The Gianh River ( vi, Sông Gianh) is a river in the Quảng Bình Province of

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

North Central Coast Bắc Trung Bộ (literally North Central Region, and often translated as North Central Coast) is one of the regions of Vietnam. It consists of six provinces: Thanh Hóa, Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị, Thừa Thiên–Hu ...

(Bắc Trung Bộ). The river is in length. It was the border between ruling families during the partition of Vietnam following the

Trịnh–Nguyễn War The Trịnh–Nguyễn Civil War ( vi, Trịnh-Nguyễn phân tranh; Hán tự: 鄭阮紛爭) was a 17th-century lengthy civil war waged between the two ruling families in Vietnam, the Trịnh lords of Đàng Ngoài and the Nguyễn lords of ...

of the 17th century, serving to effectively divide the country between northern and southern regions. The 17th parallel used as the border between

North Vietnam North Vietnam, officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV; vi, Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa), was a socialist state supported by the Soviet Union (USSR) and the People's Republic of China (PRC) in Southeast Asia that existed f ...

and South Vietnam from 1954 to 1975 was located just to the south, at the Bến Hải River in Quảng Trị Province.

2009 boat accident

On 25 January 2009 a boat accident took place on the river, resulting in the death of 42 people and the disappearance of five others.

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Rivers in Quảng Bình Province
from official website of Quảng Bình government Rivers of Quảng Bình province Rivers of Vietnam {{Vietnam-river-stub Borders of Vietnam