The Cồ Cò River () is a partially silted river in Quảng Nam province and

Da Nang Da Nang or DanangSee also Danang Dragons (, ) is the fifth-largest city in Vietnam by municipal population. It lies on the coast of the Western Pacific Ocean of Vietnam at the mouth of the Hàn River, and is one of Vietnam's most important p ...

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. It used to connect the Thu Bồn with the Hàn River. From the 16th to the 18th century, the river was an important shipping lane connecting the port cities of

Hội An Hội An () is a city of approximately 120,000 people in Vietnam's Quảng Nam Province, registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999. Along with the Cù Lao Chàm archipelago, it is part of the Cù Lao Chàm-Hội An Biosphere Reserve ...

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, especially to ships for which the sea route was problematic. In the 18th century, the river started silting and the Vĩnh Điện River started gaining prominence as a shipping lane. When the French took power over the area in the late 19th century, the Cổ Cò was still open to shipping, but by the end of the century it was too silted and its use ended. There are plans to dredge it and reopen it for commercial shipping between Hội An and Da Nang and for tourism, but only the part inside the boundaries of Da Nang has been completed.

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Rivers of Da Nang Rivers of Quảng Nam province Rivers of Vietnam {{Vietnam-river-stub