Van Don
History
The name Vân Đồn stems from the Vân Mountain on Quan Lạn Island, Quang Ninh province, Vietnam. In AD 980, the early Lê Dynasty of Vietnam (980-1009) set up an army outpost there. In 1149 under the reign of Lý Anh Tông (1138-1175), the Vân Đồn island authority was officially formed as a strategic location, at the same time as a busy trading port of Đại Việt. The port was bustling under the dynasties of Lý (1009-1225), Trần (1225-1400), and later Lê (1442-1789) hosting trading ships from other countries.
Vân Đồn is also home to various historical sites representing important events in the Vietnamese national fight against foreign invaders. In 1288, on the Mang River on Quan Lạn Island, under the command of General Trần Khánh Dư, the Vietnamese troops defeated Yuan-Mongol invaders in the historic Bạch Đằng victory.
Administrative divisions
Cái Rồng, Đông Xá, Hạ Long, Bình Dân, Đoàn Kết, Đài Xuyên, Vạn Yên, Minh Châu, Quan Lạn, Ngọc Vừng, Bản Sen, Thắng Lợi.
References
- ^ "Development history". Vân Đồn district electronic information portal. 2021-04-08.
- ^ "Districts of Vietnam". Statoids. Retrieved March 23, 2009.
- ^ "Van Don changes rapidly, ready for Special Economic Zone - News VietNamNet".
- ^ Nguyen, Kim Dinh (2016). Vân Đồn: An international port of Đại Việt. In Early Modern Southeast Asia, 1350–1800. New York: Taylor & Francis. pp. 124–215. ISBN 978-1-315-73384-5.
- ^ "Vân Đồn District plans for the future". vietnamnews.vn. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
External links
- Official website
- Trang lưu trữ Archived 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Có một Vân Đôn ở giữa Yên Bang, Yên Quảng không tĩnh lặng
- Nối dài di sản Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Vân Đồn – Kỳ quan đất dựng giữa trời cao Archived 2007-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
- Nghỉ hè ở Vân Đồn
- Khu đô thị Thống Nhất Vân Đồn Archived 2021-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
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