National Road 51 (Vietnam)

National Route 51 ( vi, Quốc lộ 51) is a four-lane highway starting from the city of

Biên Hòa Biên Hòa (Northern accent: , Southern accent: ) is the capital city of Đồng Nai Province, Vietnam and part of the Ho Chi Minh City metropolitan area and located about east of Ho Chi Minh City, to which Biên Hòa is linked by Vietnam Hig ...

Vũng Tàu Vũng Tàu (''Hanoi accent:'' , ''Saigon accent:'' ) is the largest city of Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province in southern Vietnam. The city area is , consists of 13 urban wards and one commune of Long Sơn Islet. Vũng Tàu was the capital of the pr ...

in the

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region of

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 ...

, passing Bình, Long Thành,

Bà Rịa Bà Rịa () is a city in Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province in the Southeast region of Vietnam. Bà Rịa is split from Vũng Tàu by a river crossed by Cỏ May Bridge. This is the ''de jure'' seat of the province since most of the provincial adm ...

town. This is the backbone route linking

Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu ) is a province of Vietnam. It is located on the coast of the country's Southeast region. It also includes the Côn Đảo islands, located some distance off Vietnam's southeastern coast. From 1954 to 1975, under South ...

with Đồng Nai province and

Ho Chi Minh City , population_density_km2 = 4,292 , population_density_metro_km2 = 697.2 , population_demonym = Saigonese , blank_name = GRP (Nominal) , blank_info = 2019 , blank1_name = – Total , blank1_ ...

. With a total length of 85.6 km , with of 15 to 23 km, this road includes 15

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s, going through several important industrial parks of the

Principal Economic Area of South Vietnam Principal may refer to: Title or rank * Principal (academia), the chief executive of a university ** Principal (education), the office holder/ or boss in any school * Principal (civil service) or principal officer, the senior management level i ...

, an area which includes province in Southeast region. The towns along this road include: Long Thành (where

Long Thanh International Airport Long Thanh International Airport ( vi, Sân bay Quốc tế Long Thành) is an international airport currently under construction in Long Thanh, Dong Nai, Vietnam. Located approximately east of Ho Chi Minh City, the Vietnamese government approv ...

is under construction),

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, Nhơn Trạch City,

Phú Mỹ Phú Mỹ is a district-level town of Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province in southeast Vietnam. the town had a population of 175,872. The town covers an area of 333.84 km². Phú Mỹ was formerly Tân Thành District, a rural district of B ...

(an important electricity hub of Vietnam). This national road starts from the roundabout in

city, 20 km northeast of

Saigon Bridge Saigon Bridge, known as Newport Bridge () before 1975, is a bridge crossing the Saigon River, connecting Bình Thạnh District and District 2, Ho Chi Minh City, on the Hanoi Highway. The bridge has four lanes for cars and two lanes for motorcy ...

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