Dong Ha
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Đông Hà pronunciation is the capital town of Quang Tri Province, Vietnam. It is located at around . Dong Ha is situated at the crossroads of National Highway 1A and Road 9, part of the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC). EWEC is an economic development program which includes Northeast Thailand, Southern Laos, and central Vietnam.
During the Vietnam War, Dong Ha was the location on a strategically important U.S. Marine Combat Base, outposted to provide surveillance of troops movements across the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Dong Ha was overrun on March 31, 1972, during the initial assaults of the North Vietnamese Easter Offensive.
Tourists come to Dong Ha nowadays, especially ex-servicemen from the U.S. and Vietnam, who nearly always include a DMZ tour in their programs.
The contemporary Vietnamese singer Nhu Quynh was born in Ðông Hà in 1970.
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