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The Gulf of Tonkin, in . Covering an area of 126,250 km&2, the gulf borders Vietnam on the northwest, west and southwest. The Chinese mainland lies to the north while the Island of Hainan forms the eastern limits of the gulf. The gulf is notably shallow (less than 60 meters deep). Haiphong , Vietnam and Beihai , China are the chief ports. Numerous small islands are located in the gulf, most of which are concentrated in the northwestern gulf. Of note are larger islands of Bach Long Vi and Cat Ba of Vietnam and Weizhou of China . The Red River is the main river flowing into the Gulf. The name Tonkin , written 東京 in Chinese Character s and ''Đông Kinh'' in Vietnamese, means 'Eastern Capital', and is the former Toponym for Hanoi , the capital of Vietnam. (Incidentally, the same Chinese characters are used to write " Tokyo ", capital of Japan.) In August of , this led to the ''open'' involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War , with the Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution . SEE ALSO |
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