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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 ...
Operation Houston was a security operation in the Vietnam War conducted by the United States Marine Corps’ Task Force X-Ray to reopen and secure Route 1 between Da Nang and Phu Bai Combat Base that took place from 26 February to 12 September 1968.
The Shelling of Highway 1 (Vietnamese: Đại lộ Kinh Hoàng, Highway of Horror) was the killing of South Vietnamese soldiers and civilians by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) during the Easter Offensive of the Vietnam War, on Highway 1, between Quảng Trị and Huế, South Vietnam from 29 April to 2 May 1972.
The Hải Vân Pass (Vietnamese: Đèo Hải Vân, IPA: [ɗɛ̂w ha᷉ːj vən], 'ocean cloud pass'), is an approximately 21-kilometre (13 mi) long mountain pass on National Route 1 in Vietnam. It traverses a spur of the larger Annamite Range that juts into the South China Sea on the border of Đà Nẵng and Huế, near Bạch Mã National ...
On 3 February 2010, the Ho Chi Minh City–Trung Luong Expressway was completed and put into use, helping to reduce the load on National Route 1, Ho Chi Minh City – My Tho section. This is the first route to be recognized as an expressway in Vietnam. [citation needed]
The Viet Minh had fortified a string of villages along a line of sand dunes and salt marshes between Route 1 and the South China Sea and used these bases to launch ambushes on convoys passing on Route 1 and on the adjacent Hanoi-Saigon railway line which together formed the principal lines of communication between northern and southern Vietnam.
Anantara has just launched a new five-hour Vietnam luxury train experience that connects the popular resort destinations of Na Trang and Quy Nhon – its second route in the country.
The route roughly coincides with the Ho Chi Minh trail during the Vietnam War.It is a two-lane highway and is planned to become an 8-lane highway and it will connect Cao Bằng province by the Sino-Vietnamese border to Cà Mau province with the total length of 2,436 km.