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Entrance sign at the tunnels. Part of the tunnel complex at Củ Chu, this tunnel has been made wider and taller to accommodate tourists. The tunnels of Củ Chi (Vietnamese: Địa đạo Củ Chi) are an immense network of connecting tunnels located in the Củ Chi District of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam, and are part of a much larger network of tunnels that underlie much of the country.
During the Vietnam War from 1967, Củ Chi Base Camp served as base for the 269th Aviation Battalion of the United States Army. It is famous for its Củ Chi tunnels, which were constructed during the Vietnam War, and served as headquarters for the Viet Cong. Today, the district has many industrial zones.
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Historically, the pass was a physical division between the kingdoms of Champa and Đại Việt from 1306 until Vietnamese invasion war in 1471. [1] The twisting road on the pass has long been a challenge for drivers traveling between the cities of Huế and Đà Nẵng. Since the completion of Hải Vân Tunnel, traffic flow and safety have ...
Between 1872 and 1889, many bridges were designed by the Eiffel company, created in 1863 by Gustave Eiffel, when Vietnam was part of the French Indochina.However, some works are inadvertently attributed to the Eiffel company, the Truong Tien Bridge was designed by the company Schneider et Cie and Cie de Letellier while the Long Biên Bridge was designed by Daydé et Pillé [], the latter ...
The southern end of the Hải Vân Tunnel. The Hải Vân Tunnel, the second longest tunnel in Southeast Asia (after Singapore's 12.46 km (7.7 mi) long Kallang-Paya Lebar-Marina Central Expressway tunnel) and the longest in Vietnam at 6.28 km (3.90 mi), lies on Highway 1 between the two cities of Da Nang and Huế in central Vietnam.
The tunnels were built to shelter people from the intense bombing of Son Trung and Son Ha communes in Vinh Linh county of Quảng Trị Province in the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone. The American forces believed the villagers of Vinh Moc were supplying food and armaments to the North Vietnamese garrison on the island of Con Co which was in turn ...
The word "tunnel" comes from the Middle English tonnelle, meaning "a net", derived from Old French tonnel, a diminutive of tonne ("cask"). The modern meaning, referring to an underground passageway, evolved in the 16th century as a metaphor for a narrow, confined space like the inside of a cask.