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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).
By decree of the Đồng Khánh Emperor in 1885 the gong-shaped plate of the Kim Khánh was either made of gold (Kim Khánh), imitation gold (Tử Kim Khánh), or in silver (Ngân Khánh). [2] Its design features two dragons in relief facing the sun (or a flaming pearl). [2] Until 1885 the Kim Khánh only had 2 classes: [2]
Kim Đồng got shot on the bank of Lenin stream (Cao Bằng) at 5am. He has just turned 14 years old. In the evening, Kim Đồng's friends and villagers took his body to be buried at Tèo Lài mountain. On September 23, 1997, Nông Văn Dền (i.e. Kim Đồng) was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the People's Armed Forces.
Trùng Khánh district is subdivided to 21 commune-level subdivisions, including the townships of Hùng Quốc, Trùng Khánh and the rural communes of: Cao Chương, Cao Thăng, Chí Viễn, Đàm Thủy, Đình Phong, Đoài Dương, Đức Hồng, Khâm Thành, Lăng Hiếu, Ngọc Côn, Ngọc Khê, Phong Châu, Phong Nặm, Quang Hán, Quang Trung, Quang Vinh, Tri Phương, Trung Phúc ...
Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng is a protected area, a national park and was listed in UNESCO's world heritage in 2003. Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng is located in the Bố Trạch and Minh Hóa districts, in North Central Coast, Vietnam, about 50 km northwest of Đồng Hới, 42 km east of South China Sea from its borderline point. Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng is ...
The transport corridor on the north–south axis from Lạng Sơn to Cà Mau plays a very important role: connecting the political capital of Hanoi with the economic center of Ho Chi Minh City, passing through 32 provinces and cities accounting for 62.1% of the population, contributing 65.7% of the gross domestic product, affecting 74% of seaports (classes I, II), 75% of economic regions of ...
1863 map of Long Xuyen. In 1789, a group of explorers established a small outpost in the Tam Khe canal, naming it Dong Xuyen. Soon after, a marketplace was created and named Long Xuyên, but by the 1860s the area became better known for the Long Xuyen market than by the official outpost's name.
The coastline is indented by several bays, most notably the four bays of Vân Phong Bay, Nha Phu Bay, Nha Trang Bay (Cù Huân) and Cam Ranh Bay, of which Cam Ranh Bay with an area of around 200 km 2 (77 sq mi), encompassed by a mountain range, is regarded as one of the three best natural seaports in the world. Cam Ranh Bay is strategically ...