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The Red River, also known as the Hong River (traditional Chinese: 紅河; simplified Chinese: 红河; pinyin: Hóng Hé; Vietnamese: Sông Hồng; Chữ Nôm: 瀧紅) and Sông Cái (lit. "Main River"; Chữ Nôm: 瀧丐) in Vietnamese, [3] [4] and the Yuan River (元江, Yuán Jiāng) in Chinese, is a 1,149-kilometer (714 mi)-long river that ...
The Hong River Delta is the cradle of the Vietnamese nation. Water puppetry originated in the rice paddies here. The region was bombed by United States warplanes during the Vietnam War. The region was designated as the Red River Delta Biosphere Reserve as part of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme in 2004. [6]
English: Panoramic view of Red River from Long Biên Bridge, Hanoi, Vietnam. Русский: Ханой. Река Хонгха (Красная) (Sông Hồng), река на севере Вьетнама.
The Nhật Tân Bridge (or Vietnam–Japan Friendship Bridge) is a cable-stayed bridge crossing the Red River in Hanoi, inaugurated on 4 January 2015. [1] It forms part of a new six-lane highway linking Hanoi and Noi Bai International Airport. The project is funded by a Japan International Cooperation Agency ODA loan. [2]
The Red River freshwater swamp forests ecoregion (WWF ID:IM0147) covers the freshwater portion of the Hong River ("Red River") delta in northern Vietnam. The ecoregion is separated from the sea by a thin coastal strip of the saltwater mangroves of the Indochina mangroves ecoregion.
People from the Hong River Delta (10 C) B. Bắc Ninh province (5 C, 6 P) H. Hong River Delta geography stubs (1 C, 112 P) V. ... Vietnam Inland Waterways Administration;
From the modern perspective, its name Hồng-lĩnh (national voice) or Hông-lịnh (local voice) is often understood as "the red river". For example : "O my Ha-tịnh, the blue river is reflecting the red mountain". However, this is the wrong way of interpreting, which is derived from the signing in Hanese characters.
It was formerly known as Hát River (Sông Hát or Hát Giang) or Gián Khẩu River (Sông Gián Khẩu). The river is a distributary of the Red River , draining into the Gulf of Tonkin . The river has a length of 240 km [ 1 ] and has a drainage basin of more than 7,500 km 2 , [ 2 ] flowing through Hanoi , and the provinces of Hòa Bình , Hà ...