Kontum

Kontum, the capital of Kon Tom Province, borders Laos and Cambodia, and, inside Vietnam, borders Quang Nam Province on the north, Quang Ngai Province on the east and Gia Lai Province on the south.

It is north of Pleiku and southeast of Ben Tre in the former II Corps tactical zone of the former South Vietnam. Highway 14 through it. It is east of the Chu Pong Massif, one of the dominant terrain features during the Battle of the Ia Drang.