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Saigon Bridge, known as Newport Bridge (Cầu Tân Cảng) before 1975, is a bridge crossing the Saigon River, connecting Bình Thạnh District and District 2, Ho Chi Minh City, on the Hanoi Highway.[1]

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  1. 21 relations: Army of the Republic of Vietnam, Bình Thạnh district, Bridge, Dương Văn Minh, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, District 2, Ho Chi Minh City, Fall of Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh Highway, Landmark 81, May Offensive, People's Army of Vietnam, Republic of Vietnam Airborne Division, Saigon River, Saigon River Tunnel, T-54/T-55, Tet Offensive, Thủ Thiêm Bridge, Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area, Viet Cong, Vietnam.

  2. Bridges completed in 1961
  3. Bridges over the Saigon River
  4. Road bridges in Vietnam
  5. Transport in Ho Chi Minh City

Army of the Republic of Vietnam

The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN;; Armée de la république du Viêt Nam) composed the ground forces of the South Vietnamese military from its inception in 1955 to the Fall of Saigon in April 1975.

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Bình Thạnh district

Bình Thạnh is a district of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.

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Bridge

A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath.

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Dương Văn Minh

Dương Văn Minh (16 February 19166 August 2001), popularly known as Big Minh, was a South Vietnamese politician and a senior general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and a politician during the presidency of Ngô Đình Diệm.

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District 1, Ho Chi Minh City

District 1 (Quận 1, Quận Một, Quận Nhất or Quận Nhứt) is the central urban district of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), the largest city in Vietnam.

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District 2, Ho Chi Minh City

District 2 is a former urban district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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Fall of Saigon

The fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by North Vietnam and the Viet Cong on 30 April 1975.

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Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC; Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh), commonly referred to by its former name Saigon (Sài Gòn), is the most populous city in Vietnam, with a population of around 10 million in 2023.

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Ho Chi Minh Highway

Ho Chi Minh Road or Ho Chi Minh Highway (Đường Hồ Chí Minh) is a highway in Vietnam.

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Landmark 81

Landmark 81 is a supertall skyscraper in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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May Offensive

Phase Two of the Tet Offensive of 1968 (also known as the May Offensive, Little Tet, and Mini-Tet) was launched by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong (VC) against targets throughout South Vietnam, including Saigon from 29 April to 30 May 1968.

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People's Army of Vietnam

The People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), officially the Vietnam People's Army (VPA; of Vietnam), also recognized as the Vietnamese Army (lit) or the People's Army (Quân đội Nhân dân), is the national military force of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the armed wing of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).

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Republic of Vietnam Airborne Division

The Vietnamese Airborne Division or VNAD (Sư đoàn Nhảy dù Quân lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa Chữ Hán: 師團趂𢂎軍力越南共和 or Binh chủng Nhảy dù Việt Nam Cộng hòa Chữ Hán: 兵種趂𢂎越南共和) was one of the earliest components of the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces (Vietnamese: Quân lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa – QLVNCH; Chữ Hán: 軍力越南共和).

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Saigon River

The Saigon River (Sông Sài Gòn) is a river located in southern Vietnam that rises near Phum Daung in southeastern Cambodia, flows south and southeast for about and empties into the Nhà Bè River, which in its turn empties into the South China Sea some northeast of the Mekong Delta.

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Saigon River Tunnel

The Saigon River Tunnel, more popular in Vietnam as the Thu Thiem Tunnel is an underwater tunnel that opened on November 20, 2011. Saigon Bridge and Saigon River Tunnel are Transport in Ho Chi Minh City.

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T-54/T-55

The T-54 and T-55 tanks are a series of Soviet main battle tanks introduced in the years following the Second World War.

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Tet Offensive

The Tet Offensive was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War.

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Thủ Thiêm Bridge

Thủ Thiêm Bridge is a 6-lane bridge in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city of Vietnam, opened in 2008. Saigon Bridge and Thủ Thiêm Bridge are road bridges in Vietnam and Transport in Ho Chi Minh City.

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Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area

Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area (Khu đô thị mới Thủ Thiêm) is a urban redevelopment project in Thủ Đức City, Ho Chi Minh City.

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Viet Cong

The Viet Cong was an epithet and umbrella term to call the communist-driven armed movement and united front organization in South Vietnam.

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Vietnam

Vietnam, officially the (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.

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See also

Bridges completed in 1961

Bridges over the Saigon River

Road bridges in Vietnam

Transport in Ho Chi Minh City

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saigon_Bridge

Also known as Saigon 2 Bridge.