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1 | ![]() | Ho Chi Minh City ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 10.767 / 106.667 | Ho Chi Minh City (; or ; formerly), also known by its former name of Saigon (; or), is the largest city in Vietnam by population. It was known as Prey Nokor prior to annexation by the Vietnamese in the 17th century (...) |
2 | ![]() | Hanoi ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 21.0283 / 105.8542 | Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city by population. The population in 2015 was estimated at 7.7 million people. The city lies on the right bank of the Red River. Hanoi is north of Ho Chi Minh City and west of Haiphong (...) |
3 | ![]() | Cần Thơ ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 10.0324 / 105.7841 | Cần Thơ (Standard Vietnamese: , Southern accent:) is the fourth largest city in Vietnam, and the largest city in the Mekong Delta. It is noted for its floating market, rice paper-making village, and picturesque rural canals. It had a population of 1 (...) |
4 | ![]() | Huế ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 16.4694 / 107.5778 | Huế (is a city in central Vietnam that was the seat of Nguyễn Dynasty emperors from 1802 to 1945, and capital of the protectorate of Annam. A major attraction is its vast, 19th-century citadel, surrounded by a moat and thick stone walls (...) |
5 | ![]() | Vietnam ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 934 Lat/Lng : 16.1667 / 107.8333 | Vietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula. With an estimated million inhabitants , it is the world's 15th-most-populous country, and the ninth-most-populous Asian country (...) |
6 | ![]() | Da Nang ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 16.0486 / 108.2206 | Da Nang is the fifth largest city in Vietnam after Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Hanoi, Can Tho and Haiphong in terms of urbanization and economy. Located on the coast of the South China Sea at the mouth of the Han River, it is one of Vietnam's most important port cities (...) |
7 | ![]() | Haiphong ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 20.8651 / 106.6838 | Haiphong is a major industrial city, the second largest city in the northern part of Vietnam, and third largest city overall in Vietnam. Hai Phong is also the center of technology, economy, culture, medicine, education, science and trade in the northern coast of Vietnam (...) |
8 | ![]() | Nha Trang ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 12.25 / 109.1961 | Nha Trang is a coastal city and capital of Khánh Hòa Province, on the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is bounded on the north by Ninh Hoà district, on the south by Cam Ranh town and on the west by Diên Khánh District (...) |
9 | ![]() | Phan Thiết ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 10.9239 / 108.1058 | Phan Thiết is the capital of Bình Thuận Province, on the coast in Vietnam, where all government offices for the province are located. While most of the inhabitants live in the city center, the others live in the four urban coastal wards, extending from Suoi Nuoc beach in the northeast towards cape (...) |
10 | ![]() | Vũng Tàu ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 10.3833 / 107.1 | Vũng Tàu (Hanoi accent: , Saigon accent:) is the largest city and former capital of Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province in Vietnam. The city area is , consists of thirteen urban wards and one commune of Long Son Islet. Vũng Tàu was the capital of the province until it was replaced by the much smaller Bà Rịa (...) |
11 | ![]() | Hội An ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 15.8833 / 108.3333 | Hội An , formerly known as Fai-Fo or Faifoo, is a city with a population of approximately 120,000 in Vietnam's Quảng Nam Province and noted since 1999 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Old Town Hội An, the city's historic district, is recognized as an exceptionally well-preserved example of a (...) |
12 | ![]() | Điện Biên Phủ ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 497 Lat/Lng : 21.3833 / 103.0169 | Điện Biên, sometimes called Dienbien Phu (/ means Dienbien Prefecture), is a city in the northwestern region of Vietnam. It is the capital of Điện Biên Province. The city is best known for the events which occurred there during the First Indochina War, the Battle of Điện Biên Phủ, during which the (...) |
13 | ![]() | Bien Hoa Air Base ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 10.9769 / 106.8183 | Bien Hoa Air Base is a Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF; Vietnamese: Không quân Nhân dân Việt Nam) military airfield located in South-Central southern Vietnam about from Saigon, across the Dong Nai river in the northern ward of Tân Phong, and within the city of Biên Hòa within Đồng Nai Province (...) |
14 | North Vietnam ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 21 Lat/Lng : 21.0333 / 105.85 | North Vietnam, officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) , was a country in Southeast Asia from 1954 to 1975. Vietnamese revolutionary leader Hồ Chí Minh declared independence from French Indochina on 2 September 1945 and announced the creation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (...) | |
15 | Battle of Dien Bien Phu ![]() FeatureType : event Elevation : 485 Lat/Lng : 21.3869 / 103.0156 | The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was the climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War between the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist-nationalist revolutionaries. It was, from the French view before the event, a set piece battle to draw out the Vietnamese and (...) | |
16 | South Vietnam ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 10.75 / 106.6667 | South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN), was a country that existed from 1955 to 1975 and comprised the southern half of what is now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. It received international recognition in 1949 as the "State of Vietnam" (a self-governing entity in the French (...) | |
17 | Tan Son Nhat International Airport ![]() FeatureType : airport Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 10.8189 / 106.6519 | Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport is the busiest airport in Vietnam with 32.5 million passengers in 2016, serving Ho Chi Minh City as well as the rest of southeastern Vietnam. As of January 2017, it had a total capacity of only 25 million passengers, which has caused constant congestion and sparked (...) | |
18 | Đồng Hới ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 17.4831 / 106.5997 | Đồng Hới (help=no) is the capital city of Quảng Bình Province in the north central coast of Vietnam. The city's area is . Population as per the 2013 census was 160,000. It is served by National Highway 1A, the Đồng Hới Railway Station, and airport (...) | |
19 | Champa ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 47 Lat/Lng : 37.5333 / 126.9833 | Champa was a collection of independent Cham polities that extended across the coast of what is today central and southern Vietnam from approximately the 2nd century AD before being absorbed and annexed by Vietnamese Emperor Minh Mạng in AD 1832 (...) | |
