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Mỹ Tho (listen ⓘ) is a city in the Tiền Giang province in the Mekong Delta region of South Vietnam. It has a population of approximately 169,000 in 2006 [ 1 ] and 220,000 in 2012. [ 2 ] It is the regional center of economics, education and technology. [ 3 ]
Tiền Giang borders Long An province and HCMC to the north, Đồng Tháp province to the west, Bến Tre and Vĩnh Long province to the south, and the East Sea to the east. Mỹ Tho City, acting the leading role of socioeconomic and politic center of Tiền Giang, is the major junction of education, culture and tourism for nearby provinces.
Cần Thơ ǂ; Đồng Tháp; Hậu Giang; Kiên Giang; Long An; Sóc Trăng; Tiền Giang; Trà Vinh; Vĩnh Long; 40,922.58 17,432,120 425.98 It is Vietnam's southernmost region, mostly containing small but populous provinces in the Mekong delta. It is sometimes referred to as the Southwest region (Tây Nam Bộ, Miền Tây).
13 Cần Thơ. 14 Cao Bằng province. 15 Đà Nẵng. 16 Đắk Lắk province. 17 Đắk Nông province. 18 Điện Biên province. ... Nam Trực: Nam Giang ...
Cần Thơ: Cần Thơ: 1972: 2004: Established new urban districts of Cần Thơ municipality. Đà Nẵng: Quảng Nam–Đà Nẵng: 1978: 1997: Established new urban districts of Da Nang municipality. Hà Đông: Hà Tây: 2006: 2009: Established Hà Đông district as part of Hanoi. Huế: Thừa Thiên Huế: 1929: 2025: Established new ...
During the Vietnam War, Cần Thơ was the home of the ARVN IV Corps capital. The ARVN 21st division was dedicated to protect the city of Cần Thơ, including the provinces of Chương Thiện (now in Hậu Giang), Bạc Liêu, An Xuyen (Cà Mau), Ba Xuyen (Soc Trang), and Kiên Giang. Before 1975, Cần Thơ was part of Phong Dinh province.
On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 lost contact with ground while flying by Thổ Châu island. According to the Statement on the basis of the territorial width in the Tonkin Gulf [note 4] and a number of related documents, Thổ Châu is considered by the Vietnamese press as the farthest place to the West to determine the above sovereignty of Vietnam on the ocean.
On April 27, 1992, under the arrangement of the People's Committee of Kien Giang Province, six families with about thirty people moved to Thổ Chu Island and settled there. On April 24, 1993, the Vietnamese government decided to establish Thổ Châu Commune which has been in charge of administrating the whole archipelago.