Trảng Bàng Explained

Trảng Bàng
Settlement Type:Town (Class-4)
Official Name:Trang Bang Town
Native Name:Thị xã Trảng Bàng
Pushpin Map:Vietnam#South Asia#Asia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Southeast
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Tây Ninh
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Trang Bang Ward
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:338
Population As Of:2018
Population Total:183,385
Timezone:UTC + 7
Utc Offset:+7
Website:trangbang.tayninh.gov.vn

Trảng Bàng is a town in Tây Ninh Province, in the Southeast region of Vietnam. It has a traditional artisan industry, and recently has opened an industrial zone for foreign investment. This town has a famous food called bánh canh Trảng Bàng, a kind of pork noodle soup and "Trảng Bàng dew-wetted rice paper" (Vietnamese: Bánh tráng phơi sương Trảng Bàng), served with boiled pork, local herbs and Vietnamese fish sauce.

Outside Vietnam it is most famous for the iconic and Pulitzer Prize-winning image of a nude Phan Thi Kim Phuc (who had torn off her burning clothes to survive the attack) and other Vietnamese children fleeing an accidental napalm bombing by Republic of Vietnam airplanes on the village of Trảng Bàng alongside ARVN soldiers.[1] [2] The image was taken by the photographer Nick Ut.

Cuisine

A pork noodle soup dish called bánh canh Trảng Bàng is served there.

As of 2003 the district had a population of 150,716.[3] The district covers an area of 338 km². The district capital lies at Trảng Bàng.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1973 Photo Contest, World Press Photo of the Year . World Press Photo . World Press Photo Foundation . 17 May 2020 . South Vietnamese planes mistakenly dropped napalm on South Vietnamese troops and civilians..
  2. News: Girl, 9, Survives Napalm Burns . . 17 . June 11, 1972 . August 18, 2014 . Nine-year-old Phan Thi Kim-Phuc is recuperating in a Saigon children's hospital, the unintended victim of a misdirected napalm attack.....
  3. Web site: Districts of Vietnam. Statoids. March 20, 2009.