20 | Vietnam Airlines ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 21.0456 / 105.8807 | Vietnam Airlines is the flag carrier of Vietnam. Founded in 1956 under the name Vietnam Civil Aviation, the airline was established as a state-owned enterprise in April 1989. Vietnam Airlines is headquartered in Long Biên District, Hanoi, with hubs at Noi Bai International Airport and Tan Son Nhat (...) | |
21 | Tet Offensive ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 18 Lat/Lng : 11.0 / 107.0 | The Tet Offensive , or officially called The General Offensive and Uprising of Tet Mau Than 1968 by North Vietnam and the Viet Cong, was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, launched on January 30, 1968, by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (...) | |
22 | Vĩnh Long Province ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 10.2447 / 105.9592 | Vĩnh Long (help=no) is a province located in the Mekong Delta of southern Vietnam. Its capital is Vĩnh Long. Its population is 1,046,390 and its area is . (...) | |
23 | Đồng Nai Province ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 71 Lat/Lng : 11.1167 / 107.183 | Đồng Nai is a province in the Southeast region of Vietnam, located east and northeast of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). The largest city in Đồng Nai is Biên Hòa. Prior to Vietnamese colonization, the area was dominated by the Funan, Chenla, Khmer empire and subsequent influences until 1627 (...) | |
24 | Tây Ninh Province ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 11.3678 / 106.1189 | Tây Ninh is a province in the Southeast region of Vietnam on the border with Cambodia. Its capital is the town of Tây Ninh. Tây Ninh Province has a population of 989,800 and an area of 4,028 km². (...) | |
25 | Tiền Giang Province ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 2 Lat/Lng : 10.4167 / 106.1667 | Tiền Giang (help=no) is a province in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam. (...) | |
26 | Sóc Trăng Province ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 2 Lat/Lng : 9.6667 / 105.8333 | Sóc Trăng (help=no) is a province in the Mekong Delta of southern Vietnam, with its capital in Sóc Trăng. The province occupies an area of 3,223 km², and has a population of approximately 1,213,400. (...) | |
27 | Cà Mau ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 9.1833 / 105.15 | Cà Mau (help=no) is a city in southern Vietnam. It is the capital of Cà Mau Province, a province in the Mekong Delta region, in the southernmost part of Vietnam's inland territory. Vietnam's former Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (2006-2016) was born and raised here (...) | |
28 | Buôn Ma Thuột ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 510 Lat/Lng : 12.6938 / 108.0644 | Buôn Ma Thuột (help=no) (formerly Lac Giao) Encyclopædia Britannica (2009 edition) Encyclopædia Britannica Online, accessed 24 September 2009 or sometimes Buôn Mê Thuột or Ban Mê Thuột, is the capital city of Đắk Lắk Province, in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Its population is 420,000 in 2016 (...) | |
29 | Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 31 Lat/Lng : 10.5416 / 107.243 | Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu (Hanoi accent: , Saigon accent:) is a province of Vietnam. It is located on the coast of the country's Southeast region. It also includes the Côn Đảo islands, located some distance off Vietnam's southeastern coast (...) | |
30 | Vinh ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 18.6506 / 105.6681 | Vinh is the biggest city and economic and cultural center of central Vietnam. Vinh is the capital of Nghệ An Province, and is a key point in the East–West economic corridor linking Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam (...) | |
31 | Biên Hòa ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 10.95 / 106.8167 | Biên Hòa (Northern accent: help=no, Southern accent:) is a city in Đồng Nai Province, Vietnam, about east of Hồ Chí Minh City (formerly Saigon), to which Biên Hòa is linked by Vietnam Highway 1. (...) | |
32 | Nghệ An Province ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 437 Lat/Lng : 19.3333 / 104.8333 | Nghệ An is a province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. It is Vietnam's largest province by area. Nghệ An is located in a central position in North Central Coast. To the east lies the Gulf of Tonkin; to the west the province is bordered by Laos; to the south Hà Tĩnh Province; and to the (...) | |
33 | Dong Hoi Airport ![]() FeatureType : airport Elevation : 19 Lat/Lng : 17.515 / 106.5906 | Dong Hoi Airport (Vietnamese: Cảng hàng không Đồng Hới or Sân bay Đồng Hới) is an airport located in Loc Ninh commune, 6 km north of Đồng Hới city, capital of Quảng Bình Province, in North Central Coast of Vietnam, about 500 km South-east of Hanoi by road (...) | |
34 | Thái Bình Province ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 20.5 / 106.3333 | Thái Bình (help=no) is a coastal eastern province in the Red River Delta region of northern Vietnam. Its name is Sino-Vietnamese for "great peace." It is about 18 km from Nam Định, 70 km from Haiphong, and 110 km from Hanoi. (...) | |
35 | Đồng Tháp Province ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 10.6667 / 105.667 | Đồng Tháp (help=no) is a province in the Mekong Delta and Đồng Tháp Mười region of southern Vietnam. Đồng Tháp is from Ho Chi Minh City, bordered by Pray Veng Province (Cambodia) in the north with a length of more than ; Vĩnh Long and Cần Thơ in the south; An Giang in the west; and Long An and Tiền (...) | |
36 | Lien Khuong Airport ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 966 Lat/Lng : 11.7534 / 108.3738 | Lien Khuong Airport (IATA: DLI, ICAO: VVDL) is the largest among 4 airports of Lâm Đồng Province in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam. The airport is located in Đức Trọng District, about 30 km south of Da Lat (...) | |
37 | Thanh Hóa ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 19.81 / 105.78 | Thanh Hóa is the capital of Thanh Hóa Province.Robert Trando Letters of a Vietnamese Émigre -2010 Page 144 "The name of its city is Thanh Hóa City." The city is situated in the east of the province on the Ma River (Sông Mã), about 150 kilometers (93 miles) south of Hanoi and 1560 kilometers (969 (...) | |
38 | Quảng Ngãi Province ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 770 Lat/Lng : 15.0 / 108.6667 | Quảng Ngãi (help=no) is a province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam, on the coast of East Sea. It is located south of Hanoi and north of Hồ Chí Minh City. (...) | |
39 | Qui Nhơn ![]() FeatureType : city Lat/Lng : 13.7667 / 109.2333 | Quy Nhơn is a coastal city in Bình Định Province in central Vietnam. It is composed of 16 wards and five communes with a total of 484 km². Quy Nhơn is the capital of Bình Định Province. As of 2017 its population was 680,535 Historically, the commercial activities of the city focused on agriculture (...) | |
40 | South Central Coast ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 15.6971 / 108.4241 | South Central Coast is one of the regions of Vietnam. It consists of the independent municipality of Đà Nẵng and seven other provinces. The two southern provinces Ninh Thuận and Bình Thuận are sometimes seen as part of the Southeast region (...) | |
