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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 ...
Cửu Long was a province in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam. [1] It was created in 1976 from the merger of Vĩnh Long province and Vĩnh Bình province , and in 1992 Cửu Long was re-split into Vĩnh Long and Trà Vinh provinces.
Many place-names in Vietnam incorporate the word Long, or Rồng ("dragon" in Vietnamese): Hạ Long Bay (vịnh Hạ Long, lit. "Bay of Descending Dragon"), the section of the Mekong river flowing through Vietnam contains 9 branches and is called Cửu Long ("nine dragons"); Hàm Rồng Bridge (lit."Bridge of Dragon Jaw"), Long Biên Bridge ...
After the fall of South Vietnam, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam merged Vĩnh Long with Trà Vinh province, forming Cửu Long province in 1976. In 1991, Cửu Long was again split into Vĩnh Long and Trà Vinh. At the time of the split, Vĩnh Long province consisted of one city and five districts: Long Hồ, Vũng Liêm, Bình Minh, Tam ...
Cửu Long Province, a former Vietnamese province in the Mekong Delta; 4th Corps (Vietnam People's Army) or Cửu Long Corps, a regular army corps of the People's Army of Vietnam; See also. Operation Cuu Long 44-02, a 1971 operation by South Vietnamese and Cambodian forces to reopen Route 4 in Cambodia; Jiulong (disambiguation), Mandarin equivalent
Marble Mountains (Vietnamese: Ngũ Hành Sơn, Chữ Hán: 五行山; lit. "five elements mountains") is a cluster of five marble and limestone hills located in Ngũ Hành Sơn District, south of Da Nang city in Vietnam. The five mountains are named after the five elements: Kim (metal), Thủy (water), Mộc (wood), Hỏa (fire) and Thổ (earth).
Harvest in Tịnh Biên, An Giang. An Giang occupies a position in the upper reaches of the Mekong Delta.The Hậu Giang and Tiền Giang branches of the Mekong River are the dominant geographical features of the province.
The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia.It is the world's twelfth-longest river and the third-longest in Asia [1] with an estimated length of 4,909 km (3,050 mi) [1] and a drainage area of 795,000 km 2 (307,000 sq mi), discharging 475 km 3 (114 cu mi) of water annually. [2]