Ban Me Thuot

Ban Me Thuot is a town in south central Vietnam, not far from Cambodia. National Highways 14 and 7 go through it.

During the Vietnam War, it was the base for MACV-SOG Command and Control South, which ran covert operations in the southern part of Vietnam, and cross-border operations into Cambodia. During the 1975 North Vietnamese invasion, it was the first major town captured, causing large numbers of refugees to go into flight.