National Route 13 (Vietnam)

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 provincial cities of Thuận An, Thủ Dầu Một; towns of Bến Cát, Chơn Thành, Bình Long; and districts of Đồng Phú, Hớn Quản, Lộc Ninh.

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National Route 13
Quốc lộ 13
Đại lộ Bình Dương[lower-alpha 1]
Route information
Part of AH17
Length140.5 km (87.3 mi)
Major junctions
North endHoa Lư Border Gate at Cambodian border
Major intersections
South endWard 26, Bình Thạnh, Ho Chi Minh City
Location
CountryVietnam
ProvincesBình Dương, Bình Phước
MunicipalitiesHồ Chí Minh city
Highway system
← QL 12C→ QL 14

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

Notes
  1. lit. 'Bình Dương Avenue'. From the Bình Dương province welcome gate in Thuận An to Tân Định ward in Bến Cát town.

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


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