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Construction of Dong Hoi Airport

1932

This entry records an airport in Vietnam associated with the year 1932, a time when the country formed part of French Indochina. The name and the description attached to the entry refer to different places, so the exact site is uncertain. Airfields of this kind were built by the French colonial administration to support air transport and military operations, and several were later expanded or reused during the wars in Vietnam in the twentieth century.

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