Vinh Linh

Vinh Linh ( _vi. Vĩnh Linh) is a district ("huyện") of Quang Tri Province in the North Central Coastal region of Vietnam. The district area is 620 km², population 91,000. The district is subdivised into 2 towships ("thị trấn" Bến Quan and Hồ Xá (district seat) and 20 communes ("xã"): Vĩnh Ô, Vĩnh Khê, Vĩnh Hà, Vĩnh Long, Vĩnh Chấp, Vĩnh Lâm, Vĩnh Sơn, Vĩnh Thủy, Vĩnh Nam, Vĩnh Trung, Vĩnh Tú, Vĩnh Thái,Vĩnh Hiền, Vĩnh Hòa, Vĩnh Thạch, Vĩnh Kim, Vĩnh Quang, Vĩnh Giang, Vĩnh Tân, Vĩnh Thành. Vinh Linh was the site of the Seventeenth parallel, the temporary borderline between North Vietnam and South Vietnam in Vietnam War. The Ben Hai River and Hien Luong Bridge are located here. To the south of this district is Le Thuy District of Quang Binh Province, to the north are Gio Linh. The National Road 1A and North-South Railway cross Vinh Linh.