Bến Tre ( listen) is the capital city and municipality of Bến Tre Province, located in the Mekong Delta area of southern Vietnam. It was upgraded from town to city on 11 August 2009.

One of the most famous quotes of the Vietnam War was a statement attributed to an unnamed U.S. officer by AP correspondent Peter Arnett. Writing about the provincial capital, Bến Tre, on 7 February 1968, Arnett cited an unidentified U.S. military official as follows: "'It became necessary to destroy the town to save it', a United States major said today. He was talking about the decision by allied commanders to bomb and shell the town regardless of civilian casualties, to rout the Vietcong." The quote became distorted in subsequent publications, eventually becoming the more familiar, "We had to destroy the village in order to save it." The accuracy of the original quote, and its source, have been called into question.

Arnett never revealed his source, except to say that it was one of four officers he interviewed that day. United States Army Major Phil Cannella, the senior officer present at Bến Tre, suggested that the quote might have been a distortion of something he said to Arnett.The New Republic at the time attributed the quote to U.S. Air Force Major Chester L. Brown.

Quang Lê (born January 24, 1981), a Vietnamese American singer with Thúy Nga Productions, known for his covers of traditional Vietnamese songs created and written before, during and about the Vietnam War. Quang Lê achieved success at a young age, with hits such as “Sương Trắng Miền Quê Ngoại”, “Đập Vỡ Cây Đàn”, “Đường Về Quê Hương” and “Tương Tư Nàng Ca Sĩ”.

Quang Lê was born in Vietnam, with family roots from Central Vietnam in the City of Huế. He is the third son in a family of 6 siblings, and one adopted sister. His family immigrated to the United States in 1991, and initially settled in Missouri. His family then moved to Midway City,Orange County, California.

Although Quang Lê had been singing at a very young age, it was not until 2000 that he decided to become a professional singer.

Prior to appearing on the Paris By Night stage, a musical production created by Thúy Nga Productions, Quang Lê sang for a smaller music production called Ca Dao. He released three albums with Ca Dao singing “Quê Hương” songs such as “Ngại Ngùng”, “Em Ve Voi Nguoi”, “Chim Sáo Ngày Xưa”, “Tinh Cha” and “Lối Thu Xưa”. He was even given the opportunity to sing with a very famous female Vietnamese singer at the time, Phi Nhung, on two songs entitled “Ngày Đã Đơm Bông” and “Ngau Hung Ly Qua Cau”.

Cẩm Lý is a commune (xã) and village in Lục Nam District, Bac Giang Province, in northeastern Vietnam.

Coordinates: 21°14′N 106°20′E / 21.233°N 106.333°E / 21.233; 106.333