Bến Tre () is the capital city of Bến Tre Province, in the

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region of southern

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. Located southwest of

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, the city covers an area of 65.75 km² (25.39 sq mi) and has a population of 124,499 at the 2019 census. Bến Tre is connected to the surrounding provinces by the

Rạch Miễu Bridge Rạch Miễu Bridge ( vi, Cầu Rạch Miễu) is a cable-stayed bridge in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. The bridge connects Tiền Giang Province (Mỹ Tho Mỹ Tho () is a city in the Tiền Giang province in the Mekong Delta region of South Vi ...

History

The

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occupied Bến Tre in 1867. The

Viet Minh The Việt Minh (; abbreviated from , chữ Nôm and Hán tự: ; french: Ligue pour l'indépendance du Viêt Nam, ) was a national independence coalition formed at Pác Bó by Hồ Chí Minh on 19 May 1941. Also known as the Việt Minh Fro ...

defeated the French at Dien Bien Phu and gained independence under the guidance of

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and his generals.Thạch Phương, Tứ Đoàn, Phương Thảo Nguyễn ''Địa chí Bến Tre'' 1991 "Only in Bao and Minh islets, there had been 70 schools of Chinese characters in 152 villages until the French occupied Ben Tre (1867). That was a very rare proportion at that time. The list of the Ben Tre successful candidates written in the...." During the

Tet Offensive The Tet Offensive was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. It was launched on January 30, 1968 by forces of the Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) against the forces o ...

in 1968, it was nearly destroyed by bombing.

Geography

Bến Tre is located on Bảo Island, with the districts of Châu Thành, Giồng Trôm and Ba Tri. The city is oriented in a triangular layout and is bordered by the following: *North and east by Châu Thành district. *South by Giồng Trôm district. *West by

Hàm Luông River The Hàm Luông River ( vi, Sông Hàm Luông) is a branch of Mekong River in the Mekong Delta region, Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asi ...

, separating the city from Mỏ Cày Bắc district.

Administration

The city of Bến Tre has 8 wards: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, An Hội, Phú Khương and Phú Tân, and 6 communes: Bình Phú, Mỹ Thạnh An, Nhơn Thạnh, Phú Hưng, Phú Nhuận and Sơn Đông.

Schools

* Bến Tre High School for the Gifted
Nguyen Dinh Chieu High School

Notable people

Chân Không Chân Không (born 1938) is an expatriate Vietnamese Buddhist Bhikkhunī ( nun) and peace activist who has worked closely with Thích Nhất Hạnh in starting the Plum Village Tradition and helping conduct spiritual retreats internationally. ...

- Buddhist nun who worked closely with Zen master

Thích Nhất Hạnh Thích Nhất Hạnh ( ; ; born Nguyễn Xuân Bảo; 11 October 1926 – 22 January 2022) was a Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, peace activist, prolific author, poet and teacher, who founded the Plum Village Tradition, historically recogni ...

for more than fifty years *

Nguyễn Phương Khánh Nguyễn Phương Khánh (born April 5, 1995) is a Vietnamese model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Earth 2018. She is the first Vietnamese woman to win the Miss Earth title, one of the Big Four international beauty pageants – the most c ...

Miss Earth 2018 Miss Earth 2018, the 18th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, with the theme "Goddesses of the Earth", was held on November 3, 2018, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. Karen Ibasco of the Philippines crowned her succes ...

winner

Gallery

Ben Tre River.jpg, Bến Tre River Truc Giang Lake, Ben Tre.jpg, Trúc Giang Lake

References

External links

Ben Tre - The third Coconut Festival 2012Bến Tre Hôm NayOfficial website of Ben Tre province
(English ver.)
Michael D. Miller. ''Saving Ben Tre'': American veteran's account of Bến Tre during the Tet Offensive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ben Tre Populated places in Bến Tre province Provincial capitals in Vietnam Districts of Bến Tre province Cities in Vietnam