Red River Delta

The Red River Delta or Hong River Delta is the flat low-lying plain formed by the and its distributaries merging with the in .
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  • Type: Region with 19,000,000 residents
  • Description: region of Vietnam
  • Also known as: “châu thổ sông Hồng”, “Delta del Rio Rojo (Dồng Bằng Song Hồng)”, “Delta del Rio Rojo (Dồng Bằng Sông Hồng)”, “Delta del Rio Rojo (Đồng Bằng Song Hồng)”, “Delta del Rio Rojo (Đồng Bằng Sông Hồng)”, “Delta del Río Rojo (Dồng Bằng Song Hồng)”, “Delta del Río Rojo (Dồng Bằng Sông Hồng)”, “Delta del Río Rojo (Đồng Bằng Song Hồng)”, “Delta del Río Rojo (Đồng Bằng Sông Hồng)”, “Delta del Rio Rojo (region de Vietnam)”, “Delta del Rio Rojo (región de Vietnam)”, “Delta del Río Rojo (region de Vietnam)”, “Delta del Río Rojo (región de Vietnam)”, “Delta del Rio Rojo (Vietnam)”, “Delta del Río Rojo (Vietnam)”, “Delta do rio vermelho”, “Delta du Fleuve Rouge”, “Delta sungai merah”, “đồng bằng Bắc Bộ”, “đồng bằng châu thổ sông Hồng”, “Dồng Bằng Song Hồng”, “Dồng Bằng Sông Hồng”, “Đồng Bằng Song Hồng”, “Hong River Delta”, “Punaisen joen suisto”, “Raudonosios upės delta”, “Region Delta del Rio Rojo (Vietnam)”, “Region Delta del Río Rojo (Vietnam)”, “Región Delta del Rio Rojo (Vietnam)”, “tam giác châu Bắc Bộ”, “tam giác châu thổ sông Hồng”, “trung châu Bắc Bộ”, “trung châu Bắc Phần”, “Дельта Красной реки”, “통킹 델타”, “통킹 삼각주”, “홍강 델타”, “홍강삼각주”, “ソンコイ・デルタ”, and “トンキン・デルタ”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Hoa Lo Prison.

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The President is a mausoleum…

Museum
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Hỏa Lò Prison was a in originally used…

Stadium
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Hàng Đẫy Stadium, also known as Hanoi Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hanoi and Co Loa.

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, the capital of and its second-largest…

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Cổ Loa is a modern day town and ancient former capital…

Red River Delta

Latitude
21.035° or 21° 2′ 6″ north
Longitude
105.8455° or 105° 50′ 44″ east
Population
19,000,000
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
Open location code
7PH72RMW+X6
Geo­Names ID
11497250
Wiki­data ID
Q342451
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Red River Delta” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دلتا النهر الأحمر”
  • Belarusian: “Дэльта Чырвонай ракі”
  • Bengali: “রেড নদীর বদ্বীপ”
  • Bulgarian: “Донг Банг Сонг Хонг”
  • Catalan: “Delta del riu Vermell”
  • Chinese: “红河三角洲”
  • Danish: “Red_River_Delta_Biosphere_Reserve”
  • Dutch: “Rode Rivierdelta”
  • Esperanto: “Delto de la Ruĝa Rivero”
  • Finnish: “Đồng Bằng Sông Hồng”
  • Finnish: “Punaisenjoen suisto”
  • French: “Delta du Fleuve Rouge (région)”
  • French: “Delta du fleuve Rouge”
  • German: “Delta des Roten Flusses”
  • German: “Đồng Bằng Sông Hồng”
  • Greek: “Δέλτα του Κόκκινου Ποταμού”
  • Gujarati: “રેડ_રિવર_ડેલ્ટા_, બાયોસ્ફિયર_રિઝર્વ”
  • Hindi: “लाल नदी डेल्टा बायोस्फियर रिज़र्व”
  • Hindi: “लाल नदी डेल्टा”
  • Hungarian: “Vörös-folyó deltája”
  • Indonesian: “Delta Sungai Merah”
  • Indonesian: “Reservasi Biosfer Red River Delta”
  • Italian: “Delta del fiume Rosso”
  • Italian: “Delta del Fiume Rosso”
  • Japanese: “紅河デルタ”
  • Kannada: “ರೆಡ್ ರಿವರ್ ಡೆಲ್ಟಾ ಬಯೋಸ್ಪಿಯರ್ ರಿಸರ್ವ್”
  • Khmer: “ដីសណ្ដទន្លេក្រហម”
  • Korean: “홍강 삼각주”
  • Lao: “ເຂດທົ່ງພຽງແມ່ນ້ຳແດງ”
  • Latvian: “Sarkanās upes deltas biosfēras rezervāts”
  • Lithuanian: “Hongha delta”
  • Malay: “Red River Delta Biosphere Reserve”
  • Marathi: “रेड_रिव्हर_डेल्टा_बायोस्फियर_रेसर्व्ह”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dong Bang Song Hong”
  • Norwegian: “Dong Bang Song Hong”
  • Persian: “دلتا رود قرمز”
  • Persian: “دلتای رود قرمز”
  • Polish: “Delta Rzeki Czerwonej”
  • Polish: “Region Delty Rzeki Czerwonej”
  • Portuguese: “Delta do Rio Vermelho”
  • Russian: “Дельта Хонгхи”
  • Sinhala: “රතු ගංගා නිම්නය”
  • Slovenian: “Delta Rdeče reke”
  • Spanish: “Región del Delta del Río Rojo”
  • Spanish: “Región Delta del Río Rojo (Vietnam)”
  • Swedish: “Röda flodens delta”
  • Tamil: “ரெட் _ரிவேர் _டெல்டா _பிஒஸ்பியர்_ரிசெர்வ்”
  • Telugu: “రెడ్ రివర్ డెల్టా బయోస్ఫియర్ రిజర్వ్”
  • Thai: “ดินดอนสามเหลี่ยมปากแม่น้ำแดง”
  • Turkish: “Kızıl Nehir Deltası”
  • Turkish: “Red_River_Delta_Biosphere_Reserve”
  • Ukrainian: “Дельта Червоної річки”
  • Urdu: “دریائے سرخ دہانہ”
  • Vietnamese: “đồng bằng sông Hồng”
  • Vietnamese: “Đồng bằng sông Hồng”
  • Welsh: “Afon Red Delta Biosphere Reserve”
  • Yue Chinese: “紅河三角洲”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Hoàn Kiếm district and Ba Dinh.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Hoàng thành Thăng Long and Bảo tàng lịch sử quân sự Việt Nam.

Vietnam: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Hoi.

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