41 | Tuyên Quang Province ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 159 Lat/Lng : 22.1167 / 105.25 | Tuyên Quang (help=no) is a province of Vietnam, located in the northeastern part of the country to the northwest of Hanoi, at the centre of Lô River valley, a tributary of the Red River. The delta formation in the province is called the Tonkin Delta. Its capital is Tuyên Quang township (...) | |
42 | Battle of Khe Sanh ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 493 Lat/Lng : 16.6554 / 106.7286 | The Battle of Khe Sanh (21 January – 9 July 1968) was conducted in the Khe Sanh area of northwestern Quảng Trị Province, Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), during the Vietnam War. The main US forces defending Khe Sanh Combat Base (KSCB) were two regiments of US Marines supported by elements from (...) | |
43 | ![]() | Kranji War Cemetery ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 24 Lat/Lng : 1.4197 / 103.7578 | The Kranji War Cemetery is located in Kranji, Singapore, and is the final resting place for Allied soldiers who perished during the Battle of Singapore and the subsequent Japanese occupation of the island from 1942 to 1945 and in other parts of Southeast Asia during World War II (...) |
44 | Mỹ Đình National Stadium ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 21.0206 / 105.7638 | The Mỹ Đình National Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Nam Từ Liêm, Hanoi (Vietnam). It has a capacity of 40,192 seats and is the centerpiece of Vietnam's National Sports Complex. It was officially opened in September 2003 and was the main venue for the Southeast Asian Games later that year, hosting (...) | |
45 | Cam Ranh Bay ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 11.9982 / 109.2194 | Cam Ranh Bay is a deep-water bay in Vietnam in the province of Khánh Hòa Province. It is located at an inlet of the South China Sea situated on the southeastern coast of Vietnam, between Phan Rang and Nha Trang, approximately 290 kilometers (180 miles) northeast of Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) (...) | |
46 | Hải Dương Province ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 20.9167 / 106.333 | Hải Dương is a province in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. Its name derives from Sino-Vietnamese "ocean sun", though the modern province is in fact landlocked. Nowadays, Hải Dương is among the most industrialized and developed provinces in Vietnam. (...) | |
47 | Phú Quốc ![]() FeatureType : isle Elevation : 16 Lat/Lng : 10.2588 / 104.0024 | Phú Quốc , is the largest island in Vietnam. Phú Quốc and nearby islands, along with distant Thổ Chu Islands, is part of Kiên Giang Province as Phú Quốc District, the island has a total area of and a permanent population of approximately 103,000 (...) | |
48 | Wellcome Trust ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 31 Lat/Lng : 51.5257 / -0.135 | The Wellcome Trust is a biomedical research charity based in London, United Kingdom. It was established in 1936 with legacies from the pharmaceutical magnate Sir Henry Wellcome to fund research to improve human and animal health (...) | |
49 | Tan Son Nhut Air Base ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 10.8189 / 106.6519 | Tan Son Nhut Air Base (1955–1975) was a Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) facility. It was located near the city of Saigon in southern Vietnam. The United States used it as a major base during the Vietnam War (1959–1975), stationing Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine units there (...) | |
50 | Battle of Ia Drang ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 222 Lat/Lng : 13.5833 / 107.7167 | The Battle of Ia Drang was the first major battle between the United States Army and the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), also referred to as the North Vietnamese Army (NVA), and was part of the Pleiku Campaign conducted early in the Vietnam War (...) | |
51 | Thích Quảng Đức ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 10.7752 / 106.6869 | Thích Quảng Đức (; 1897 – 11 June 1963; born Lâm Văn Túc) was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who burned himself to death at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963."Monk Suicide by Fire in Anti-Diem Protest," New York Times, 11 June 1963, 6 (...) | |
52 | Battle of Huế ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 16.4753 / 107.576 | The Battle of Huế – also called the Siege of Huế – was one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War. Between 30 January and 3 March 1968, in the South Vietnamese city of Huế, 11 battalions of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), four U.S. Army battalions, and three U.S (...) | |
53 | Hiệp Hòa District ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 21.333 / 105.967 | Hiệp Hòa is one of nine rural districts of Bắc Giang Province in the Northeast region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 210,980. The district covers an area of 201 km2. The district capital lies at Thắng (...) | |
54 | Bitexco Financial Tower ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 10.7717 / 106.704 | Bitexco Financial Tower (Vietnamese: Tháp Tài chính Bitexco) is a skyscraper in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. At its completion in 2010, it became the tallest building in Vietnam and kept this status until January 2011, when it was surpassed by Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower (...) | |
55 | Bạc Liêu Province ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 1 Lat/Lng : 9.25 / 105.75 | Bạc Liêu Province is a province of Vietnam. It is a coastal province, and is situated in the Mekong Delta region of the southern part of the country. (...) | |
56 | Kiên Giang Province ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 10.0 / 105.167 | Kiên Giang (help=no) is a province of Vietnam, located in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam. It is known for fishing and rice farming. The provincial capital is Rạch Giá, 250 km from the Ho Chi Minh City (...) | |
57 | Rạch Giá ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 9.9981 / 105.0892 | Rạch Giá (help=no) is a provincial city and the capital city of Kien Giang Province, Vietnam. It is located on the eastern coast of the Gulf of Thailand, south-west of Ho Chi Minh City. East of city, it borders Tân Hiệp and Châu Thành town, the Gulf of Thailand is to the west and surrounds some (...) | |
58 | Cà Mau Province ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 9.0833 / 105.083 | Cà Mau (help=no) is a province of Vietnam, named after its capital city. It is located in the Mekong Delta of southern Vietnam, and is the southernmost of Vietnam's 58 provinces. It is bordered on the north by Kiên Giang and Bạc Liêu provinces, on the west by the Gulf of Thailand, and to the south (...) | |
59 | Cà Mau Airport ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1 Lat/Lng : 9.1781 / 105.1758 | Cà Mau Airport is a small airport in Cà Mau Province, the most southern part of Vietnam. The airport is currently served by Vietnam Aviation Service Company (VASCO) with flight to Ho Chi Minh City (Tan Son Nhat International Airport, SGN). The coordinates are: 105°10'46" E and 09°10'32" N. (...) | |
