Lộc Ninh Thị trấn Lộc Ninh | |
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| Lộc Ninh township | |
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  Lộc Ninh Location in Vietnam | |
| Coordinates:11°50′35.700″N106°35′27.700″E / 11.84325000°N 106.59102778°E /11.84325000; 106.59102778 | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Region | Southeast |
| Province | Bình Phước |
| District | Lộc Ninh District |
| Population (April 1, 2009[2]) | |
• Total | 10,504[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (UTC + 7) |
Lộc Ninh is atownship and the capital ofLộc Ninh district,Bình Phước province in theSoutheast region of Vietnam.[3]
During theVietnam 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 ofNational Road 13, north of the presently namedHo Chi Minh City (né Saigon). Lộc Ninh served as the seat of theProvisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam from its formation in 1969 until theFall of Saigon in 1975.
In 2007, a section of the proposedTrans-Asian Railway connectingCambodia withVietnam would pass through Lộc Ninh. The Vietnamese government completed a feasibility study on theSaigon–Lộc Ninh Railway, and is working with the Cambodian government to finalize the connecting rail point on the Cambodian side. Once the exact connecting point is found, work is expected to begin immediately on the 145-kilometer link between Lộc Ninh and Hồ Chí Minh City.[4]
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