Nghệ An () is a coastal province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. It borders Thanh Hóa to the north, Hà Tĩnh to the south, Laos to the west, and the South China Sea (Gulf of Tonkin) to the east. Nghệ An is located on the east–west economic corridor connecting Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam along National Route 7 to the port of Cửa Lò.
Nghệ An and Thanh Hoá were the bases of the Lê dynasty against the Mạc dynasty in the 1530s.Anh Tuấan HoÁng - Silk for Silver: Dutch-Vietnamese Relations, 1637-1700 2007 19 "Shortly after the Mạc usurpation, in 1532, Thanh-Nghệ loyalists began a movement to restore the Lê dynasty, using Thanh Hoá and Nghệ An provinces as a base from which to rival the Mạc in Đông Kinh."
Provincial relations Quảng Ngãi province (1961)
From the 1960s, in Nghe An, movements such as "An-Ngai Uprising" and "Lam-Tra Uprising" arose to both achieve comprehensive development and demonstrate Nghe An's solidarity with the South, the heroic frontline, specifically with its sister province, Quang Ngai.
People born in Nghệ An
Ho Chi Minh (born 1890), revolutionary Nguyễn Hồng Giáp (born 1934), economist Phạm Phương Thảo (born 1982), singer, songwriter, and composer Phan Van Quy (born 1954), politician and organization founder]
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