Quảng Ngãi

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Quảng Ngãi pronunciation (help·info) is a city in central Vietnam. It is the township of Quảng Ngãi Province.

1 Geography
2 Economy
3 Tourist destinations
- 3.1 My Lai
4 See also

[edit] Geography

Quang Ngai city borders Tư Nghĩa district on the south, west and east and borders Sơn Tịnh district on the north.

Area: 37.12 km².
Population: 119,251 habitants.

[edit] Economy

Industry, Commercial services. There is an industrial zone in Quang Ngai city as Quang Phu industrial zone.

[edit] Tourist destinations

Quang Ngai is rarely touched by the booming Vietnamese tourist industry, and as such potential visitors should be aware that English is not spoken at all, and that the limited numbers of hotels are used to dealing only with Vietnamese customers. It also means that the many tourist buses that run the length of Vietnam do not stop in the town, Quang Ngai city can only really be reached by private car, or by rail (excluding 'express' services).

Local attractions include:

Ba To garden.
Quang Ngai square. ( Pham Van Dong street )
Tra Khuc river.
Tam Thuong harbor.
Thien But mountain.

[edit] My Lai

Quang Ngai city is the nearest major town to the site of the My Lai massacre, its distance from any major tourist hub means visitors to the My Lai site should expect to spend a night in Quang Ngai city. The hamlet of My Lai was part of the village of Son My, and the memorial gardens and remains of the hamlet can be found in Son My village, a short taxi journey from Quang Ngai city.

The memorial gardens comprise some of the mass graves of the villagers, markers showing where the houses would have stood, and a recently added small museum which houses newspaper articles documenting the event from around the world, photos and statements from both the Vietnamese and the Americans. Also in the memorial gardens are some reconstructions of how a small number of the houses might have looked after the massacre, before the site was bombed in an attempt to eradicate evidence.