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Sóc Trăng province lies roughly between 9°14'N and 9°56'N latitude and between 105°34'E and 106°18'E longitude. It is bordered by Trà Vinh to the northeast, Vĩnh Long to the north, Hậu Giang to the northwest and Bạc Liêu to the south. To the south east of Sóc Trăng is 72 kilometres (45 mi) of coastline of the South China Sea.
Etymology. The name Sóc Trăng comes from the Khmer name of the area Srok Khleang (ស្រុកឃ្លាំង), which means Land of depositories or Place to ...
Sóc Trăng Airfield was originally established in the French colonial era, it was subsequently used by the Japanese forces from 1940 to 1945. [1] HMM-362 with Sikorsky UH-34s codenamed Operation Shufly was the first USMC helicopter unit to serve in Vietnam arriving on 15 April 1962. Sóc Trăng was selected for the deployment because it had ...
19 killed. 14 H-34s destroyed. Operation Shufly was a United States Marine Corps operation to improve the mobility of Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) forces in the early phases of the Vietnam War from 1962 to 1965. Beginning on 15 April 1962, Marine helicopter squadrons, associated maintenance units and air traffic control detachments ...
As of 28 December 2020, analog television stopped broadcasting nationwide due to the government's digitization roadmap. [10] [11] Previously, analog television in Vietnam was mostly broadcast on the VHF band (from channel 6 to channel 12) and the UHF band (from channel 21 to channel 62). [12] Only a few stations broadcast below R6 VHF ...
115 helicopters carry 1,100 ARVN troops in the largest air assault of the war to date. north of Biên Hòa, Long Khánh Province. Apr 18. Operation Lam Son 115 [4] ARVN 32nd Ranger Battalion and HMM-364 operation. A Shau Valley. Apr 27 – May 25.
Uncle Ho Temple in Den Den hamlet. The temple was built in 1970 and has been restored. Cù Lao Dung is a rural district ( huyện) of Sóc Trăng province in the Mekong River Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 62,025. [1] The district covers an area of 235 km². The district capital lies at Cù Lao Dung.
The Independence Palace ( Vietnamese: Dinh Độc Lập ), also publicly known as the Reunification Convention Hall ( Vietnamese: Hội trường Thống Nhất ), is a landmark in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly known as Saigon), Vietnam. It was designed by architect Ngô Viết Thụ and was the home and workplace of the president of the Republic ...