The Đuống River (), also known as the Thiên Đức River, is a river of

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

. It flows for through Bắc Ninh Province and

Hanoi Hanoi ( ; ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Vietnam, second-most populous city of Vietnam. The name "Hanoi" translates to "inside the river" (Hanoi is bordered by the Red River (Asia), Red and Black River (Asia), Black Riv ...

. It was previously known by the French as the Canal des Rapides. The river features in the poem "On the Other Side of the Đuống River" by Hoàng Cầm.Kim Ngoc Bao Ninh ''A World Transformed: The Politics of Culture in Revolutionary ...'' 2002 - Page 133 "Hoàng Cầm, well known for his heartbreaking poem "On the Other Side of the Đuống River," which detailed his village's devastation during the anti-French resistance, had become the director of the National Theater Troupe in 1955. He, too ..."

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File:BìnhminhtrênsôngĐuống-03122008415.jpg, Sunrise on Đuống river File:Cau Duong.JPG, Đuống bridge File:Repaired railroad bridge in North Vietnam in 1972.jpg, The Duong River Bridge being repaired after the

Operation Linebacker Operation Linebacker was the codename of a U.S. Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 air interdiction campaign conducted against North Vietnam from 9 May to 23 October 1972, during the Vietnam War. Its purpose was to halt or slow th ...

in 1972

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* Rivers of Bắc Ninh province Rivers of Hanoi Rivers of Vietnam {{Vietnam-river-stub