It’s not on the same scale of China’s Great Wall but is still significant for Vietnam’s past and future.

Editor’s note: Adam Bray has written extensively on Vietnam and is the first journalist to have visited the Long Wall.

Quang Ngai, Vietnam (CNN) — Nestled in the mountain foothills of a remote province in central Vietnam, one of the country’s most important archaeological discoveries in a century has recently come to light.

After five years of exploration and excavation, a team of archaeologists has uncovered a 127-kilometer (79-mile) wall — which locals have called “Vietnam’s Great Wall.”

Professor Phan Huy Lê, president of the Vietnam Association of Historians, said: “This is the longest monument in Southeast Asia.”

Đọc tiếp Vietnam’s own ‘great wall’ uncovered – CNN ca ngợi “Vạn lý trường thành Việt Nam” →