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Buôn Ma Thuột

Also known as Ban Me Thuot, Buon Ma Thuot

Buôn Ma Thuột, known in the colonial period as Ban Me Thuot, is the main city of the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Under French rule it was the administrative centre of the highland Crown Domain, the Hoàng triều cương thổ, and of the coffee and rubber plantations of Đắk Lắk. Its capture by North Vietnamese forces in March 1975 opened the offensive that ended the Vietnam War.

Buôn Ma Thuột
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Crown Domain of the Nguyen Dynasty

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Buôn Ma Thuột. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/buon-ma-thuot
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