The Cả River (Laotian: Nam Khan, Vietnamese: Sông Cả) or better known as Lam River (sông Lam in Vietnamese) is a river in mainland Southeast Asia.
The name Cả means "first" in Vietnamese language, possibly alluding to the river's importance. Its other name LamisSino-Vietnamese reflex of Middle Chinese *lɑm, meaning "blue, indigo".
It originates in the Loi MountainsofLaos, crossing Laos's Xiangkhouang Province, Vietnam's Nghệ An and Hà Tĩnh provinces and empties into the Gulf of Tonkin, on the North Central Coast of Vietnam, after a 512 km journey.[1] The Cả River zone is classified as 300 km by the Vietnam Geographical Survey.[2] The Bến Thủy bridge, crossing into Bến Thủy, Vinh, crosses the Cả River on its Cửa Hội estuary.
18°45′36″N 105°45′36″E / 18.7600°N 105.7600°E / 18.7600; 105.7600
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