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  Vinh Long Province , ViêtNam  | WomPom.ca
Binh Minh, Long Ho, Mang Thit, Tam Binh, Tra On, Vung Liem.
Vinh Long Province is situated between the Tien and the Hau rivers.
Vinh Long is close to the Tien River in the North.
www.wompom.ca /vietnam/vnprovinc812.htm   (381 words)

  
 Cuu Long Tourist
Vinh Long province lies in the center of the Mekong Delta, with a population of over one million including different ethnic groups such as Kinh, Khmer, and Chinese people who all inhabit in the area of 147,519 ha.
Vinh Long is also well-known by many traditional industries such as: brick, tile, terra-cotta, porcelain, knitting, embroidery, sedge mat… which have been exported to many market worldwide, even very choosy ones.
Originally bestowed by preferred geological position and other advantages, Vinh Long both now and in the past is one of the centers for training human resources in Mekong Delta, with a system of quality schools, and network of schools training from technical workers up to university graduates.
www.cuulongtourist.com /traveltip.htm   (630 words)

  
 Agrarian Vinh Long eyes industry, trade
Vinh Long is located at the heart of the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta, which comprises 13 provinces, and acts as a bridge between the two Southern economic hubs: HCM City and Can Tho City.
Vinh Long is less inundated during the flood season and has designated special zones for aquaculture, growing rice and fruit trees.
Vinh Long is one of the provinces chosen for the State’s preferential investment treatment programme.
vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn /2004-09/30/Stories/18.htm   (559 words)

  
 Vinh Long Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Vinh Long is situated between the Tien and the Hau Rivers.
Vinh Long is closed to the Tien River in the North, Cantho - Dong Thap Provinces in the West, Ben Tre Province in the East, and Tra Vinh Province in the South.
Vinh Long is 70km Mytho and 136km from Ho Chi Minh City.
www.vietnam-tourism.com /vietnam_gov/e_pages/hanhchinh/64info/vinhlong.htm   (203 words)

  
 Ha Long Bay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Vinh Ha Long or Bay of the Descending Dragon is often touted by proud Vietnamese as the world's Eighth wonder.
Long ago when their forefathers were fighting foreign invaders from the north, the gods from heaven sent a family of dragons to help defend their land.
The Ha Long myth illustrate the Vietnamese belief of their origin and the fact that throughout their history, they are aided by their ancestors, the dragon and the gods, in the defense of their land.
www.vietscape.com /travel/halong/index.html   (388 words)

  
 Tra Vinh Province , ViêtNam  | WomPom.ca
Tra Vinh Province is situated in the southern plain region of the Mekong Delta, with the soil a mixture of sand and mud silt deposits.
It is bordered on the north by Vinh Long; on the southwest by Soc Trang; on the southeast by the South China Sea; on the northwest by Vinh Long.
Tra Vinh is 202 kilometres southwest of Ho Chi Minh City/SaiGon; 68 kilometres southeast of Vinh Long.
www.wompom.ca /vietnam/vnprovinc811.htm   (438 words)

  
 Traveling to Tra Vinh: ThingsAsian
Vinh Long is on a branch with Phnom Penh, Cambodia to the west and Tra Vinh to the east just before it empties into the South China Sea.
Vinh Long and Tra Vinh are the largest towns in their respective provinces.
Driving along the highway southwest of Vinh Long, the rice farmers are working their harvest by the side of the road.
www.thingsasian.com /stories-photos/1157   (2726 words)

  
 Vietnam destination - Vinh Long
For most travellers, Vinh Long is the first place in the Mekong Delta where it’s possible to gain a reasonable experience of the area’s distinctive culture.
The Vinh Long Cong Than Temple, destroyed by the French, was later rebuilt and is unique in retaining 85 official diplomas bestowed upon local mandarins during the reigns of Kings Thieu Tri and Tu Duc.
The main targets for visitors to Vinh Long are the boat trips and floating markets, both of which are ‘must-see’ elements of an itinerary.
www.haivenu-vietnam.com /des-south-mekong-vinh-long.htm   (395 words)

