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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 ...
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.
Phú Tân: 2 towns and 16 rural communes; Thoại Sơn: 3 towns and 14 rural communes; Tri Tôn: 3 towns and 12 rural communes; District-level town: Tân Châu: 5 wards and 9 rural communes; Tịnh Biên: 7 wards and 7 rural communes; Provincial cities: Châu Đốc: 5 wards and 2 rural communes; Long Xuyên: 11 wards and 2 rural communes ...
Cửu Long Province, a former Vietnamese province in the Mekong Delta; 4th Corps (Vietnam People's Army) or Cửu Long Corps, a regular army corps of the People's Army of Vietnam; See also. Operation Cuu Long 44-02, a 1971 operation by South Vietnamese and Cambodian forces to reopen Route 4 in Cambodia; Jiulong (disambiguation), Mandarin equivalent
Many place-names in Vietnam incorporate the word Long, or Rồng ("dragon" in Vietnamese): Hạ Long Bay (vịnh Hạ Long, lit. "Bay of Descending Dragon"), the section of the Mekong river flowing through Vietnam contains 9 branches and is called Cửu Long ("nine dragons"); Hàm Rồng Bridge (lit."Bridge of Dragon Jaw"), Long Biên Bridge ...
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The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia.It is the world's twelfth-longest river and the third-longest in Asia [1] with an estimated length of 4,909 km (3,050 mi) [1] and a drainage area of 795,000 km 2 (307,000 sq mi), discharging 475 km 3 (114 cu mi) of water annually. [2]
The International Criminal Court's governing body will launch an external investigation into its chief prosecutor Karim Khan over alleged sexual misconduct, two sources familiar with the matter ...