The provinces of Vietnam are subdivided into second-level administrative units, namely districts (Vietnamese: huyện), provincial cities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh), and district-level towns (thị xã).The centrally-controlled municipalities (the other first-level division, in addition to provinces) are subdivided into rural districts (huyện), district-level towns, and urban ...

Quảng Nam (Vietnamese: [kwaːŋ˧˩ naːm˧˧] ()) is a province in the Central region of Vietnam.It is bordered by Thừa Thiên–Huế province to the north, the nation of Laos to the west, Kon Tum province to the southwest, Quảng Ngãi province to the southeast, the South China Sea to the east, and the city of Da Nang to the northeast. The province is known for being a tourist ...

The term Việt Cộng appeared in Saigon newspapers beginning in 1956. It is a contraction of Việt Nam cộng sản (Vietnamese communist), or alternatively Việt gian cộng sản ("communist traitor to Vietnam"). The earliest citation for Viet Cong in English is from 1957. American soldiers referred to the Viet Cong as Victor Charlie or V-C. "Victor" and "Charlie" are both letters in the ...

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 …

Cần Thơ also written as Can Tho or Cantho (standard Vietnamese: [kən˨˩ tʰəː˧˧], Southern: [kʌŋ˨˩ tʰəː]) is the fourth-largest city in Vietnam, and the largest city along the Mekong Delta region in Vietnam.. It is noted for its floating markets, rice paper-making village, and picturesque rural canals. It has a population of around 1,282,300 as of 2018, and is located on the ...

Da Nang or Danang ( /(ˌ) d ɑː, d ə ˈ n æ ŋ, ˈ n ɑː ŋ / dah, də NANG, NAHNG; Vietnamese: Đà Nẵng, [ʔɗaː˨˩ naŋ˦ˀ˥] ()) is a class-1 municipality and the fifth-largest city in Vietnam by municipal population. It lies on the coast of the East Sea of Vietnam at the mouth of the Hàn River, and is one of Vietnam's most important port cities.As one of the country's five ...

Hội An (Vietnamese: [hôjˀ aːn] ()), formerly known as Fai-Fo or Faifoo, is a city with a population of approximately 120,000 in Vietnam's Quảng Nam Province and is noted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999. Along with the Cu Lao Cham archipelago, it is part of the Cu Lao Cham-Hoi An Biosphere Reserve, designated in 2009.. Old Town Hội An, the city's historic district, is ...

Quang cảnh một góc khu đô thị Phú Mỹ Hưng tại Nam Sài Gòn Khu đô thị Phú Mỹ Hưng - Đại lộ Nguyễn Văn Linh. Khu đô thị Phú Mỹ Hưng là một khu đô thị thuộc quận 7, toạ lạc ở phía Nam Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.Đây là nơi tập trung sinh sống của những người có thu nhập cao, do Công ty TNHH Phát triển Phú Mỹ Hưng ...

In 1939, the Spratly Islands were coral islets mostly inhabited by seabirds. Despite the Spratly Islands naturally consisting of 19 islands (see below), according to a Chinese 1986 source, the Spratly Islands consist of 14 islands or islets, 6 banks, 113 submerged reefs, 35 underwater banks and 21 underwater shoals.. The northeast part of the Spratly Islands is known as …

Phan Thiết (Vietnamese: [fan.tʰíət] ()) is the capital of Bình Thuận Province on the southeast coast in Vietnam.While most of the inhabitants live in the city center, others reside in the four urban coastal wards, extending from Suối Nước beach in the northeast towards cape Kê Gà in the southwest.. Traditionally, fishing and the manufacturing of fish sauce served as the main ...