Thừa Thiên–Huế ( listen) is a province in the North Central Coast of Vietnam, approximately in the center of the country. It borders Quảng Trị Province to the north and Đà Nẵng to the south, Laos to the west and the South China Sea to the east. The province has 128 km of coastline, 22,000 ha of lagoons and over 200,000 ha of forest. There is an extensive complex of imperial tombs and temples in Huế.