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The Thác Bà Reservoir or Thác Bà Lake (Vietnamese: Hồ Thác Bà) is an artificial lake in Yên Bái Province, Vietnam created by construction of the Thác Bà hydroelectric plant in the 1960s. [1] Thác Bà is the name of the Bà Falls which pre-existed the dam (cf. Vietnamese: thác nước, waterfall). [2] Panoramic view of Thác Bà lake
Thác Bà Lake is situated in the province, an artificial lake which has an area of 23,400 hectares (90 sq mi) and 1,331 islands and hills. [19] It has a capacity of 3 to 3.9 billion cubic meters of water and its original intention was to run the Thác Bà hydroelectric plant, one of the first large hydropower projects in Vietnam.
Yên Bình is divided into 24 commune-level sub-divisions, including 2 townships (Yên Bình, Thác Bà) and 22 rural communes (Bạch Hà, Bảo Ái, Cảm Ân, Cảm Nhân, Đại Đồng, Đại Minh, Hán Đà, Mông Sơn, Mỹ Gia, Ngọc Chấn, Phú Thịnh, Phúc An, Phúc Ninh, Tân Hương, Tân Nguyên, Thịnh Hưng, Vĩnh Kiên, Vũ Linh, Xuân Lai, Xuân Long, Yên Bình, Yên ...
The following is a list of Lakes in Vietnam. Ba Mẫu Lake; Ba Bể Lake; Biển Hồ Lake; Bảy Mẫu Lake; Búng Bình Thiên; Dầu Tiếng Lake; Giảng Võ Lake; Lakes in Hanoi (Các hồ tại Hà Nội): Hoàn Kiếm Lake; Núi Cốc Lake; Phú Ninh Lake; Thiền Quang Lake; Trúc Bạch Lake; West Lake; Xuân Hương Lake; Định ...
Vietnam in HD (known as Vietnam Lost Films outside the US) is a 6-part American documentary television miniseries that originally aired from November 8 to November 11, 2011 on the History Channel. From the same producers as WWII in HD , the program focuses on the firsthand experiences of thirteen Americans during the Vietnam War .
Dầu Tiếng Lake is an artificial lake in the three provinces of Tây Ninh, Bình Dương, and Bình Phước in the Southeast region, Vietnam. The lake was formed by damming the upper reaches of the Saigon River , making it the largest irrigation reservoir in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.
Robert Russell Garwood (born April 1, 1946) is a former United States Marine.Often cited as the last verified American prisoner of war (POW) from the Vietnam War, Garwood was captured on September 28, 1965 by Việt Cộng forces near Da Nang, Quang Nam Province.
Ba Bể Lake (Vietnamese: Hồ Ba Bể, Ba Bể meaning "Three Lakes" in the local Tay language) is the largest natural fresh water lake in Vietnam, stretching about 8 kilometers in the north-south direction. The surface area of the lake fluctuates between 3 and 5 km 2 between dry and wet season. Unlike many lakes in Karst limestone areas, Ba ...