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''Mông Đồng'' (
Chữ Hán ( , ) are the Chinese characters that were used to write Literary Chinese in Vietnam, Literary Chinese (; ) and Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary in Vietnamese language, Vietnamese. They were officially used in Vietnam after the Red River Delta region ...
: 艨艟) is a class of near-shore
warship A warship or combatant ship is a naval ship that is used for naval warfare. Usually they belong to the navy branch of the armed forces of a nation, though they have also been operated by individuals, cooperatives and corporations. As well as b ...
and
riverine A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of its course if it run ...
boat that played a dominant role in
medieval In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with the fall of the West ...
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 ...
ese naval forces for over a thousand years.


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File:Mông Đồng.jpg, Mông Đồng illustration File:Boat rowing.jpg, relief carving of a Mong Dong boat- Hương Canh communal house, Vĩnh Phúc. File:MONG DONG THUYEN.jpg, Carving on Chương Cauldron- 19th century Huế. File:Mông Đồng bow.jpg, Close up on the bow of the miniature Mông Đồng at the Hanoi Museum of National History, originally the model was kept at Keo Temple, Thái Bình File:Mông Đồng stern.jpg, Close up on the stern of the miniature Mông Đồng at the Hanoi Museum of National History, originally the model was kept at Keo Temple, Thái Bình File:Samuel Baron - The City of CHA-CHO, the Metropolis of TONQUEEN.jpg, Mông Đồng sailing on Red river in Đông Kinh (
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 ...
) ,17th century.
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