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| There is a deep-water sea port, namely Hon La port (Vietnamese: ''Cảng Hòn La'') under construction north of Dong Hoi, the port is capable to handle ship up to 50,000 metric tons. Two industrial parks (North-West Dong Hoi industrial park and Hon La industrial park) are also under construction and partly available now to investors. The city has achieved an average economic growth rate of 12.5% during 2001-2005 period. The economic contribution: Industry and Construction accounted for 35.5%, Services 50.9%, Agriculture - Forestry - Fishery accounted for 13.6% in 2005. GDP per capita in 2005 was |
There is a deep-water sea port, namely Hon La port (Vietnamese: ''Cảng Hòn La'') under construction north of Dong Hoi, the port is capable to handle ship up to 50,000 metric tons. Two industrial parks (North-West Dong Hoi industrial park and Hon La industrial park) are also under construction and partly available now to investors. The city has achieved an average economic growth rate of 12.5% during 2001-2005 period. The economic contribution: Industry and Construction accounted for 35.5%, Services 50.9%, Agriculture - Forestry - Fishery accounted for 13.6% in 2005. GDP per capita in 2005 was $750. | ||
| ==History== | ==History== | ||
Revision as of 23:17, 1 October 2006
Dong Hoi is a capital city of Quang Binh Province, central of Vietnam. The city area: 155.54 km² (60 square miles), population in 2005 : 130,000. It is located at around 17°28′60″N 106°35′60″E / 17.48333°N 106.60000°E / 17.48333; 106.60000 Coordinates: latitude seconds >= 60
Coordinates: longitude seconds >= 60
{{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude, around 500 km (310 mi) south of Ha Noi, 260 km (160 mi) north of Da Nang, 1,200 km (750 mi) north of Ho Chi Minh city. It borders Laos on the west, South China Sea on the east, Ha Tinh province on the north and Quang Ninh county in the south.
Climate
Like all provinces in north and north central of Vietnam, there are 4 seperated seasons in Dong Hoi. In the Spring, it's cool, humid and froggy. The temperature is around 18 to 25 degree Celcicus. The Summer sees the hot, dry weather with the teperature may be as high as 35 degree Celcius. This is largely due to the dry South-west wind from Gulf of Thailand (this flow of wind is wet but when it passes to Vietnam, Truong Son Range keeps its humidity to cause rains in Laos but drought in Central Vietnam). It's rainy in the Fall but the weather is comfortable with the temperature around 25 to 30 degree Celcius. In the winter, due to the North-East wind blowing from China mainland, the temperature may go down as low as 12 degree Celcius, it may be rainy.
Tourism
Dong Hoi is endowed with beautiful beach with fine sand and clean water of Nhat Le. Besides, Da Nhay, Ly Hoa beaches 60 km north of the city are also worth going. Bang spa (hot mineral spring) is ideal for those who enjoy spa bath. The city is situated 50 km south of the World Heritage Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park which is ideal for cave and grotto exploration and biological research activities. Dong Hoi city is accessible by road (National Highway 1A, Ho Chi Minh Highway) by railway at Dong Hoi Railway Station on the Ha Noi - Ho Chi Minh City Railway or by air to Ha Noi and Ho Chi minh City at Dong Hoi Airport. The city provide tourists with 98 hotels and guest-houses from 1 to 3-star hotels like Cosevco Hotel, Saigon-Quang Binh Hotel and especially the 4-star resort of Sun Spa Resort. Cuisine includes seafoods, hotpots, Vietnamese and European meals. In 2005, the city welcomes around 300,000 visitors.
Economy
There is a deep-water sea port, namely Hon La port (Vietnamese: Cảng Hòn La) under construction north of Dong Hoi, the port is capable to handle ship up to 50,000 metric tons. Two industrial parks (North-West Dong Hoi industrial park and Hon La industrial park) are also under construction and partly available now to investors. The city has achieved an average economic growth rate of 12.5% during 2001-2005 period. The economic contribution: Industry and Construction accounted for 35.5%, Services 50.9%, Agriculture - Forestry - Fishery accounted for 13.6% in 2005. GDP per capita in 2005 was $750.
History
The site of now Dong Hoi was a territory of Viet Thuong tribe of Van Lang during kings Hung Vuong. The site was long in history a disputed territory between Champa kingdom and Dai Viet. It became officially the Dai Viet (means "Great Viet") territory in 1306 after the political marriage of Tran dynasty's princess Huyen Tran to Champa king of Jaya Sinhavarman III (Vietnamese: Chế Mân). Princess Huyen Tran is king Tran Nhan Tong's daughter and king Tran Anh Tong's younger sister. This was a political marriage for land as it was a traditional practice by Champa kings. Thanks to this marrige, Dai Viet aquired lands (as downry) of now Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien Hue provinces (then Chau O and Chau Ri or Chau Ly).
During Trinh and Nguyen war period (1558 - 1775) which devided Viet Nam into two countries: Dang Trong (South) and Dang Ngoai (North) with the Gianh river as frontier line, Dong Hoi is an important fortress of the Southern Lords Nguyen. The Dong Hoi Wall (Vietnamese: Thành Đồng Hới) was then considered the frontier fortress to protect Lords Nguyen from the attack by Northern Trinh family. In Indochina War (war between Frenchs and Viet Minh in 1950s), Dong Hoi airbase was used by Frenchs to attack Viet Minh in Northern Central Viet Nam and Loatian Pathet army in Central and Southern Laos. During Vietnam War, this city was heavily devasted by the bombardments by the U.S. B-52 due to its location near to Parallel 17 and Demilitarized Zone between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. This city is also the narrowest land of Viet Nam (around 40 km from the east to the west) After the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, Quang Binh province was merged into Binh Tri Thien province (Binh Tri Thien is the abbreviation of Quang Binh, Quang Tri, and Thua Thien provinces). In 1990, Binh Tri Thien was broken into three provinces as they were before, Dong Hoi then became the capital of Quang Binh province.
See also
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