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 ...
to
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
Southeast
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region of
Vietnam
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, 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
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. With a total length of 85.6 km , with of 15 to 23 km, this road includes 15
bridge
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s, going through several important industrial parks of the
Principal Economic Area of South Vietnam
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, an area which includes province in Southeast region. The towns along this road include: Long Thành (where
Long Thanh International Airport
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is under construction),
Tam An Town
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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
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 ...
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 ...
of
Ho Chi Minh City
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.
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