Lộc Ninh (township)
Lộc Ninh
Thị trấn Lộc Ninh | |
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| Lộc Ninh township | |
| Coordinates: 11°50′35.700″N 106°35′27.700″E / 11.84325000°N 106.59102778°E | |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Region | Southeast |
| Province | Bình Phước |
| District | Lộc Ninh District |
| Population (April 1, 2009 ) | |
• Total | 10,504 |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (UTC + 7) |
Lộc Ninh is a township and the capital of Lộc Ninh district, Bình Phước province in the Southeast region of Vietnam.
During the Vietnam War, the 1967 "First Battle of Loc Ninh" and the 1972 "Battle of Loc Ninh" took place in Bình Phước Province, near the Cambodian border at the northern end of National Road 13, north of the presently named Ho Chi Minh City (né Saigon). Lộc Ninh served as the seat of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam from its formation in 1969 until the Fall of Saigon in 1975.