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The Gulf is notable in history because of events in August of 1964 that led to the open involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War, with the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. Because in several Asian languages, "Tonkin" means both Tonkin and Tokyo, Vietnamese call it the Vịnh Bắc Bộ ("Bac Bo Gulf"; "Gulf/Bay of the North"). Modern Chinese geographers use this convention as well, calling it the Beibu Gulf (北部灣, bɐk1bəʊ6wɑn1 in Cantonese).
Category:Gulfs|Tonkin de:Golf von Tonkin it:Golfo del Tonchino ja:トンキン湾 th:อ่าวตังเกี๋ย zh:北部湾 IPA notice This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Gulf of Tonkin".
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