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Revision as of 01:02, 2 September 2006 by Gene Nygaard (talk | contribs) (precision, paragraphs, date fmt link for pref, spelling)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Dong Hoi is a capital city of Quang Binh Province, central of 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, 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.
Tourism
Dong Hoi is endowed with beautiful beach with fine sand and clean water of Nhat Le and Da Nhay, Ly Hoa beaches 60 km north of the city. 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 several 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...
Industrial development
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.
History
The site of now Dong Hoi was long in history a disputed territory between Champa kingdom and Dai Viet. It became officially the Dai Viet (means "Great Viet") territory after the political marriage of Tran dynasty'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 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.
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