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Kon Tum is the capital city of Kon Tum Province in Vietnam.It is located inland in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam, near the borders of Laos and Cambodia.. Historically, this area has been inhabited by the indigenous Ba Na people, which led to the name Kon Tum, meaning "Village by the Lake" in the Ba Na language.
Kon Tum is the northernmost mountainous province in the Central Highlands region, the Central of Vietnam. It borders Quảng Nam to the north, Gia Lai to the south, Quảng Ngãi to the east, Sekong, Attapeu of Laos and Ratanakiri of Cambodia in the west. Kon Tum shares borders with Laos and Cambodia.
The battle of Dak To (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Đắk Tô - Tân Cảnh) in Vietnam was a series of major engagements of the Vietnam War that took place between 3 and 23 November 1967, [1] in Kon Tum Province, in the Central Highlands of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam).
North Vietnam had been using the Ho Chi Minh Trail along the border as a logistical artery for years. The mountainous terrain and the jungle were a shield against American air attack. The ARVN bases at Tân Cảnh and Đắk Tô, were protected by the 42nd Regiment of the 22nd Division.
Kon Tum; Lâm Đồng; 54,641.0 6,251,000 102.63 Contains the mountainous provinces to the west of south-central Vietnam. There are a significant number of ethnic minorities in the region. One province is along Vietnam's border with Laos, and four border Cambodia (Kon Tum borders both Laos and Cambodia). Southern Vietnam (Nam Bộ, Miền Nam ...
Therefore, starting in 2023, the Kon Tum Provincial People's Committee has approved a planning project called as Măng-Đen National Ecotourism Area (Khu Du-lịch Sinh-thái Quốc-gia Măng-Đen). Accordingly, the entire area of the township will be "frozen" (đóng băng) into a non-industrial zone to preserve the original ecosystem, thereby ...
Đăk Tô is a rural district of Kon Tum province in Central Highlands region of Vietnam. As of 2018, the district had a population of 38,642. The district covers an area of 509.24 km². The district capital lies at Đăk Tô.
The base was originally established in November 1967 during the Battle of Dak To by the 6th Battalion, 29th Artillery.The base is located approximately 8 km southwest of Đắk Tô, east of the Plei Trap Valley along a mountain ridge that runs approximately north-south towards Kontum, during the war this was nicknamed Rocket Ridge.