during the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War