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Revision as of 04:29, 29 August 2006 by 222.253.243.159 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Dong Hoi is a capital city of Quang Binh Province, Vietnam, population: 100,000. 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. The city is located around 500 km South of Ha Noi, 260 km north of Da Nang. She's endowned with beautiful beach of Nhat Le and is home to the World Heritage Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park nearby. Dong Hoi city is accessible by road (National Highway 1A, Truong Son Highway) by railway at Dong Hoi railway station of 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 several 1 to 3-star hotels like Cosevco Hotel, Saigon-Quang Binh Hotel and especially the 4-star resort of Sun Spa Resort. There is a deep-water port, namey 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 tone. 2 industrial parks (North-West Dong Hoi industrial park and Hon La industrial park) are also under construction and partly available now to investors soon. Cuisine includes seafoods, hotpots...
History
The site of now Dong Hoi was long in history a conflict territory between Champa kingdom and Dai Viet. It became officially the Dai Viet territory after the political marriage of Tran dynastry's princess Huyen Tran. This was a marriage-for-land as it was a traditional practice by Champa kings. Thanks to this marrige, Dai Viet aquired lands of now Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien Hue provinces. During Trinh and Nguyen war period (1558 - 1775) which devided Viet Nam into 2 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 to attack Viet Minh in Northern Central Viet Nam and Loatian Pathet in Central and Southern Laos. During Vietnam War, this city was heavily devasted by the bombardments by the US B-52 due to its location near to 17 Parallel and DMZ between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. After the fall of Saigon in April 30th 1975, Quang Binh province was merger 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 3 provinces as they were before. Dong Hoi then became the capital of Quang Binh province.
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