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Buôn Ma Thuột (formerly Lạc Giao) [1] or sometimes Buôn Mê Thuột or Ban Mê Thuột (listen ⓘ), is the capital city of Đắk Lắk Province in the Central Highlands of Vietnam Its population was 434,256 in 2023. [ 2 ]
The Battle of Ban Me Thuot was a decisive battle of the Vietnam War which led to the complete destruction of South Vietnam's II Corps Tactical Zone.The battle was part of a larger North Vietnamese military operation known as Campaign 275 to capture the Tay Nguyen region, known in the West as the Vietnamese Central Highlands.
The PAVN 149th Regiment launched another attack against the 53rd Regiment's positions on 11 March, but were forced back with numerous casualties. [ 6 ] : 190 From 12 to 13 March the ARVN 45th Regiment was dropped by helicopter onto Hill 581 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Phung Duc to begin a counterattack to retake Buôn Ma Thuột which had fallen on ...
Outside the hamlet they saw a group of approximately 60 PAVN moving across paddyfields north of An Loc and opened fire on them in what was described as a "turkey shoot". While artillery fire continued to be directed at Dai Do, at 10:00 Company G and two M48s were landed by LCMs at An Loc and moved west through Company B's positions to attack ...
It borders Phú Nhuận and District 3 to the east, Tân Phú to the west, District 10 and District 11 to the south, District 12 and Gò Vấp to the north. Most of the district landscape is flat. The average terrain height is 4–5 m (13–16 ft) with the highest natural elevation being around 8–9 m (26–30 ft) in the area of Tân Sơn ...
District 11 (Vietnamese: Quận 11) is an urban district of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam. As of 2010, the district had a population of 232,536 and an area of 5 km². [1] It is divided into 16 small subsets which are called wards (phường), numbered from Ward 1 to Ward 16.
Tôn Đức Thắng Boulevard (Vietnamese: Đường Tôn Đức Thắng) is a thoroughfare in District 1, downtown Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.. The boulevard stretches from Lê Duẩn Boulevard to the north end of the Khánh Hội Bridge, with more than half of its length running along the west bank of the Saigon River.
District 1 (Quận 1, Quận Một, Quận Nhất or Quận Nhứt) is the central urban district of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), the largest city in Vietnam. With a total area of 7.7211 km 2 (2.9811 sq mi) the district has a population of 204,899 people as of 2010. [1] The district is divided into 10 small subsets which are called wards ...