Dong Hung
Encyclopedia
Dong Hung is a district (huyện)
of Thai Binh Province
in the Red River Delta
region of Vietnam
.
Ðong Hung is the homeland of hát chèo
, a traditional Vietnamese music genre and water puppet. The district is also well known for Cay cake.
As of 2003 the district had a population of 257,144. The district covers an area of 198 km². The district capital lies at Dong Hung
.
Districts of Vietnam
||The provinces of Vietnam are divided into counties , provincial cities , and county-level towns .The centrally-controlled municipalities are subdivided into rural counties , county-level towns , and urban districts , which then subdivided into wards ....
of Thai Binh Province
Thai Binh Province
Thái Bình is a coastal eastern province in the Red River Delta region of northern Vietnam, named after the Vietnamese name for the Pacific Ocean: Thái Bình Dương...
in the Red River Delta
Red River Delta
The Red River Delta is the flat plain formed by the Red River and its distributaries joining in the Thai Binh River in northern Vietnam. The delta measuring some 15,000 square km is well protected by a network of dikes. It is an agriculturally rich area and densely populated...
region of Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
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Ðong Hung is the homeland of hát chèo
Hat cheo
Chèo is a form of generally satirical musical theatre, often encompassing dance, traditionally performed by Vietnamese peasants in northern Vietnam...
, a traditional Vietnamese music genre and water puppet. The district is also well known for Cay cake.
As of 2003 the district had a population of 257,144. The district covers an area of 198 km². The district capital lies at Dong Hung
Dong Hung
Dong Hung is a district of Thai Binh Province in the Red River Delta region of Vietnam.Ðong Hung is the homeland of hát chèo, a traditional Vietnamese music genre and water puppet. The district is also well known for Cay cake....
.