  
 Tours operator in Saigon and Vietnam - Information about Saigon
The town of Vinh Long is set on the edge of its principal attraction, the Mekong River.
Vinh Long is uncharacteristically large for the Mekong Delta, displaying an abundance of tall buildings and Karaoke bars to tempt your vocal chords.
At one stage in Vietnam’s history, Vinh Long was at the center of a Christian stronghold.
www.threeland.com /saigon2.htm   (1245 words)

  
 Vinh Long, Vietnam
Vinh Long - TET 68, 52nd Det. 2 bunker area.
Vinh Long - Swamp Fox, 199th avn co. (RAC).
Aircraft 7.62 mm gun at Vinh Long, 199th Avn Co, Swamp Fox.
www.cantho-rvn.org /vinh-long.html   (144 words)

  
 Vietnam 1999/2000
0-1 Nam Dinh The Cong 2-1 Cong An Hanoi SLNA 1-1 Khanh Hoa Hue 2-0 Da Nang Lam Dong 3-2 Cong An HCMC Long An 2-2 Vinh Long Cang Saigon 2-3 Dong Thap Round 4 [Nov 3] The Cong 2-3 SLNA Nam Dinh 0-1 Khanh Hoa Cong An Haiph.
0-0 The Cong Cong An Hanoi 0-0 Nam Dinh SLNA 1-0 Hue Khanh Hoa 1-0 Da Nang Vinh Long ppd Dong Thap Long An 2-0 Lam Dong Cong An HCMC 1-1 Cang Saigon Round 15 [Mar 12] Cong An Haiph.
0-0 Da Nang Lam Dong 0-3 Cang Saigon Long An 0-0 Dong Thap Cong An HCMC ppd Vinh Long Round 19 [Mar 29] Lam Dong 1-0 Khanh Hoa SLNA 2-0 Cong An Hanoi The Cong 2-1 Long An Cong An Haiph.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Indo-China
Only a nation, to whom fear of invasion was unknown, could conceivably have undertaken public works of such magnitude; a long period of peace was indispensable for the completion of such monuments, and for the evolution of that high standard of civilization, whose existing remains indicate a culture unsurpassed in the Far East.
To the south of Kak-ba, the coast is low-lying and marshy, and characterized by the numerous mouths of the rivers Thai-bing, Song-koi, Song-ma, Song-ka, whose alluvium has formed the delta of Tong-king, as well as the fertile plains of Thanh-hoa and Nghe-an.
A proposal in the Council to decree of general massacre of Christians was vetoed by Tu-duc.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/07765a.htm   (15450 words)

  
 Cuu Long Tourist
Vinh LongLong Ho Canals – Phuoc Hau (4 hours)
Vinh Long – An Binh – Cai Be (4 hours)
Vinh LongLong Ho Canals – Cai Be (4 hours)
www.cuulongtourist.com /tourprograms.htm   (190 words)

  
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Vinh Long is situated between the Tien and the Hau rivers.
Vinh Long is closed to the Tien river in the North, Can Tho - Dong Thap provinces in the West, Ben Tre province in the East, and Tra Vinh province in the South.
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www.cuulongtourist.net   (118 words)

  
 Southern Vietnam
Return to the Cuu Long hotel for dinner and then go for a walk around town or simply watch the river activity from the balcony.
Upon arrival, and lunch at the Cuu Long Hotel, take a boat trip on the Mekong and then visit a tropical orchard to sample some exotic fruit.
You'll be amazed by the perfectly aligned rows of rubber trees which line the road for miles during this segment of the trip as you pass by the war vestiges of Lai Khe and the Bau Bang battlefield.
cgibin.erols.com /dreese/south.htm   (1608 words)

  
 VIETNAM VINH LONG   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Vinh Long - Vinh Long Province - IV CTZ
Vinh Long Army Airfield had already been established northwest of the city off of Route QL-4.
In addition to the Seawolves, the US Navy Support Activity Saigon - Detachment Vinh Long - in conjunction with Task Force 116 - Market Time, operated a 20-boat PBR (patrol boat river) base along the city's waterfront.
www.gingerb.com /vietnam_vinh_long.htm   (187 words)

