Kiến Giang is a township in Lệ Thủy District

Le Thuy

Lệ Thủy is a district of Quang Binh province in the North Central Coast of Vietnam. The district borders Quang Ninh District on the north, Vinh Linh District on the south, Laos on the west . Le Thuy central is 40 km south of the provincial capital Dong Hoi. The district government seat is Kien...

, Quang Binh province, Bac Trung Bo

Bac Trung Bo

Bắc Trung Bộ is one of the regions of Vietnam. It consists of six provinces: Thanh Hóa, Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị, Thừa Thiên-Huế...

, Vietnam

Vietnam

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. This township is located on the banks of the Kiến Giang River. The township is the capital of the district. The township's main economic activities is commerce and services for the surrounding rural areas. This township is 3 km south of families of Võ Nguyên Giáp

Vo Nguyen Giap

Võ Nguyên Giáp is a retired Vietnamese officer in the Vietnam People’s Army and a politician. He was a principal commander in two wars: the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War...

, Ngo Dinh Diem

Ngo Dinh Diem

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 and Nguyen Huu Canh

Nguyen Huu Canh

Lễ Thành Hầu Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh or Nguyễn Hữu Kính, Hán tự:阮有鏡, was a general of Lord Nguyễn Phúc Chu. He is considered the one who established territorial sovereignty for Vietnam in Saigon and Gia Dinh regions in 1698...

, Dương Văn An

Duong Van An

Dương Văn An was a minister in the cabinet of Mạc Dynasty, in history of Vietnam. He was born in 1514 in Tuy Lộc Village, Lộc Thủy Commune, Lệ Thủy district, Quảng Bình province. He was the author of a famous geography-history book about châu O, Ô Châu cận lục, Hán tự: 烏州近錄...

, famous persons in the history of Vietnam

History of Vietnam

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. The township has an area of 4.4km2, population of 6,246. The town is prone to flooding due to its position in a low plain created by Kiến Giang river.