The Kỳ Cùng ( vi, Sông Kỳ Cùng, links=no) is a major river of northeastern

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

. It flows through Lạng Sơn Province . Tributaries include the Bắc Giang River and the

Bắc Khê River The Bắc Khê ( vi, Sông Bắc Khê) is a left tributary of the Kỳ Cùng River. It is 54 km long with a catchment area of 801 km2 and flows through Tràng Định District in Lạng Sơn Province in northeastern Vietnam. The river ...

. The source of the river is at an altitude of 1166 metres in northern Đình Lập District. HIstorically the valleys in which the river passes through have been important for agricultural production and were inhabited for centuries by the Bac Son peoples. During the

Lý dynasty The Lý dynasty ( vi, Nhà Lý, , chữ Nôm: 茹李, chữ Hán: 李朝, Hán Việt: ''Lý triều'') was a Vietnamese dynasty that existed from 1009 to 1225. It was established by Lý Công Uẩn when he overthrew the Early Lê dynasty an ...

an extensive market for trade between the Vietnamese and the Chinese was established at

Lạng Sơn Lạng Sơn () is a city in far northern Vietnam, which is the capital of Lạng Sơn Province. It is accessible by road and rail from Hanoi, the Vietnamese capital, and it is the northernmost point on National Route 1. History Due to its ge ...

on the Kỳ Cùng River.''Special issue on Lang Son'' (1988), p.12

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Map of northeastern Vietnam showing rivers
Rivers of Lạng Sơn province Rivers of Guangxi International rivers of Asia Rivers of Vietnam {{Vietnam-river-stub