| Name | | Name: | Thành Phố Hải Phòng | | Meaning: | "coastal defence" | | Geography | | Region: | Red River Delta | | Area: | 1,503km² | | People | | Population: | 1,711,100 | | Ethnicities: | Viet, Hoa | | Location |
 | Haiphong (Vietnamese: Hải Phòng, Chinese 海防, Hǎifáng) is the third most populous city in Vietnam. Overseas Chinese (è¯åƒ‘ in pinyin: huáqiáo, or è¯èƒž huábÄo, or 僑胞 qiáobÄo, or è¯è£” huáyì) are ethnic Chinese people who live outside of China. ...
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Geography
Haiphong is located in the delta of the Red River. It is approximately 100 kilometres from Hanoi, the Vietnamese capital, and serves as the primary seaport for the northern region of the country. Flowing from China through Vietnam to the South China Sea, the Red River (Vietnamese Sông Hồng, Chinese Hónghé) is also known as the Yuan Jiang (元江, pinyin yuan2jiang1), which means Primary River. ...
Hanoi (Vietnamese: Quốc Ngữ Hà Nội; Chữ Nôm 河内), estimated population 3,083,800 (2004), is the capital of Vietnam and was the capital of North Vietnam from 1954 to 1976. ...
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History Haiphong has existed as a significant port city for at least several centuries, and was one of Vietnam's principle trading centres. When Vietnam was conquered by the French, the city became France's main naval base in Indochina. After World War II, when Vietnam attempted to regain its independence, Haiphong was the site of the first military action undertaken by the French, being shelled by the French navy. Later, in the Vietnam War, the city was subjected to heavy bombing by the United States due to its status as North Vietnam's only major port. After the war, the city was built up as a significant industrial centre. French Indochina was a federation of French colonies and protectorates in Southeast Asia, part of the French colonial empire. ...
Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 7 million military deaths World War II, also known as the Second World War (sometimes WW2 or WWII), was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is accepted as...
The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN, or North Vietnam), allied with the Communist World, namely the Soviet Union and Red China against the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam), and its allies — notably the United States military in...
The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN), or less commonly, Vietnamese Democratic Republic (Vietnamese: Việt Nam Dân Chủ Cộng Hòa), also known as North Vietnam, was founded by Ho Chi Minh and was recognized by the Peoples Republic of China and the Soviet Union in 1950. ...
Administration Administratively, Haiphong constitutes an independent municipality at the same level as Vietnam's provinces. It is divided into administrative units. Hong Bang, Le Chan, Ngo Quyen, Kien An, Hai An are urban districts and Thuy Nguyen, An Duong, An Lao, Kien Thuy, Tien Lang, Vinh Bao, Cat Hai, Bach Long Vi are suburban districts. Cat Hai and Bach Long Vi are islandish districts in the Gulf of Tonkin - Cat Hai is a larger island just off Haiphong's coast, while Bach Long Vi is a small island near the centre of the Gulf. Do Son, officially designated a town rather than a district, is a small settlement within the greater Haiphong area Administrative Divisions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam The country of Vietnam is divided into fifty-nine provinces (known in Vietnamese as tỉnh, from Chinese çœ shÄ›ng). ...
The Gulf of Tonkin is located to the east of Vietnam. ...
External link - Haiphong government website
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