  
 Vinh Long travel guide - hotel, guesthouse and restaurant reviews, entertainment, attractions and much more...
Vinh Long travel guide - hotel, guesthouse and restaurant reviews, entertainment, attractions and much more...
The small and roughly oblong-shaped province of Vinh Long sits on a long drawn-out Delta island, with the Tien Giang (Mekong) River running along its northern border and the Hau Giang (Bassac) River running to its south.
Tra Vinh sits to the east, serving as buffer to the South China Sea and Sa Dec borders to the west.
www.travelfish.org /province/vietnam/mekong_delta/vinh_long   (153 words)

  
 Attraction in Vietnam:Vinh Long   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
From Vinh Long, one can access all the islands in the river, all of which are totally given over to agriculture.
An interesting monastery southwest of town with friendly monks who claim the pagoda was built 500 years ago.
Located southwest of Tra Vinh is this pagoda and the Khmer Minority People's Museum.
www.trailsofasia.com /country/vietnam/vinhlong_a.htm   (183 words)

  
 U.S. Naval Facility Vinh Long (1966-1971)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Beginning in August 1966 river patrol boat (PBR) units of River Patrol Force deployed to Vinh Long, from which they operated against the Viet Cong supply network.
YR-9 a converted large covered lighter, was based at Vinh Long to handle maintenance and repair tasks, and APL-46, a messing and berthing barge, dropped anchor off the river city in October 1968.
Consequently on 1 February 1969, the Naval Support Activity, Saigon Detachment Vinh Long, was disestablished.
www.mrfa.org /bases40.htm   (326 words)

  
 VN - Mekong Delta Biking   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
My Tho is the capital of Tien Giang Province, a quiet city of 100,000 and one of the poorest cities in the Mekong Delta.
Journey first across the Hau Giang River by ferry between Can Tho and Vinh Long and then past Vinh Long and My Tho.
VINH LONG: capital of the province, this is a medium-sized town along the banks of the Mekong River about midway between My Tho and Can Tho.
www.trailsofasia.com /package/details/vietnam/vnt17_s.htm   (413 words)

  
 Small Tug ST2110 in action at Vinh Long   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
I was drafted in 1967 and chose "harbor craft operator" school therefor I was in for three years.
I remember delivering the gravel to a pier miles west of Vinh Long for road construction.
Our usual docking spot was on a "sea-wall" in front of a South Vietnamese fort east of downtown Vinh Long.
academic.uofs.edu /faculty/gramborw/atav/st2110.htm   (1145 words)

  
 MEYERSON : Vinh Long (fülszöveg)
Harvey Meyerson, a journalist, elected to search for an understanding of our involvement in Vietnam by focusing entirely on Vinh Long, a province in the Mekong Delta southwest of Saigon.
California Congressman John V. Tunney himself conducted an on-the-spot investigation of the pacification program in South Vietnam for the House Foreign Affairs Committee of which he is a member.
"What sets Vinh Long apart from other books," writes Congressman Tunney in his introduction, "is that the broad American characterizations about the war are here examined against the merciless reality of the situation in a single province.
www.bibl.u-szeged.hu /bibl/mil/vietnam/konyv/m/meyerson_i.html   (275 words)

  
 Events of the 1920s--Burning of the French transport Vinh-Long, 16 December 1922
Shortly after that, a very powerful explosion blew the transport's mainmast over the side and the fire intensified.
Amid greatly increased danger and confusion, the evacuation continued until all on board the Vinh Long had reached the Bainbridge or gotten into the water.
In keeping with the traditions of the sea, the French ship's Captain was the last to leave.
www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/ev-1920s/ev-1922/vl-rescu.htm   (1104 words)

  
 5 DAYS HO CHI MINH - MY THO - VINH LONG | HO | CHI
Depart My Tho for Vinh Long, and bound for Cai Be floating market.
Vinh Long — Ho Chi Minh City (B/L/D) Breakfast on board while enjoying the sunrise on the Mekong Delta.
Take a short sightseeing tour of Vinh Long by bike (or rickshaw) including visit to Ngoc Vien Pagoda, temple of Literature, and Vinh Long church.
www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/9207.html   (438 words)

