Tonkin refers to:

Vietnam

• Đông Kinh, a former name of Hanoi, Vietnam
• Tonkin, the northernmost part of Vietnam
• Gulf of Tonkin, a gulf in the South China Sea
• Gulf of Tonkin Incident, a 1964 naval incident that precipitated the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, the 1964 resolution of the US Congress that precipitated the buildup of US forces in Vietnam
• For the Battle of Tonkin and the Tonkin Affair of 1885, see Battle of Bang Bo.
• In France, the Sino-French War is termed the Tonkin War.

Persons

• Anthony Tonkin (b. 1980), English professional football player
• David Tonkin (1929–2000), Premier of South Australia 1979–1982
• Felicity Tonkin (b. 1985), daughter of Mark Phillips and Heather Tonkin
• Humphrey Tonkin (b. 1939), American-British professor and Esperantist
• John Tonkin (1902–1995), Premier of Western Australia 1971–1974
• Phoebe Tonkin (contemporary), Australian actress
• William Tonkin (1897–[?]), British copperworker

Other

• Tonkin Highway, a major arterial road in Perth, Western Australia
• Tonkin Street in Hong Kong
• Tonkinese (cat), cat breed

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