Hòa Bình

Hòa Bình is a former city in Vietnam and the capital of Hòa Bình Province, located 76 kilometres from Hanoi and 5 kilometres from the Đà River. The Vietnamese Wikipedia article places it in the north of the province along both banks of the Đà River, about 73 kilometres north of central Hanoi, bordered by Kim Bôi and Lương Sơn districts to the east, Đà Bắc district and Thanh Sơn district of Phú Thọ province to the west, Cao Phong district to the south and Ba Vì and Thạch Thất districts of Hanoi to the north. The river runs through the city and divides it into two parts. The Hòa Bình Dam, the largest hydroelectric dam in Vietnam until the Son La Dam was completed in 2012 and the largest in Southeast Asia, stands near the city and was built with finance and experts from the Soviet Union, and its power station lies in Phương Lâm and Tân Thịnh wards. The Battle of Hòa Bình was fought around the city from 1951 to 1952 during the First Indochina War.