Nha Trang
The City
Like Danang, Nha Trang, some 445 kilometres northeast of Ho Chi
Minh City, is a city mainly renowned for it's non-Vietnamese past,
as it was an important town in the Kingdom of Champa. After armies
of the Vietnamese Le Dynasty had invaded the northern regions
of the Kingdom of Champa in 1471, the Chams retreated to
a small area around Nha Trang. In 1720, when another Vietnamese
attack was imminent, the entire Cham nation migrated to the Southwest
into an area north of lake Tonle Sap in present-day Cambodia.
50 kilometres south of Nha Trang, Cam Ranh Bay is one of
the largest natural harbours of the world. During the Vietnam
War, Cam Ranh Bay had been one of the most important Southeast
Asian harbours for the American forces.
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