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Major hydropower dams in the Dong Nai river basin: On the main Dong Nai river: Trị An Dam, Dong Nai 2, Dong Nai 3, Dong Nai 4, Dong Nai 5, Dong Nai 6 (in development) and Dong Nai 6A (in development). [3] The Dong Nai 6 and 6A projects are controversial as they are likely to have a significant impact on the biodiversity of Cat Tien National Park.
Operation Hump was a search and destroy operation initiated by United States and Australian forces on 5 November 1965, during the Vietnam War.. The US-Australian objective was to drive out Viet Cong (VC) unit who had taken up positions on several key hills in War Zone D in an area about 17.5 miles (28.2 km) north of Bien Hoa.
National Route 1, National Route 51, and National Route 1K pass through the city. Hồ Chí Minh Bridge leads out of the south of the city. Biên Hòa station on the North–South Railway also leads out of the city. Bien Hoa Air Base is one of the biggest air bases in Vietnam. Đồng Nai port is located on Đồng Nai river.
War Zone D was the target of a number of early actions by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War as they sought to extend their control out from the greater Saigon area. . Shortly after their arrival in South Vietnam, the 173rd Airborne Brigade began their first combat operation on 27 June 1965 with an incursion with Army of Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) forces into War Zone D. [1]: 28 On 7 July ...
Đồng Nai has made significant progress in upgrading its transport infrastructure, especially roads. National highways in the province have a total length of 244.5 km and have been improved and widened up to level 1 and 2 standards (National Highway No. 5 and 6) or up to third grade like National Highway No. 20 to Đà Lạt. The total roads ...
Trị An Reservoir, also known as Trị An Lake (Vietnamese: Hồ Trị An), is an artificial lake located on the Dong Nai River, with the territory of Vĩnh Cửu, Định Quán, Thống Nhất and Trảng Bom districts, all in Đồng Nai province. [1] It stores, then supplies water for Trị An Dam. [2]
At the time of its inauguration by President Ngo Dinh Diem, each direction had two lanes, and the highway had two major bridges: the Newport Bridge (982 m long) across the Saigon River and Dong Nai bridge (453 m long) across the Dong Nai River, six intermediate bridges, drainage systems, and erosion and traffic controls. The highway was ...
The damming of the Dong Nai river for hydroelectric power (dam No. 3) has created Tà Đùng Lake, an elevated lake with an area of nearly 6,000 hectares of water surface and formed dozens of large and small islands, which have been called the "Ha Long Central Highlands" and is being promoted as a destination of tourists. It has been suggested ...