Ho Chi Minh Trail
Ho Chi Minh Trail, also called Truong
Son Trail, was an elaborate system of mountain and jungle trails
linking North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos during
the war against the United States. The initial small trail developed
into an elaborate trail system including paths for troops and
vehicles, with a total length of nearly 20,000km along the Truong
Son Mountains.
Ho Chi Minh Trail is divided into 2 parts:
the distance from the Ca River Valley in Ha Tinh province to Hai
Van Pass in Da Nang is called the Northern Truong Son Trail; the
distance from Hai Van Pass to the region adjacent to the Mekong
Delta in Binh Duong and Binh Phuoc provinces, is called the Southern
Truong Son Trail.
The trail was kept in good conditions
by 300,000 full-time workers and almost as many part-time farmers.
They, along with the North Vietnamese troops played an important
role in the American defeat.
