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The Quang Ngai Province chief and his staff, unable to break through the PAVN units on the road to Chu Lai, went by boat to Re Island, 20 miles (32 km) offshore from Chu Lai. As an embattled column of soldiers and refugees struggled north on Highway 1 north of Quang Ngai, dead and wounded littered the road.
There are 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam as officially recognized by the Vietnamese government. Each ethnicity has their own unique language, traditions, and culture. The largest ethnic groups are: Kinh 85.32%, Tay 1.92%, Thái 1.89%, Mường 1.51%, Hmong 1.45%, Khmer 1.37%, Nùng 1.13%, Dao 0.93%, Hoa 0.78%, with all others accounting for the remaining 3.7% (2019 census).
It borders Quảng Nam to the north, Bình Định to the south, Kon Tum to the west, Gia Lai to the southwest and the East Sea to the east. Quảng Ngãi is located 883 kilometres (549 mi) south of Hanoi and 838 kilometres (521 mi) north of Hồ Chí Minh City. The province has been historically populated with H're people and ethnic Kinh, and ...
The Battle of Ba Gia was a major battle that marked the beginning of the Viet Cong 's (VC) Summer Offensive of 1965, during the early phases of the Vietnam War. The battle took place in Quảng Ngãi Province, South Vietnam, between May 28–31, 1965. Following the victory of VC forces in the Battle of Bình Giã earlier in the year, the North ...
Quảng Ngãi ( listen ⓘ) is a city in central Vietnam. It serves as the capital city of Quảng Ngãi Province. Quảng Ngãi City borders Tư Nghĩa District to the South and West, Sơn Tịnh District to the Northwest and Bình Sơn District to the North. It has an area of 160,15 km² and population of 260,252 inhabitants.
Sơn Tịnh ( listen ⓘ) is a district of Quảng Ngãi province, in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam, situated to the northeast of the town of Quảng Ngãi. The hamlet of Mỹ Lai of the Sơn Mỹ village, Tinh Khe commune was the site of the massacre of non-combatants committed by United States Army troops in 1968, today documented ...
Montagnard (Vietnam) Distribution of ethno-linguistic groups in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Montagnard ( / ˌmɒn.tənˈjɑːrd /) is an umbrella term for the various indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam. The French term Montagnard ( [mɔ̃.ta.ɲaʁ] ⓘ) signifies a mountain dweller, and is a carryover from the French ...
The Long Wall of Quang Ngai [1] ( Vietnamese: Trường lũy Quảng Ngãi ), [2] Truong luy, [3] or the Great Wall of Vietnam [4] is a 127.4-kilometre (79.2 mi) rampart extending from Vietnam 's Quảng Ngãi Province in the north to Binh Dinh Province in the south. The defensive wall was built by the Nguyễn dynasty as a demarcation line ...