La Gi is a District-level town

County-level town (Vietnam)

|The county-level town is a kind of second level administrative units in Vietnam, under the governed by the province or the central-controlled municipality. County-level towns are officially categorized as Class III or Class IV of urban regions by Vietnam government. In July 2010, Vietnam has 45...

 (thị xã) of Bình Thuận Province

Binh Thuan Province

Bình Thuận is a province of Vietnam. It is located on the country's South Central Coast, not far from Ho Chi Minh City. It is sometimes seen as part of the Southeast Region. Binh Thuan is known for its scenery and for its good beaches...

 Southeast

Dong Nam Bo

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 region of Vietnam. Under Republic of Vietnam period, this town was provincial capital of Binh Tuy Prrovince (now is western part of Bình Thuận Province). After Vietnam War

Vietnam War

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, it was the capital of Hàm Tân District. It's established in 2005 with split Hàm Tân District into new La Gi Town and new Hàm Tân District

La Gi is borders with new Hàm Tân District in north and west, Hàm Thuận Nam District in east and South China Sea

South China Sea

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(East Sea in Vietnamese) in south. It's subdivided into 5 wards: Tân An, Phước Hội, Phước Lộc, Tân Thiện, Bình Tân and 4 communes :Tân Phước, Tân Tiến, Tân Hải, Tân Bình