![Gianh River](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Gianh_River.jpg)
The Gianh River ( vi, Sông Gianh) is a river in the
Quảng Bình Province of
Vietnam
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's
North Central Coast
Bắc Trung Bộ (literally North Central Region, and often translated as North Central Coast) is one of the regions of Vietnam. It consists of six provinces: Thanh Hóa, Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị, Thừa Thiên–Hu ...
(Bắc Trung Bộ). The river is in length.
It was the border between ruling families during the partition of Vietnam following the
Trịnh–Nguyễn War
The Trịnh–Nguyễn Civil War ( vi, Trịnh-Nguyễn phân tranh; Hán tự: 鄭阮紛爭) was a 17th-century lengthy civil war waged between the two ruling families in Vietnam, the Trịnh lords of Đàng Ngoài and the Nguyễn lords of ...
of the 17th century, serving to effectively divide the country between
northern and southern regions. The
17th parallel used as the border between
North Vietnam
North Vietnam, officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV; vi, Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa), was a socialist state supported by the Soviet Union (USSR) and the People's Republic of China (PRC) in Southeast Asia that existed f ...
and
South Vietnam
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...
from 1954 to 1975 was located just to the south, at the
Bến Hải River
The Bến Hải River ( vi, Sông Bến Hải) is a river in central Vietnam which became an important landmark in the partition of the country into a northern and a southern zone along the 17th parallel by the Geneva Accords of 1954 then end ...
in
Quảng Trị Province.
2009 boat accident
On 25 January 2009 a
boat accident took place on the river, resulting in the death of 42 people and the disappearance of five others.
External links
Rivers in Quảng Bình Province from official website of Quảng Bình government
Rivers of Quảng Bình province
Rivers of Vietnam
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Borders of Vietnam