Trảng Bàng
District-level town in Southeast, Vietnam
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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 The Terror of War, depicting 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]
Geography
The district covers an area of 338 km2 (131 sq mi).[3]
Government
The district capital lies at Trảng Bàng.[3]
Demographics
As of 2003 the district had a population of 150,716.[3]
