Năm Căn
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Năm Căn is a commune-level town
(Thị trấn) and capital town of Năm Căn District, Ca Mau province
, in Vietnam
. Nam Can is 50 km south of Ca Mau City, the provincial capital. The town is located on the river
. Vinashin
has a shipbuilding factory here. An oil refinery is considered to be built here by an American company.
Commune-level town (Vietnam)
|A commune-level town is a third-level administrative subdivision of Vietnam. Commune-level towns are subdivisions of counties , which are in turn subdivisions of provinces ....
(Thị trấn) and capital town of Năm Căn District, Ca Mau province
Ca Mau Province
Cà Mau is a province of Vietnam, named after its capital city. It is located in the Mekong Delta of southern Vietnam, and is the southernmost of Vietnam's 58 provinces...
, in 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 –...
. Nam Can is 50 km south of Ca Mau City, the provincial capital. The town is located on the river
River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...
. Vinashin
Vinashin
Vinashin is a state-owned shipbuilding firm in Vietnam. Vinashin was one of Vietnam's leading industrial concerns, and entered into a partnership with Damen, Kongsberg, and Hyundai. Vinashin was heavily indebted, and executives have been arrested for mismanagement. but it has been claimed that...
has a shipbuilding factory here. An oil refinery is considered to be built here by an American company.