Everything about Quang Tri Province totally explained
Quang Tri (in
Vietnamese Quảng Trị; ;
Hán Tự: ) is a
province in the
North Central Coast of
Vietnam, next to the former capital of
Huế. This is where the southernmost Chinese
commandery of
Rinan was centred during the
Later Han dynasty (25-220 CE).
History
Quang Tri was the northernmost province of the former
Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam). Around 1964, the province became a center for American bases. In 1966, North Vietnamese forces began occupying the northern region
heading their way deeper into the province.In
The War in the Northern Provinces, Lieutenant
General Willard Pearson writes that the Communists were moving into Quang Tri from the north and west. The U.S. Marines, U.S. Army, and the South Vietnamese were pushing north and west from the coast, thus “a major clash seemed inevitable.”
After the
Battle of Khe Sanh (1968), the North Vietnamese moved further in to take the entire province. Offensives were issued, bases left by retreating Americans, and bridges (such as the one in
Dong Ha) were destroyed.
The most notable achievement of the North Vietnamese offensive in
1972 was capturing Quang Tri. With the incapability of holding its stand against General
Vo Nguyen Giap's (commander of the North Vietnamese Army) Nguyen Hue Offensive,the province ultimately fell under the hands of the Communists where the Republic of Vietnam ceased to exist after the end of the Vietnam War.
After Quang Tri fell, the North Vietnamese Provisional Revolutionary Government laid their authority over the province. Collective farms were set up and strict rules instilled by the Viet Cong were forced on the villagers, many of whom eventually fled. According to Gary D. Murfin, one of the lead writers to have done a survey on Vietnamese refugees after 1975, the province was an area of particularly dense Catholic concentration, many of whom were anti- communist. He estimated that 41% fled the area in fear of Viet Cong reprisals, 37% feared fighting, shelling, and bombing, and others fled because they were a family related to a Nationalist soldier, or were at one point landowners.
Its capital is
Dong Ha. Another notable city is Quang Tri.
In
2000,
Clear Path International (CPI) was still working to remove
unexploded ordnance left by the
United States in Quang Tri Province. This was at the time the largest unexploded ordnance removal effort by an
NGO in Vietnam's history. CPI continues to operate in Quang Tri, providing victim assistance to those injured by
landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO).
In 2006,
Mines Advisory Group (MAG) continues to operate in Quang Tri (and neighbouring
Quang Binh) province, providing the only civilian staffed demining and UXO clearance operations in Vietnam.
Administrative divisions
Quảng Trị is divided into eight districts:
The city of
Đông Hà and the town of
Quảng Trị are also separate municipalities.
Non Governmental Organizations
Clear Path InternationalFurther Information
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