Quảng Trá» () is a ward in Quảng Trá» Province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. It is second of two municipalities in the province after the provincial capital ÃÂông HÃÂ.
Prior to July 1, 2025, Quảng Trá» Ward was formerly Quảng Trá» Town, which had five subordinate administrative units, including Wards 1, 2, 3, An ÃÂôn Ward, and Hải Lá» Commune. During the administrative reorganization and restructuring in 2025, all five subordinate administrative units of Quảng Trá» Town were dissolved, and Quảng Trá» Town was converted into Quảng Trá» Ward.
The Sino-Vietnamese name Quảng TrỠ(廣治) was given by Vietnamese Confucian administrators.
A major feature of the town is the Quảng Trá» Citadel, built in 1824, as a military bastion during the 4th year of the reign of Minh Mạng. It is an example of Vauban architecture and it later became the administrative head office of the Nguyá» n dynasty in Quảng Trá» Province (1809âÂÂ1945).
Quảng TrỠwas an area of early Catholic presence and by 1913, the nearest railway station to the starting point of the La Vang pilgrimage.
During the Vietnam War, when the province was the South's border with North Vietnam, it suffered a major attack in the January 1968 Tet Offensive and it was the only South Vietnamese provincial capital to be captured by the North Vietnamese forces in the 1972 Easter Offensive before being recaptured in September 1972. During the Vietnam War the city became what some regard as the most bombed city in the world.