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Chipps Island is a small island in Suisun Bay, California. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is part of Solano County . It is also known as Knox Island , [ 1 ] Its coordinates are 38°03′19″N 121°54′43″W / 38.05528°N 121.91194°W / 38.05528; -121.91194 ( Chipps Island ) [ 1 ] by which name it appears on an 1850 survey map of the San ...
From Ben Thanh Market, you catch the bus No.20 and get off at Binh Khanh Ferry. Cross the ferry then continue to take the bus No.90 to Can Gio Island. Remember to announce the driver your next stop, because there is no bus stop in Can Gio Island. Or you can also go there by car. Travelling by car is the most convenient way to get to Can Gio Island.
On 6 September 1973, the Republic of Vietnam's Ministry of the Interior signed Decree No. 420-BNV/HCĐP/26 merging Spratly Island, Amboyna Cay, Itu Aba Island, Northeast Cay, Southwest Cay, Loaita Island, Thitu Island, Namyit Island, Sin Cowe Island and the surrounding islands into Phước Hải Commune, Đất Đỏ district, Phước Tuy ...
Vung Island, or Phú Vinh, 0.15 km 2 (0.058 sq mi) Ngọc Island, or Trọc Island, hòn Trai, Phú Nghĩa, 0.4 km 2 (0.15 sq mi) Trứng Island, or Đá Bạc Island, Đá Trắng Island, Phú Thọ, 0.1 km 2 (0.039 sq mi) Tài Lớn Island, or Phú Bình 0.38 km 2 (0.15 sq mi) Tài Nhỏ Island, or Thỏ Island, Phú An, 0.1 km 2 (0.039 sq mi)
The island's plants are mostly Barringtonia asiatica, Ipomoea pes-caprae, Heliotropium foertherianum, and some kinds of bush and grass which grow poorly due to the harsh climate. [2] Spratly Island is home to some birds and has guano deposits. Islanders try to cultivate banana, papaya, chili pepper and a variety of vegetables and herbs. There ...
Le Xuan Canh, Truong Van La, Dang thi Dap, ho Thu Cuc, Ngo Anh Dao, Nguyen Ngoc Chinh, Vu Van Dung, Pham Hnat, Nguyen Tahia Tu, Nguyen Quoc Thang and Tran Minh Hien. (1997). A report of field surveys on Biodiversity in Phong Nha Ke Bang forest (Quảng Bình Province, central Vietnam). IEBR / FIPI / Forestry College / University of Vinh / WWF ...
The Vietnamese Wikipedia (Vietnamese: Wikipedia tiếng Việt) is the Vietnamese-language edition of Wikipedia, a free, publicly editable, online encyclopedia supported by the Wikimedia Foundation. Like the rest of Wikipedia, its content is created and accessed using the MediaWiki wiki software.
During the Vietnam War, when the province was the South's border with North Vietnam, it suffered a major attack in the January 1968 Tet Offensive and it was the only South Vietnamese provincial capital to be captured by the North Vietnamese forces in the 1972 Easter Offensive before being recaptured by the South Vietnamese forces in September 1972.