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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 ...
Long Xuyên: 11 wards and 2 rural communes (capital of province) They are further subdivided into 18 commune-level towns (or townlets), 110 communes, and 28 wards (156 in total). Demographics
Cửu Long may refer to: Mekong River or Cửu Long River, a major river in Southeast Asia; Mekong Delta or Cửu Long Delta, region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong River empties into the sea; Cửu Long Province, a former Vietnamese province in the Mekong Delta; 4th Corps (Vietnam People's Army) or Cửu Long Corps, a regular army ...
Its name La Gi or Lagi [laː˧˧:ɣi˧˧] in Kinh language was originated from ladik [1] [laː˧˧:ɗɨt˧˥] in Cham language, which means "swamp" to reflect the situation of this area before the 1960s. Under the Republic of Vietnam regime, La Gi was the provincial capital of Bình Tuy province (present-day
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.
Tôn Thạnh Temple, an ancient temple in Long An. Long An is a province in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam. The provincial capital is Tân An city, and other major districts and town include Kiến Tường, Bến Lức, Cần Giuộc and Đức Hòa. There are 15 districts within the province (included 1 provincial capital city ...
The Battle of Ngọc Hồi-Đống Đa or Qing invasion of Đại Việt (Vietnamese: Trận Ngọc Hồi - Đống Đa; Chinese: 清軍入越戰爭), also known as Victory of Kỷ Dậu (Vietnamese: Chiến thắng Kỷ Dậu), was fought between the forces of the Vietnamese Tây Sơn dynasty and the Qing dynasty in Ngọc Hồi [] (a place near Thanh Trì) and Đống Đa in northern Vietnam ...
Vĩnh Long is on the Cổ Chiên River, which branches out from the Mekong River at the narrows of Mỹ Thuận about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) upstream, only to meet it later downstream. Across the Cổ Chiên river from Vĩnh Long are the An Binh and Bình Hòa Phước islands, some 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) across, with the Mekong River on the ...