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Many place-names in Vietnam incorporate the word Long, or Rồng ("dragon" in Vietnamese): Hạ Long Bay (vịnh Hạ Long, lit. "Bay of Descending Dragon"), the section of the Mekong river flowing through Vietnam contains 9 branches and is called Cửu Long ("nine dragons"); Hàm Rồng Bridge (lit."Bridge of Dragon Jaw"), Long Biên Bridge ...
Thoại Sơn is a rural district (huyện) of An Giang province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. In 2019 the district had a population of 163,427. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The district covers an area of 456 km².
Koh Rong was established as a commune in 2000, and became a city in 2019. It is the site of a 99-year land concession by The Royal Group to develop the island, and is one of the islands within the Koh Rong Marine National Park that was established in 2018. Several seasons of the reality television series Survivor have been filmed on Koh Rong.
In 1861, the French colonial government established Côn Đảo Prison on the island to house political prisoners. In 1954, it was turned over to the South Vietnamese government, who continued to use it for the same purpose. Notable prisoners held at Côn Sơn in the 1930s included Phạm Văn Đồng, Nguyễn An Ninh and Lê Đức Thọ. [1]
The Dragon Bridge (Vietnamese: Cầu Rồng) is a bridge over the River Hàn in Da Nang, Vietnam.. Construction of the bridge began on 19 July 2009 (the same day as the inauguration of the nearby Thuận Phước Bridge) when former prime minister of Vietnam Nguyen Tan Dung and many high-ranking government officials attended the groundbreaking ceremony.