What is Haiphong?
{{Infobox Chinese |vie=Hải Phòng |hn=海防 }} '''Haiphong''' is a city in the north of [[Vietnam]]. It has about 400,000 [[inhabitant]]s and a [[ocean|marine]] [[harbor]]. About 1,700,000 people live in the district of Haiphong. Haiphong is 120&nbsp;km away from [[Hanoi]], Vietnam's capital, around 60 km away from [[Ha Long Bay]], a popular tourist site, and very close to Cat Ba Island. Haiphong is Vietnam's third most populated city, with only [[Hanoi]] and [[Ho Chi Minh City]] having more people. It is one of six [[Municipalities of Vietnam|municipalities]] of Vietnam, meaning it is a city with the same status as a [[Provinces of Vietnam|province]]. Haiphong Port is the busiest seaport in northern Vietnam. The city has an international airport, Cat Bi Airport, which was used as an airbase for the North Vietnamese Army during the Vietnam War. {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Cities in Vietnam]]