60 | 2017 V.League 1 ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 25 Lat/Lng : 10.9718 / 106.6726 | The 2017 V.League 1 (known as the Toyota V.League 1 for sponsorship reasons) season is the 34th season of the V.League 1, the highest division of Football in Vietnam. The season began on 7 January 2017 and ended on 25 November 2017. (...) | |
61 | 1963 South Vietnamese coup d'état ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 10.7592 / 106.6625 | In November 1963, President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam was deposed by a group of Army of the Republic of Vietnam officers who disagreed with his handling of both the Buddhist crisis and the Viet Cong threat to the regime (...) | |
62 | Củ Chi tunnels ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 23 Lat/Lng : 11.061 / 106.526 | The tunnels of Củ Chi are an immense network of connecting underground tunnels located in the Củ Chi District of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam, and are part of a much larger network of tunnels that underlie much of the country (...) | |
63 | Quảng Bình Province ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 668 Lat/Lng : 17.5 / 106.3333 | Quảng Bình , formerly Tiên Bình under the reign of Lê Trung Hưng of the Lê Dynasty (this province was renamed Quảng Bình in 1604), is a province along Vietnam's north-central coast. The province has an area of 8,065 (...) | |
64 | Battle of Ban Me Thuot ![]() FeatureType : event Elevation : 461 Lat/Lng : 12.68 / 108.06 | The Battle of Ban Me Thuot was a decisive battle of the Vietnam War which led to the complete destruction of South Vietnam's II Corps Tactical Zone. The battle was part of a larger North Vietnamese military operation known as Campaign 275 to capture the Tay Nguyen region, known in the West as the (...) | |
65 | Thừa Thiên-Huế Province ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 85 Lat/Lng : 16.3333 / 107.5833 | Thừa Thiên-Huế (help=no) is a province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam, approximately in the centre of the country. It borders Quảng Trị Province to the north and Đà Nẵng to the south, Laos to the west and the East Sea to the east (...) | |
66 | Thái Nguyên Province ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 49 Lat/Lng : 21.6667 / 105.8333 | Thái Nguyên (help=no) is a province in the Northeast region of Vietnam. It is a mountainous, midland province with a natural land area of 3534.45 square kilometres and a population of 1,149,100 as of 2008. Its multi-ethnic society is composed of eight ethnic groups (...) | |
67 | District 2, Ho Chi Minh City ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 10.7808 / 106.7569 | District 2, in which the new urban area of Thu Thiem is located, is an urban district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. As of 2010, the district had a population of 140,621, a total area of 50 km². (...) | |
68 | Battle of Dak To ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 592 Lat/Lng : 14.6511 / 107.7986 | The Battle of Đắk Tô, also known as the Battle of Đắk Tô - Tân Cảnh in Vietnam, was a series of major engagements of the Vietnam War that took place between 3 and 23 November 1967, in Kon Tum Province, in the Central Highlands of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) (...) | |
69 | Coast Guard Squadron One ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 10.13 / 104.0 | Coast Guard Squadron One, also known in official message traffic as COGARDRON ONE or RONONE, was a combat unit formed by the United States Coast Guard in 1965 for service during the Vietnam War. Placed under the operational control of the United States Navy, it was assigned duties in Operation (...) | |
70 | Battle of Ap Bac ![]() FeatureType : event Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 10.4383 / 106.1953 | The Battle of Ấp Bắc was a major battle fought on 2 January 1963 during the Vietnam War. It was fought in Định Tường Province (now part of Tiền Giang Province), South Vietnam. On 28 December 1962 US intelligence detected the presence of a radio transmitter along with a sizable force of National (...) | |
71 | Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 20 Lat/Lng : 10.7828 / 106.6952 | Viet Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City is one of the two largest national universities in Vietnam (the other is Vietnam National University, Hanoi, founded on 27 January 1995, and reorganized on 12 February 2001, under the Decision no (...) | |
72 | Embassy of the United States, Saigon ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 10.7833 / 106.7004 | The United States Embassy in Saigon was first established in June 1952, and moved into a new building in 1967 and eventually closed in 1975. The embassy was the scene of a number of significant events of the Vietnam War, most notably the Viet Cong attack during the Tet Offensive which helped turn (...) | |
73 | Battle of Kham Duc ![]() FeatureType : event Elevation : 370 Lat/Lng : 15.4382 / 107.7969 | The Battle of Kham Duc was a major battle of the Vietnam War (in Vietnam the "American War"). The event occurred in Khâm Đức, now district capital of Phước Sơn District, then in Quảng Tín Province (now part of Quảng Nam Province, South Vietnam), from 10–12 May 1968 (...) | |
74 | Battle of Coral–Balmoral ![]() FeatureType : event Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 11.0667 / 106.8 | The Battle of Coral–Balmoral (12 May – 6 June 1968) was a series of actions fought during the Vietnam War between the 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) and the North Vietnamese 7th Division and Viet Cong Main Force units, north-east of Saigon (...) | |
75 | Bình Dương Province ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 48 Lat/Lng : 11.1667 / 106.667 | Bình Dương (help=no) is a province of Vietnam. It is located in the Southeast region of the country, immediately to the north of Ho Chi Minh City. The province was created from Sông Bé Province on January 1, 1997. (...) | |
76 | Lê Văn Duyệt ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 10.57 / 104.926 | Lê Văn Duyệt (1763 or 1764 – 30 July 1832) was a Vietnamese general who helped Nguyễn Ánh—the future Emperor Gia Long—put down the Tây Sơn rebellion, unify Vietnam and establish the Nguyễn Dynasty. After the Nguyễn came to power in 1802, Duyệt became a high-ranking mandarin, serving under the first (...) | |
77 | Hậu Giang Province ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 9.7833 / 105.467 | Hậu Giang (help=no) is a province of Vietnam, in the Mekong Delta region in the southern part of that country. Vị Thanh is the capital. Until 1975, the province of Hậu Giang included the city of Cần Thơ; that city was the capital of the province (...) | |
78 | An Lộc ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 107 Lat/Lng : 11.6527 / 106.6093 | An Lộc is a ward (phường) of the town of Bình Long in Bình Phước Province in southern Vietnam. It is located approximately 90 km north of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) with a population of 8,599 (2009). The town was formerly part of Bình Long Province before merger with Phước Long Province to create (...) | |
