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'''Quang Ngai''' is a coastal province of Central Vietnam. During the [[Vietnam War]], it was one of the four provinces in the [[Army of the Republic of Viet Nam]] I Corps tactical zone. | '''Quang Ngai''' is a coastal province of Central Vietnam. During the [[Vietnam War]], it was one of the four provinces in the [[Army of the Republic of Viet Nam]] I Corps tactical zone. | ||
It is 883 km North of [[Ho Chi Minh]] City, with Binh Dinh province to the South, and Kon Tum province to the West and the East Sea to the East. | It is 883 km North of [[Ho Chi Minh]] City, with Binh Dinh province to the South, and Kon Tum province to the West and the East Sea to the East. It is on [[National Highway 1 (Vietnam)|National Highway 1 (1A)]], the Trans-Viet railroad between Hanoi and Saigon, and is eastern starting point of [[National Highway 24 (Vietnam)|National Highway 24]]National Highway 24, which runs to the Central Highlands provinces and then crosses into Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. | ||
While it had been one of the poorest areas of Vietnam, under the ''[[doi moi]]'' economic reforms, it now contains the Dung Quat Economic Zone, which supports the new oil industry. | While it had been one of the poorest areas of Vietnam, under the ''[[doi moi]]'' economic reforms, it now contains the Dung Quat Economic Zone, which supports the new oil industry. | ||
Revision as of 09:52, 16 December 2008
Quang Ngai is a coastal province of Central Vietnam. During the Vietnam War, it was one of the four provinces in the Army of the Republic of Viet Nam I Corps tactical zone.
It is 883 km North of Ho Chi Minh City, with Binh Dinh province to the South, and Kon Tum province to the West and the East Sea to the East. It is on National Highway 1 (1A), the Trans-Viet railroad between Hanoi and Saigon, and is eastern starting point of National Highway 24National Highway 24, which runs to the Central Highlands provinces and then crosses into Laos, Cambodia and Thailand.
While it had been one of the poorest areas of Vietnam, under the doi moi economic reforms, it now contains the Dung Quat Economic Zone, which supports the new oil industry.
History
Quang Ngai is the birthplace of Ho Chi Minh.
My Lai
My Lai, site of a massacre of civilians by a U.S. patrol under LT William Calley, is in the Song Ve valley of Quang Ngai province.