  
 Vinh Long
The drivers, we are told, will sleep inside the bus, safe in the Cửu Long Hotel’s fenced parking lot.
We have lunch at the Phượng Thủy restaurant in Vĩnh Long across from the hotel; inside, we have several tables pushed together for us in front of the windows, giving us a spectacular view of the Mekong.
After lunch, we are led to the riverbank, where we board two ten-person, brightly-painted blue-and-white boats from the “Cuu Long Tourist Company.” I notice that they’ve left the diacritics off the company name on the boats, in deference to the linguistic frailties of tourists, although their logo on the brochure says “Cửu Long.”
www.pauahtun.org /Exile/VinhLong.html   (1425 words)

  
 Website Vinh Long
Vĩnh Long ngày nay là một phần của Long Hồ dinh, được hình thành từ năm 1732, bao gồm các tỉnh Bến Tre, Trà Vinh và một phần của Cần Thơ.
Bảng B diễn ra vào ngày 1/4 trên sân vận động tỉnh, gồm 3 đội: Vĩnh Long, Trà Vinh, Đồng Tháp.
Xếp thứ nhì là đội chủ nhà Vĩnh Long, thắng Trà Vinh 4-0, thua Đồng Tháp 0-1.
www.vinhlong.gov.vn   (878 words)

  
 The NSA docks and Sights in Vinh Long
A NSA Sailor Sweeps the NSA Vinh Long docks on the Mekong River.
When I arrived in Vinh Long, the NSA was still running a hotel complex outside of town on the road to Can Tho, and the boats were operating out of the VN RAG base in Vinh Long.
It was anchored in midstream off of Vinh Long, and we moved again.
brownwater-navy.com /vietnam/VinhLong.htm   (908 words)

  
 Vietnam Tours/ Group Tours in the Southern/ Mekong Delta Tours ( My Tho, Ben Tre, Cai Be, Vinh Long, Can Tho, Chau Doc )
Walk to see a very interesting and busy local market in Vinh Long, especially seeing many sorts of fresh-water fish, vegetables and tropical fruits.
Boat trip to visit a special floating village where local people are living and raising fresh-water fish under the foundation of their houses.
Continue by boat to the Cham village on the island to see Cham people weaving towers and sarongs as the main way of earning their living.
www.vietnamhighlight.com /vietnamtours/sbt02.html   (836 words)

  
 Vinh Long Info and Discussion Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
He was a jet engine mechanic who I worked with on the flight line at Blytheville AFB until he got these orders.
Served at Vinh long Army Airfield in 1969.
it was a beautiful site from the air in 1970.is it still standing today?and what shape is it presently in.it had a ball diamond on the north side,and was a sighn of some sanity left in the world.I hope it still remains in vinh long city area.
www.redtailcanyon.com /places/4354880.aspx   (388 words)

  
 Cuu Long Vinh Long Hotel , Angiang hotels, Vietnam Hotels
Rates shown are inclusive of all taxes and service charges and breakfast.
Rates here are available only for bookings made with this website, and are not available from the hotel directly.
ocated in center of Vinh Long town, Cuu long hotel belongs to Cuu long tourist company - Vinh Long province, 130km far from Ho Chi Minh city in ecology tourism area for the Mekong delta.
www.vietnamhotels.biz /cuulonghotel_vinhlong   (151 words)

  
 Vinh Long Tours
If you come to Ha Long and don't take the opportunity to closely explore this marvel, you may miss some of the unique sites that give the bay its legend.
A four-day trip that starts in Vietnam’s coffee producing region, with stopovers at the Buon Don elephant village, tribal villages, the Long Son Pagoda, and Nha...
In the morning, we drive for 3 hours to Cai Be, then we'll take a boat trip to Vinh Long.
vp-travels.com /tour-list.asp?Title=Vinh+Long+Tours&...   (1389 words)

  
 ASEMTRANET WEBSITE - Welcome to
Ready to cooperate with domestic and foreign partners in investment for agro-products processing for export and in other fields.
No. 209 - September 14 rd St., Vinh Long Town, Vinh Long Province.
No. 69 - Luu Van Liet St., Vinh Long Town, Vinh Long Province.
www.asemtranet.com /food/vinhlong/index.htm   (133 words)

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