The Thu Bồn River () is a river in central Vietnam, located in the municipality of Da Nang. It is formed by the confluence of the Tranh and Tiên Rivers on the boundary of Việt An and Hiệp Đức communes. It flows through several parts of the Da Nang municipality, among others the town of Hội An, before emptying into the South China Sea on the boundary of Duy Nghĩa commune and Hội An Đông ward.
The Thu Bồn valley was a centre of Champa culture from 700 until the Vietnamese conquest in 1471.Andrew David Hardy, Mauro Cucarzi, Patrizia Zolese Champa and the Archaeology of Mỹ Sơn 2009 Page 49 "The northern Champa expansion meant that their territory, stretching at least from the Thu Bồn river to the pass at Ngang Pass (Porte d'Annam) bordered newly independent Vietnam in the last decades of the tenth century, and this led to the.." A Cham port used to be located at cửa Đại, the mouth of the river. Today boat trips from Hội An up river to Mỹ Sơn are a tourist attraction.Trent Holden, Anna Metcalfe Lonely Planet The Cities Book: A Journey Through the Best Cities in the World p182-183 Hội An
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