- Son Tay
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footnotes =Son Tay audio|Son Tay.ogg|pronunciation is a provincial city in
Hanoi , the capital ofVietnam . It was the capital ofSon Tay Province before merging with Ha Dong in 1965.Son Tay lies 35km west of the capital Ha Noi and is often referred to as 'soldier town' due to the proliferation of Army barracks and military institutions that surround the town including the Vietnamese People's Army Infantry Academy.
For western media, Son Tay is more well-known for the U.S. Military's Prisoner-Of-War rescue attempt, which occurred in the early morning hours of November 21, 1970, when a special task force of Green Berets, supported by Air Force and Navy assets, raided a P.O.W. Camp located in the province. The raid failed in its stated objective when it was discovered there were no prisoners, but managed to extract successfully with minimal loss in equipment, and no loss of life for the raiding force.
Son Tay's future is seen as being very much that of a satellite city of Ha Noi and as a result there are plans to relocate Universities and other public facilities to Son Tay where land is cheaper and more plentiful. The government have commenced this ambitious program by duplicating the main Ha Noi - Son Tay carriageway which is expected to be complete sometime in 2009.
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