Haiphong
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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At the end of the Vietnam War, the U.S. dropped mines around the North Vietnamese port of Haiphong, effectively stopping supplies from moving through it and giving Washington some leverage in peace talks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
And more recently, Vietnam has been experiencing devastating floods, which mobilized Tran, who spoke to me from Haiphong during a break from his advocacy work.
From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2025
In Haiphong, jobs were scarce after the pandemic and at 38 years old, Phuong wanted what her sister had in London: the ability to save money and start a family.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2025
Those words were written above a tweet from independent “anti-imperialist” journalist Danny Haiphong that had been embedded over a background of flames.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2022
And then they traveled eventually to Canton and then to Hong Kong, then Haiphong and finally to San Francisco.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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