Gia Nghĩa is the capital city of
Đắk Nông Province, in the
Central Highlands 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 it ...
. It is located on the main road northward to
Buôn Ma Thuột
Buôn Ma Thuột () (formerly Lac Giao) or sometimes Buôn Mê Thuột or Ban Mê Thuột, is the capital city of Đắk Lắk Province in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Its population was 420,000 in 2016, and grew to 502,170 by 2018. The c ...
.
[Jonathan D. London ''Education in Vietnam '' 2011 Page 178 " The rapid development of the newly established province can be seen in the dramatic changes in Gia Nghĩa. On my first visit in 2004, it was a small rural town that functioned only as a stopover station along a busy traffic route northward to Buôn Ma Thuột. By the time of my return in 2007, there was fresh construction everywhere, roads were expanded ....."]
References
Provincial capitals in Vietnam
Populated places in Đắk Nông province
Districts of Đắk Nông province
Cities in Vietnam
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