Thanh Hóa
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Thanh Hóa is the capital city of Vietnam
's Thanh Hoa province. The population is nearly 200,000 with an area of only 57.9 square kilometers.
The city is located south of the Red River
(Sông Hồng) delta region, about 137 km south of Hanoi
, on a small tributary of the Ma River
(Sông Mã). Thanh Hoa is linked with Hanoi by road and railway and considered to be a growing trade and industrial center. Agriculture, forestry and fishery are being developed here.
During Vietnam War
, US strategic bombing destroyed much of the buildings and infrastructure, the whole city has been totally rebuilt since then.
Thanh Hóa has the Hoang Long Antique Museum, and the large Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
with active services.
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 –...
's Thanh Hoa province. The population is nearly 200,000 with an area of only 57.9 square kilometers.
The city is located south of the Red River
Red River (Vietnam)
The Red River , also known as the Sông Cái - Mother River , or Yuan River , is a river that flows from southwest China through northern Vietnam to the Gulf of Tonkin...
(Sông Hồng) delta region, about 137 km south of Hanoi
Hanoi
Hanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam...
, on a small tributary of the Ma River
Ma River
The Ma River is a river in Asia, originating in northwestern Vietnam. It runs for 400 km through Vietnam, Laos, and then back through Vietnam, meeting the sea at the Gulf of Tonkin....
(Sông Mã). Thanh Hoa is linked with Hanoi by road and railway and considered to be a growing trade and industrial center. Agriculture, forestry and fishery are being developed here.
During Vietnam War
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
, US strategic bombing destroyed much of the buildings and infrastructure, the whole city has been totally rebuilt since then.
Thanh Hóa has the Hoang Long Antique Museum, and the large Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception of Mary is a dogma of the Roman Catholic Church, according to which the Virgin Mary was conceived without any stain of original sin. It is one of the four dogmata in Roman Catholic Mariology...
with active services.