National Route 13 (Vietnam)

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National Route 13
Quốc lộ 13
Route information
Part of AH17
Length140.5 km (87.3 mi)
Major junctions
North endHoa Lư Border Gate at Cambodian border
Major intersectionsQL.14 in Chơn Thành

HCM in Thành Tâm

QL.1A in Hiệp Bình Phước, Thủ Đức, Ho Chi Minh City
South endBình Thạnh, Ho Chi Minh City
Highway system
← → QL 14

National Route 13 (Vietnamese: Quốc lộ 13) is a highway in southern Vietnam stretching from the northeastern outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, the commercial centre of the country, towards the border to Cambodia. The highway starts around Thủ Đức on the northern outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, once the site of the military academy of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and travels north through the provinces of Bình Dương and Bình Phước. The highway passes through the districts of Thuận An, Thủ Dầu Một town, Bến Cát, Chơn Thành, Đồng Phú, Bình Long, and Lộc Ninh.

During the Vietnam War the road was nicknamed Thunder Road by US forces.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Kelley, Michael (2002). Where we were in Vietnam. Hellgate Press. p. 509. ISBN 978-1555716257.


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