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During the Vietnam War, Đồng Hới was heavily devastated by bombardments from United States B-52 bombers due to its location near the 17th parallel and the DMZ between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. [10] [11] On February 11, 1965, bombing destroyed much of the city. The Tam Tòa Church, a Catholic cathedral, was severely damaged. Today ...
Hue Brewery Ltd is located on the Hương Giang river, a popular brand widely known across Vietnam. The Brewery is a joint state-private partnership founded in 1990, with an initial investment of US$2.4 million and a capacity of 3 million liters per year, which has since grown to a capacity of 100 million liters per year in 2007.
Vietnam holds the second-highest number of World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia, after Indonesia with ten sites. [3] The Complex of Huế Monuments was the first site in Vietnam to be inscribed on the list at the 17th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Colombia in 1993. [4]
The Battle of Đồng Hới was a clash between United States Navy warships and Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) MiG-17F fighter bombers and shore batteries on 19 April 1972, during the Vietnam War. This was the second time U.S. warships faced an air attack since the end of World War II, after the USS Liberty incident .
In 1744, Phú Xuân officially became the capital of central and southern Vietnam after Nguyễn lord Nguyễn Phúc Khoát proclaimed himself Vo Vương (Vo King or Martial King in Vietnamese). [11] Among westerners living in the capital at this period was the Portuguese Jesuit João de Loureiro from 1752 onwards. [14] Hue City in 1875
The North Vietnamese fighters took off from Khe Gát Airfield near Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park instead. [10] This airstrip was the site Ho Chi Minh landed for his North Vietnamese southernmost visit ever to Quảng Bình during Vietnam War, he landed here at 8:30 am June 16, 1957 and took off back to Hanoi at 5 pm June 17, 1957. [11]
The Complex of Huế Monuments (Vietnamese: Quần thể di tích Cố đô Huế) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site-listed relic complex located in the city of Huế, central Vietnam. Established as the capital of newly unified Vietnam in 1802 under the reign of emperor Gia Long , Hue played a vital role as the political, cultural, and religious ...
Đông Hồ is a village in the Song Hồ commune (làng Đông Hồ, xã Song Hồ), in Thuận Thành District, Bắc Ninh Province, Vietnam.It is one of several well known "craft villages", with the other most notable ones being Non Nước marble village (làng đá Non Nước) and Cam Ne mat village (Làng chiếu Cẩm Nê) in Da Nang, the Bát Tràng pottery village and Vạn Phúc ...