79 | Citadel of Saigon ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 22 Lat/Lng : 10.78 / 106.699 | The Citadel of Saigon also known as the Citadel of Gia Định was a late 18th-century fortress that stood in Saigon (also known in the 19th century as Gia Định, now Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam from its construction in 1790 until its destruction in February 1859 (...) | |
80 | Châu Đốc ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 10.7067 / 105.1225 | Châu Đốc is a city in An Giang Province, bordering Cambodia, in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2013, the city had a population of 157,298, and cover an area of . upgrade to city level on July 19, 2013 The city is located by the Hâu River (a branch of the Mekong River flowing through (...) | |
81 | Long An Province ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 10.6917 / 106.2047 | Long An (help=no) is a province in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam. The provincial capital is Tân An, and other major cities include Bến Lức, Cần Giuộc, Đức Hòa and Mộc Hóa. There are 13 districts within the province. (...) | |
82 | Việt Trì ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : 21.31 / 105.43 | Việt Trì is the capital city of Phú Thọ Province in the north-east region of Vietnam. In 2010, the district had a population of 260,288. The district covers an area of . Việt Trì is also the economic centre of the province and contains many industrial firms and service industries.Hy V (...) | |
83 | Collapse of Cần Thơ Bridge ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 10.055 / 105.7942 | The collapse of Cần Thơ Bridge was a severe construction accident in southern Vietnam in September 2007. A section of an approach ramp fell more than , killing and injuring dozens of people. The number of casualties remains unclear (...) | |
84 | Battle of Xuân Lộc ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 188 Lat/Lng : 10.9322 / 107.2342 | The Battle of Xuan Loc was the last major battle of the Vietnam War in which the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) committed almost all their remaining mobile forces, especially the ARVN 18th Infantry Division, under General Lê Minh Đảo to the defence of Xuân Lộc, hoping to stall the advance of (...) | |
85 | Mekong Delta ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 10.009 / 105.824 | The Mekong Delta ("Nine Dragon river delta" or simply , "Mekong river delta"), also known as the Western Region or the South-western region is the region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong River approaches and empties into the sea through a network of distributaries (...) | |
86 | Bình Phước Province ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 153 Lat/Lng : 11.75 / 106.917 | Bình Phước (help=no) is a province of Vietnam. It is located in the Southeast region of the country, to the north of Hồ Chí Minh City (formerly Saigon). It shares a border with Cambodia. (...) | |
87 | Phan Rang–Tháp Chàm ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 11.5645 / 108.9993 | Phan Rang–Tháp Chàm, also called Panduranga (a Sanskrit word of Hindu origin), is a new city in Vietnam and the capital of Ninh Thuận Province. The community has a population of 161,000 (2004), of which 91,000 (2004) live in the main city (...) | |
88 | Cát Tiên National Park ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 122 Lat/Lng : 11.4233 / 107.4286 | Cát Tiên National Park is a national park located in the south of Vietnam, approximately 150 km north of Ho Chi Minh City. It has an area of about 720 km2 and protects one of the largest areas of lowland tropical forests left in Vietnam. (...) | |
89 | Đại Lộc District ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 15.8914 / 108.1181 | Đại Lộc (help=no) is a rural district (huyện) of Quảng Nam Province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 158,052. The district covers an area of 586 km². The district capital lies at Ái Nghĩa (...) | |
90 | Khánh Hòa Province ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Lat/Lng : 12.25 / 109.2 | Khánh Hòa (help=no) is a province of Vietnam located in the South Central Coast. It has a population of 1,066,300 and spans an area of 5,197 km². Its capital is Nha Trang. Khánh Hòa is the site of Bảo Đại's summer home, the Pasteur Institute of Nha Trang, the Institute of Oceanography, the Institute (...) | |
91 | Xuân Thủy National Park ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 20.23 / 106.5167 | Xuân Thủy National Park is a national park in Hong River Biosphere Reserve in Nam Định Province, Vietnam. The national park was established according to the Decision number 01/2003/QĐ-TTg dated 2 January 2003 signed by premier Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, this decision turned Xuân Thủy Wetland Nature Reserve (...) | |
92 | Ninh Thuận Province ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 440 Lat/Lng : 11.75 / 108.8333 | Ninh Thuận is a province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam (sometimes seen as part of the Southeast region). (...) | |
93 | Battle of Lang Vei ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 309 Lat/Lng : 16.6 / 106.668 | The Battle of Lang Vei (Vietnamese: Trận Làng Vây) began on the evening of 6 February and concluded during the early hours of 7 February 1968, in Quảng Trị Province, South Vietnam. Towards the end of 1967 the 198th Tank Battalion, People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 203rd Armored Regiment, received (...) | |
94 | 1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 10.7769 / 106.6953 | The 1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing in Saigon was an aerial attack on 27 February 1962 by two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots, Second Lieutenant Nguyễn Văn Cử and First Lieutenant Phạm Phú Quốc (...) | |
95 | Deutsches Haus Ho Chi Minh City ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 16 Lat/Lng : 10.7817 / 106.7008 | The Deutsches Haus Ho Chi Minh City (English translation German House Ho Chi Minh City) is a building complex in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, which was opened 2017. The 25-story building complex was initiated under a bilateral government agreement between Germany and Vietnam, with the purpose of (...) | |
96 | Operation Lea ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 173 Lat/Lng : 22.1333 / 105.8331 | Operation Léa was French Union military operation between 7 October and 8 November 1947 during the First Indochina War. It was an attempt by the French General Valluy to crush the Viet Minh. An airborne force would capture the Viet Minh leadership and three French columns would strike into the Viet (...) | |
97 | Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 10.7728 / 106.6597 | The Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (also named as Bach Khoa University, Abbreviation: HCMUT (or BKU)) is a member college of Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City is the flagship university in technology teaching and research activities in Vietnam (...) | |
