Tịnh Biên
Tịnh Biên is a district-level town (thị xã) of An Giang province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam.
Thị xã Tịnh Biên
Thị xã Tịnh Biên | |
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| Tịnh Biên town | |
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 Location in An Giang province | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Province | An Giang |
| Seat | Tịnh Biên ward |
| Area | |
| • Total | 136.91 sq mi (354.59 km2) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 143,098 |
| • Density | 1,040/sq mi (403/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+07:00 (Indochina Time) |
As of 2022, the town had a population of 143,098.[1] The town seat lies at Tịnh Biên ward.
The Tịnh Biên frontier market is located here.
Tịnh Biên is about 125 km from Phnom Penh along National Highway 2 (CPC). It is a common route used by tourists between Cambodia and Vietnam. The Khmer population is relatively high, especially in the communes of An Cư, Tân Lợi, An Hảo, Giao Va and Vĩnh Trung. Tịnh Biên district is connected by Highway 91 to Cần Thơ which also connects to Highway 1. and Highway 55 to Hà Tiên, about 80 km.
A village in the district was depicted in Robin Moore's fiction book The Green Berets; chapter 1 described a real-life battle at Tịnh Biên during the Vietnam War in which all of the members of a United States Army Special Forces detachment were injured during the fighting.[2]
Due to its proximity to the border with Cambodia, tobacco and electronic goods are smuggled in Tịnh Biên.
Border crossing
A border crossing with Cambodia, called the Tịnh Biên International Border Gate, is located in this district just outside the town of Xuân Biên. The border crossing connects to the Vietnamese National Highway 91. Besides normal Vietnamese visas, this border crossing is listed as a Vietnamese Evia entry point for foreigners.[3]
The border checkpoint on the Cambodian side is called the Phnom Den International Border Gate, which is leads to the Cambodian National Highway 2 towards Phnom Penh.
References
- P. Thủy. "Xem xét, quyết định thành lập một số đơn vị hành chính cấp huyện, cấp xã của 10 tỉnh". Báo điện tử Đại biểu Nhân dân (in Vietnamese).
- McDowell, Jeffrey B. (May–June 2002). "The Search for Larry A. Thorne: Missing in Action, Vietnam". Military Review. 82 (3): 77+. ISSN 0026-4148. OCLC 2558412. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- "Danh Sách Cửa Khẩu Cho Phép Người Nước Ngoài Nhập Cảnh, Xuất Cảnh Bằng Thị Thực Điện Tử (List Of Ports That Allowed Foreigners Enter And Exit Vietnam By Vietnamese E-Visa)". Vietnam Immigration Department. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
