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Parent topics
- Asia [r]: The largest continent in both land area (with 30% of Earth's land area) and population (with 4 billion people, or 60% of Earth's population). [e]
Subtopics
- Ho Chi Minh [r]: Vietnamese communist and nationalist leader and revolutionary (1890–1969); president of North Vietnam 1946–1969. [e]
- Vietnam War [r]: A post-colonial independence/Cold War conflict between communist North Vietnam against South Vietnam, assisted by the United States (1955-1975), to unify Vietnam; won by North Vietnam in 1975. [e]
Culture
- Ao dai [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Vietnamese cuisine [r]: Add brief definition or description
Geography
Regions and Provinces
- Annam [r]: The central region in those parts of French Indochina that eventually became South Vietnam; was the Kingdom of Dai Viet and then the Empire of Annam [e]
- Central Highlands [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cochin China and the Mekong River Delta [r]: In French Indochina, the southernmost part of Vietnam, including the Mekong Delta; roughly corresponded to IV Corps tactical zone of the Republic of Vietnam [e]
- Tonkin [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Quang Tri [r]: A province in present-day north central Vietnam, which was the northernmost province of South Vietnam, and remains one of the most war-damaged parts of the country [e]
Cities
- Da Nang [r]: A coastal city approximately in the middle of Vietnam, which is an transportation hub for central Vietnam and was a major military base during the Vietnam War [e]
- Haiphong [r]: Vietnam's third largest city and second largest port, and largest transportation area for northern Vietnam; key military supply import point during the Vietnam War [e]
- Hanoi [r]: Located on the Red River in northern Vietnam (i.e., Tonkin), it is the national capital, about 65 miles west of Haiphong, on the South China Sea [e]
- Kontum [r]: In Vietnam, the capital of Kontum Province, near Pleiku and Plei Me; Highway 14 runs through it,and Highway 24 connects it to Quang Ngai. [e]
- Pleiku [r]: The capital of Gia Lai Province of Vietnam; headquarters of the II Corps tactical zone during the Vietnam War [e]
- Saigon or Ho Chi Minh City [r]: The largest city of Vietnam, renamed Ho Chi Minh City after reunification of the North and South in 1975 [e]
Infrastructure
- National Highway 1 (Vietnam) [r]: Stretching from the Chinese border into the Mekong Delta, this is the main north-south road of Vietnam. [e]
- National Highway 9 (Vietnam) [r]: An east-west highway that was near the Demilitarized Zone of the two Vietnams, and strategic in terms of cross-border operations and mobility inside South Vietnam during the Vietnam War [e]
- National Highway 14 (Vietnam) [r]: A highway connecting Ban Me Thuot, Pleiku, Kontum and Thua Thien, in central Vietnam [e]
- National Highway 19 (Vietnam) [r]: A highway in Central Vietnam, which connects the seaport of Qui Nhon, via An Khe to Pleiku. [e]
