Cả River


The Cả River is a river in mainland Southeast Asia.

Etymology

The word Lam is spelled to the Rung in the Lao language what means bright. Old Vietnamese idioms have the Sông Rung rú Hống and Sông Lam rọi núi Hồng.
Beside, word Cả means first what insinuated the importance of Lam river.

History

It originates in the Loi Mountains of Laos, crossing Laos's Xiangkhouang Province, Vietnam's Nghệ An and Hà Tĩnh provinces and empties into the Gulf of Tonkin, on the North Central Coast of Vietnam, after a 512 km journey. The Cả River zone is classified as 300 km by the Vietnam Geographical Survey. The Bến Thủy bridge, crossing into Bến Thủy, Vinh, crosses the Cả River on its Cửa Hội estuary.