98 | Phú Nhuận District ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 10.8017 / 106.6775 | Phú Nhuận is one of the nineteen urban districts in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is densely populated, with 180,100 inhabitants in an area of just 4.88 km2. The Phu Nhuan District is sometimes considered the Center of Ho Chi Minh City due to its central location from all of the surrounding (...) | |
99 | Mũi Né ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : 10.9406 / 108.2908 | Mui Ne is a coastal fishing town in the south-central Bình Thuan Province of Vietnam. The town, with approximately 25,000 residents is a ward of the city of Phan Thiet. Mui Ne and the other wards of Phan Thiet that stretch along the coast for approximately 50 kilometers have been transformed into a (...) | |
100 | Gia Long Palace ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 10.7761 / 106.6997 | Gia Long Palace , now officially the Hồ Chí Minh City Museum (Vietnamese language: Bảo tàng Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh) is a historical site and museum in Hồ Chí Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. The museum is situated at the corner of Lý Tự Trọng and Nam Kỳ Khởi Nghĩa streets, located on 2 hectares of land, (...) | |
101 | War Remnants Museum ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 10.7795 / 106.6921 | The War Remnants Museum is a war museum at 28 Vo Van Tan, in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. It contains exhibits relating to the Vietnam War and the first Indochina War involving the French colonialists. (...) | |
102 | Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 22 Lat/Lng : 10.7798 / 106.699 | Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon (or ;), officially Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of The Immaculate Conception is a cathedral located in the downtown of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Established by French colonists who initially named it Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Saïgon, the cathedral was (...) | |
103 | Ho Chi Minh City Hall ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 10.7763 / 106.701 | Ho Chi Minh City Hall or Saigon City Hall or Hôtel de Ville de Saïgon (Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Head office - Trụ sở Ủy ban Nhân dân Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh) was built in 1902-1908 in a French colonial style for the then city of Saigon (...) | |
104 | RMIT University Vietnam ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 10.7294 / 106.6953 | RMIT University Vietnam (informally RMIT Vietnam or simply RMIT) is the Vietnamese branch of the Australian research university the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, known in Australia as RMIT University. It has two campuses located in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi (...) | |
105 | Xá Lợi Pagoda ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 10.778 / 106.6866 | The Xá Lợi Pagoda (; chữ Hán:) is the largest pagoda in Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam. It was built in 1956 and was the headquarters of Buddhism in South Vietnam. The pagoda is located in District 3, Hồ Chí Minh City and lies on a plot of 2500 square metres (...) | |
106 | Da Nang Port ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 16.0667 / 108.2333 | Đà Nẵng Port is a major port system located in Central Vietnam at the mouth of the Han River on the South China Sea, in the city of Đà Nẵng. It is the third largest port system in Vietnam (after Saigon Port in Hồ Chí Minh City and the port of Hải Phòng) (...) | |
107 | Roman Catholic Diocese of Bùi Chu ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 20.3077 / 106.33 | The diocese of Bùi Chu is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam. Joseph Hoàng Văn Tiem, S.D.B., was the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bùi Chu from his 2001 appointment by Pope John Paul II until his death in August 2013 (...) | |
108 | Hải Vân Pass ![]() FeatureType : pass Elevation : 417 Lat/Lng : 16.2 / 108.1333 | The Hải Vân Pass ("ocean cloud pass"), is an approximately 21 km long mountain pass on National Route 1A in Vietnam. It traverses a spur of the larger Annamite Range that juts into the East Sea of Viet Nam, on the border of Đà Nẵng and Thừa Thiên–Huế Province, near Bạch Mã National Park (...) | |
109 | Tân An, Long An Province ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 10.5339 / 106.4169 | Tân An is the capital city of Long An Province in Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. It was upgraded from town level to city on 26 August 2009. The population of Tân An 165,214 (2009), with an area of 81.79 km². It comprises nine wards (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Khánh Hậu, and Tân Khánh), and five communes (...) | |
110 | Bạch Mã National Park ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 406 Lat/Lng : 16.182 / 107.9058 | Bạch Mã National Park is a protected area in central Vietnam, near the city of Huế. It covers 220 km2 and comprises three zones: a strictly protected core area, an administrative area and a buffer zone. In 2004, the park was being considered for expansion in order to create a corridor from the (...) | |
111 | Duy Tan University ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 16.0601 / 108.2097 | Duy Tân University (Trường Đại học Duy Tân) is a private university in Da Nang, Vietnam. The name derives from the Modernisation Movement, or phong trào Duy Tân, of 1906-1908.Philip G. Altbach, Toru Umakoshi Asian Universities: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary .. (...) | |
112 | U Minh Thượng National Park ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 9.5833 / 105.0833 | U Minh Thượng National Park or National Park of Upper U Minh (Vietnamese language: Vườn quốc gia U Minh Thượng) is a national park in the province of Kiên Giang, Vietnam. (...) | |
113 | Murder of Lê Hoàng Hùng ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1 Lat/Lng : 10.9 / 106.6833 | Lê Hoàng Hùng (1960 – 29 January 2011), a Vietnamese investigative journalist, worked for Người Lao Động (The Worker)UNESCO, Division for Freedom of Expression, Democracy and Peace. 3 February 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011, UNESCO in Tân An, Vietnam, where he covered corruption and crime (...) | |
114 | International School Ho Chi Minh City ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 10.8056 / 106.7348 | The International School Ho Chi Minh City (ISHCMC) is an international school in District 2, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Founded in 1993, the International School Ho Chi Minh City (ISHCMC) is the first and most established international school in Ho Chi Minh City (...) | |
115 | University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 10.784 / 106.6942 | The University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City was established in 1976 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is one of the 15 key national universities of Vietnam and is a member of The Best 1,000 Business Schools in the World (...) | |
116 | Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 29 Lat/Lng : 10.8499 / 106.7717 | Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education (Abbreviation: HCMUTE, Vietnamese: Trường Đại học Sư phạm Kỹ thuật Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh) is currently listed as one of the top 10 universities in Vietnam and also a member in the top group of Southeast Asia universities (basing on standard (...) | |
