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National Route 1 (Vietnamese: Quốc lộ 1 (or abbrv.QL.1) or Đường 1), also known as National Route 1A, is the trans-Vietnam highway.The route begins at km 0 at Hữu Nghị Quan Border Gate near the China-Vietnam border, [1] runs the length of the country connecting major cities including Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City, and ends at km 2301.34 [citation needed] at Năm Căn township ...
With a coastline of 3,260 km (2,030 mi), excluding islands, Vietnam claims 12 nautical miles (22.2 km; 13.8 mi) as the limit of its territorial waters, an additional 12 nautical miles (22.2 km; 13.8 mi) as a contiguous customs and security zone.
The coastline paradox states that a coastline does not have a well-defined length. Measurements of the length of a coastline behave like a fractal, being different at different scale intervals (distance between points on the coastline at which measurements are taken). The smaller the scale interval (meaning the more detailed the measurement ...
The Hải Vân Pass (Vietnamese: Đèo Hải Vân, IPA: [ɗɛ̂w ha᷉ːj vən], 'ocean cloud pass'), is an approximately 21-kilometre (13 mi) long mountain pass on National Route 1 in Vietnam. It traverses a spur of the larger Annamite Range that juts into the South China Sea on the border of Đà Nẵng and Huế , near Bạch Mã National Park .
At that time, these routes were only bypasses of the respective national routes and did not meet expressway standards. [citation needed] On 3 February 2010, the Ho Chi Minh City–Trung Luong Expressway was completed and put into use, helping to reduce the load on National Route 1, Ho Chi Minh City – My Tho section. This is the first route to ...
QL1D)) is a road in South Central Coast of Vietnam. It connects Route 1 (QL1) to Quy Nhơn and continues along the coast to Sông Cầu District in Phú Yên Province rejoining QL1A. The total length of the route is 33 km. [1] The route runs along the coastal tourist area South of Quy Nhon to Sông Cầu.
It is a two-lane highway and is planned to become an 8-lane highway and it will connect Cao Bằng province by the Sino-Vietnamese border to Cà Mau province with the total length of 2,436 km. As of 2007, this road runs from Hoa Lac in Hanoi to Ngoc Hoi in Kon Tum province with a total length of 1,234.5 km.
The national road system length is 17,295 km with 27.6% of its length paved. The provincial road system is 27,762 km of length with 23.6% paved. The road network is relatively well developed, but in poor condition. [1] Due to congestion and lack of safety, the average speed on the national roads is a mere 50 kilometres per hour (31 mph). [2]