National Route 13 (Vietnam)

National Route 13 (Vietnamese: Quốc lộ 13) is a highway in southern Vietnam stretching from the northeastern outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, the commercial centre and most populous region of the country, to the Hoa Lu border gate, the Vietnam-Cambodia border. The highway starts around Thủ Đức on the northern outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, once the site of the military academy of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and travels north through the provinces of Bình Dương and Bình Phước. The highway passes through the provincial cities of Thuận An, Thủ Dầu Một; towns of Bến Cát, Chơn Thành, Bình Long; and districts of Đồng Phú, Hớn Quản, Lộc Ninh.

National Route 13
Quốc lộ 13
Đại lộ Bình Dương[a]
Route information
Part of AH17
Length	140.5 km (87.3 mi)
Major junctions
North end	Hoa Lư Border Gate at Cambodian border
Major intersections	AH17 in Chơn Thành, Bình Phước in Thành Tâm, Chơn Thành, Bình Phước AH1 in Hiệp Bình Phước, Thủ Đức, Ho Chi Minh City
South end	Ward 26, Bình Thạnh, Ho Chi Minh City
Location
Country	Vietnam
Provinces	Bình Dương, Bình Phước
Municipalities	Hồ Chí Minh city
Highway system
Transport in Vietnam
← QL 12C → QL 14

During the Vietnam War the road was nicknamed Thunder Road by US forces.^[1]

Notes

1. lit. 'Bình Dương Avenue'. From the Bình Dương province welcome gate in Thuận An to Tân Định ward in Bến Cát town.