117 | District 12, Ho Chi Minh City ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 10.8619 / 106.6589 | District 12 is an urban district (quận) of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest and most populous city in Vietnam. As of 2010, the district had a population of 427,083. The district covers an area of 53,0 km². The district is divided into 11 small subsets which are called wards (...) | |
118 | Ho Chi Minh City International University ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 36 Lat/Lng : 10.8777 / 106.802 | Ho Chi Minh City International University (a.k.a. IU or HCMIU) is an English-speaking university located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is a member university of Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City. It was established in 2003 with the aim to become one of the leading research (...) | |
119 | Tomb of Lê Văn Duyệt ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 10.8019 / 106.6969 | Tomb of Lê Văn Duyệt , also known as Tomb of the Marshal in Ba Chieu is a Vietnamese tomb located in Bình Thạnh District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The tomb was originally built for Marshal Lê Văn Duyệt and his wife but later became some other Nguyễn Dynasty's mandarins worship house. (...) | |
120 | Saigon Central Post Office ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 25 Lat/Lng : 10.78 / 106.7 | The Ho Chi Minh City Post Office, or the Saigon Central Post Office is a post office in the downtown Ho Chi Minh City, near Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica, the city's cathedral. The building was constructed when Vietnam was part of French Indochina in the late 19th century (...) | |
121 | Ho Chi Minh City ITC fire ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 16 Lat/Lng : 10.7739 / 106.6997 | The Ho Chi Minh City ITC Inferno, one of the deadliest peacetime disasters in Vietnam, was a fire that occurred on October 29, 2002, at the International Trade Centre in Ho Chi Minh City, the commercial center of the country (...) | |
122 | Thien Hau Temple (Ho Chi Minh City) ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 10.7529 / 106.6612 | The Thien Hau Temple , officially the Ba Thien Hau Pagoda (', "Pagoda of the Lady Thien Hau"), is a Chinese-style temple of the Chinese sea goddess Mazu on Nguyễn Trãi Street in the Cho Lon ("Chinatown") of District 5 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. (...) | |
123 | British Vietnamese International School in Ho Chi Minh City ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 10.721 / 106.6846 | British Vietnamese International School in Ho Chi Minh City, commonly referred to as BVIS HCMC, is a leading bilingual international school in Vietnam, and the only bilingual school in Vietnam that is fully accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS) (...) | |
124 | Saigon Technology University ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : -2 Lat/Lng : 10.7388 / 106.6775 | Saigon Technology University is a university in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It was established from the Ho Chi Minh City Technology College, founded on 24 September 1997 by Decision number 198/QĐ-TTg signed by the prime minister of Vietnam (...) | |
125 | Saigon Bridge ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 10.7989 / 106.7272 | Saigon Bridge, known as Newport Bridge before 1975, is a bridge crossing the Saigon River, connecting Bình Thạnh District and District 2, Ho Chi Minh City, on the Hanoi Highway. The bridge has four lanes for cars and two lanes for motorcycles and bicycles (...) | |
126 | Tôn Đức Thắng University ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 10.7924 / 106.7114 | Ton Duc Thang University is a public university in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The President is Mr. Lê Vinh Danh. The university was founded in 1997. It is under the management of Vietnam General Confederation of Labour and is named after Tôn Đức Thắng, who was Vice-President of Vietnam (...) | |
127 | Chí Hòa Prison ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 10.7769 / 106.669 | Chí Hòa Prison (or ') is a functioning Vietnamese prison located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The prison is an octagonal building on a 7-hectare site , Government of Ho Chi Minh city, Accessed 10/12/2010 consisting of detention rooms, jail cells, prison walls, watchtowers, facilities and prisoner's (...) | |
128 | Trần Đại Nghĩa High School ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 19 Lat/Lng : 10.7796 / 106.7009 | Tran Dai Nghia High School for the Gifted is an academically selective public school for students years 12 to 18 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Established in 2000, Tran Dai Nghia High School was the first partially state-funded, semi-boarding school specializing in various subject, especially, on (...) | |
129 | The Saigon International University ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 24 Lat/Lng : 10.8451 / 106.7725 | The Saigon International University (SIU) is Vietnam's first international private university located in Ho Chi Minh City. SIU is a member of The Group of Asian International Education - an educational and scientific research group in Vietnam.. (...) | |
130 | Caravelle Hotel ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 10.7761 / 106.7033 | The Caravelle Hotel is located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The hotel was opened to the public on Christmas Eve 1959, when the city was known as Saigon. Contemporary journalists noted its use of Italian marble, bullet-proof glass and a “state-of-the-art air-conditioning system and a Berliet private (...) | |
131 | Saigon Children's Charity ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 10.7808 / 106.6888 | Saigon Children's Charity CIO (saigonchildren) - a non-profit organization based in Ho Chi Minh City that provides direct support to disadvantaged children in order to ensure wider access to education in Vietnam (...) | |
132 | Đức Trọng District ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 914 Lat/Lng : 11.6972 / 108.3161 | Đức Trọng is a rural district (huyện) of Lâm Đồng Province in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam. Đức Trọng is located at the center of Lâm Đồng Province. Liên Nghĩa Town (Thị trấn), the District Capital, is 30 km away to the south of Da Lat. National Way no (...) | |
133 | Zone 5 Military Museum, Danang ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 16.0487 / 108.2177 | The Zone 5 Military Museum (Bao Tang Khu 5) is a military museum located at 3 Duy Tân, Da Nang, Vietnam. It covers all Vietnamese resistance to foreign occupation from the Chinese occupation, the First Indochina War with the French, the Vietnam War and the current standoff with China over the (...) | |
134 | British Vietnamese International School ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 10.721 / 106.6846 | British Vietnamese International School in Ho Chi Minh City, commonly referred to as BVIS HCMC, is a bilingual international school in Vietnam, and the only bilingual school in Vietnam that is fully accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS) (...) | |
