Hướng Hóa (listenⓘ) is a rural district of Quảng Trị province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam.

It was the site of the Battle of Khe Sanh in early-1968, one of the bloodiest engagements of the Vietnam War.

Khe Sanh was the location of a US Marine base, so it was often attacked by Viet Cong guerrillas as well as North Vietnamese regulars The district is mountainous and rugged, and is around 20 km to the east of the border with Laos.

These include Xy, A Túc, A Dơi, A Xing, Thanh, Thuận, Pa Tầng, Hướng Lộc.

Six communes lie on where the Ho Chi Minh trail once branched into the area near the DMZ.