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Hà Tiên Islands (Vietnamese: Quần đảo Hà Tiên) is an archipelago located in the Gulf of Thailand. It constitutes Tien Hai Commune of Hà Tiên, Kiên Giang Province, Vietnam. Since pirates used to plague the region in the past, another popular name for the islands is Hải Tặc Islands (Quần đảo Hải Tặc, literally "Pirate ...
The tomb of Mạc Cửu in Ha Tien. Hà Tiên and its nearby area had been a part of Cambodia for a long time. In the late 17th century, a Chinese refugee, Mok Kiu (the Vietnamese called him Mạc Cửu), who had fled his homeland in Leizhou peninsula back then in 1671, was granted the Khmer title Oknha (ឧកញ៉ា, "marquess") by Cambodian king.
Hà Tiên is a provincial city in Kiên Giang Province, Mekong Delta in Vietnam.Its area is 10,049 ha (100.49 km 2; 38.80 sq mi) and the population as of 2019 is 81,576.. The city borders Cambodia to the we
Map of Ha Tien province in 1909. In 18 century, a small town "Hà Tiên" was established by Mo Jiu (Mạc Cửu), whom was a Chinese emigrant.Many works incorrectly referred to Hà Tiên as "Panthaimas", confusing Hà Tiên with Banteay Meas. [1]
Mạc Thiên Tứ (chữ Hán: 鄚天賜, pinyin: Mò Tiāncì, Khmer: ម៉ាក់ ធានទឺ, December 12, 1699 or December 16, 1705 or January 1, 1718 – June 18, 1780), also known as Mạc Thiên Tích (鄚 天 錫) or Mạc Tông (鄚 琮, Khmer: ម៉ាក់ តុង [1]), was a Vietnamese leader who ruled Hà Tiên from 1735 to 1771 and from 1773 to 1777.
Ha Tien was at a point where a river linking to the Bassac River flows into the Gulf of Thailand. Landlocked Cambodia tried to keep its access to maritime trade through Ha Tien. In 1757, Ha Tien acquired the ports of Kampot and Kompong Som as a reward for Mac's military support to the king of Cambodia.
The border starts in the north at the tripoint with Laos and then proceeds overland to the south, occasionally utilising rivers such as the Tonlé San. [2] It then turns in a broad arc to the south-west, except for the Cambodian protrusion known as the Parrot's Beak, running mostly overland but also at times using rivers such as the Vàm Cỏ Đông and the Saigon.
Nguyễn Huệ, anticipating a move from the Siamese, had secretly positioned his infantry and artillery along the Mekong river (Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút area of present-day Tiền Giang province), and on some islands in the middle, facing other troops on the northern banks with naval reinforcements on both sides of the infantry positions. [9]