135 | Ho Chi Minh City University of Information Technology ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 27 Lat/Lng : 10.8708 / 106.8036 | Ho Chi Minh City University of Information Technology (or UIT) is a public university located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, a member of Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City. Although its name is about information technology, this university teaches many computer studies (...) | |
136 | Australian International School, Vietnam ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 10.8174 / 106.7301 | The Australian International School (AIS) is an IB World School,http://www.ibo.org/school/004027/ located in District 2 of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, serving students from early childhood pre-school through Year 13 (...) | |
137 | Rex Hotel ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 10.7758 / 106.7015 | The Rex Hotel Saigon is a famous luxury and business hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The 286-room, five-story building is located in District 1 of the city, close to the Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica and the Municipal Theatre (...) | |
138 | 2005 Phú Lộc derailment ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 417 Lat/Lng : 16.2 / 108.133 | The 2005 Phú Lộc derailment was an accident to an express passenger train that derailed in central Vietnam on 12 March 2005. Sai Gon Giai Phong. 12 March 2005. when it was running on the North–South Railway, killing 11 people and injuring hundreds, many of which were in a serious condition after (...) | |
139 | Đồng Tháp Mười ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 2 Lat/Lng : 10.5 / 105.7 | Đồng Tháp Mười or (also known as the Plain of Reeds) is an inland wetland in Vietnam's Mekong Delta. Most of the wetlands are within Long An Province and Đồng Tháp Province. (...) | |
140 | ABC International School ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : -1 Lat/Lng : 10.7341 / 106.6917 | Member of/registered with: The British Educational Department, Cambridge International Examinations, AQA examinations, QCA, COBIS (The Council of British International Schools), FOBISIA (Federation of British International Schools in Asia), BISW (British International Schools Worldwide), The Duke of (...) | |
141 | Long Binh Post ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 40 Lat/Lng : 10.9405 / 106.9009 | Long Binh Post (Tổng kho Long Bình) is a former U.S. Army base located in Long Bình ward between Biên Hòa and Saigon, Vietnam. (...) | |
142 | Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 10.3389 / 106.325 | The Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút was fought between Tây Sơn (Vietnamese) and Siamese forces in present-day Tiền Giang Province on January 20, 1785. It is considered one of the greatest victories in Vietnamese history. (...) | |
143 | Battle of Landing Zone Center ![]() FeatureType : event Elevation : 197 Lat/Lng : 15.563 / 108.273 | The Battle of Landing Zone Center (also known as the Battle of Hill 352 or the Battle of Nui Hoac Ridge) took place from 5–25 May 1968 in Quảng Tín Province during the Vietnam War. (...) | |
144 | Foreign Trade University ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 21.023 / 105.805 | Foreign Trade University (FTU) is a university established in 1960, located in Hanoi, Vietnam with satellite campuses in Ho Chi Minh City and Quảng Ninh. FTU is often regarded as one of the most prestigious and highly selective universities in Vietnam, covering a wide range of areas - from economics (...) | |
145 | Chu Văn An High School (Hanoi) ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 21.0433 / 105.8334 | Chu Van An High School (Vietnamese: Trường Trung học phổ thông Quốc gia Chu Văn An), also known as Chu Van An National School or Pomelo School (trường Bưởi, before 1945) is one of the three provincial public magnet high schools in Hanoi, Vietnam, along with Hanoi-Amsterdam High School and Nguyen Hue (...) | |
146 | Le Quy Don Technical University ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 21.0483 / 105.7858 | Le Quy Don Technical University or Le Quy Don University of Science and Technology , founded 1966, is one of the national key universities in Vietnam that offers multidisciplinary undergraduate and postgraduate training in engineering, technology and management (...) | |
147 | Canadian International School Vietnam ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 2 Lat/Lng : 10.7144 / 106.7298 | Canadian International School Vietnam (CIS;) or The Canadian International School System (CISS) is a Canadian international school in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam."." Canadian International School Vietnam. Retrieved on September 22, 2015 (...) | |
148 | Saigon University ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 10.76 / 106.682 | Saigon University (SGU) is a public university located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The university offers over 30 degree programs through its academic faculties in 4 campuses, including law, business administration, information technology, applied mathematics, environmental science, biotechnology, (...) | |
149 | Cetana PSB International College-English Business Tourism Hospitality ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 10.7294 / 106.6953 | is a Singaporean - based college located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It offers Vietnamese high school graduates an internationally recognized certificate in English, and diplomas in Business Administration, Human Resource Management, Banking & Finance, Marketing, Hospitality & Tourism (...) | |
150 | Huế Central Hospital ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 16.4625 / 107.5861 | Hue Central Hospital (HCH), established in 1894, has been the first Western hospital in Vietnam. The hospital, providing 2800 beds and occupying 190,000 square meters (included Base 2), is one of three biggest in the country along with Bạch Mai Hospital in Hanoi and Chợ Rẫy Hospital in Ho Chi Minh (...) | |
151 | Long Sơn Pagoda ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 27 Lat/Lng : 12.2516 / 109.1808 | Long Sơn Pagoda is a Buddhist temple in the city of Nha Trang on South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is regarded as one of the main sites in the city, along with Hai Duc Temple. (...) | |
152 | Dragon Wharf ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 10.7682 / 106.7068 | Dragon Wharf or Ho Chi Minh Museum is the original commercial port of Saigon. It is located on the Saigon River. Construction began in 1862 and more than one year later, in 1863, the house was completed. It is located at the junction of the Saigon River in District 4 (...) | |
153 | Vietnam People's Air Force Museum, Ho Chi Minh City ![]() FeatureType : airport Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 10.805 / 106.6611 | The Vietnam People's Air Force Museum, Saigon or Bảo Tàng Phòng Không - Không Quân is located on Duong Thang Long (Thang Long Street) in the Phuong 4 District of Ho Chi Minh City. The museum is near to Tan Son Nhat International Airport and adjacent to the gate to Tan Son Nhut Air Base (...) | |