Mỹ Tho

Mỹ Tho is the provincial capital of Tien Giang province in the Mekong Delta in southern Vietnam. The city's name is derived from the eponymous river and can be translated as " Beautiful reed ".

History

The city was founded in the 17th century by the Chinese Ming refugees. The region around My Tho was under the political influence of the Khmer ( people ), which is why the city has long been the main transit point for trade in Cambodia. In the 18th century Mỹ Tho Province Vietnam. The railway line after 60 km north-eastern Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) was the first in the whole of Indochina (1883 ).

As of 1863, the city gained greater strategic importance for the French in the context of those colonial policy in Cochinchina. This was preceded by 1858-1862 an Allied offensive of the French along with Spain against Vietnam, the " Cochinchina campaign". What began as a pad reinforced Sanctions may ultimately ended in a French war of conquest.

The city is laid out like a chessboard on the French model. In the center of the market and the two quays Trung Trac and 30 Thang 4 lie Here are most of the tourist points of contact such as hotels and restaurants, as well as the locations of the trade from the various sectors of the economy: rice, fishing and fruit (bananas, mangoes, citrus fruits ).

Mỹ Tho is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of My Tho.

Economy

The economy 's My Tho is based on tourism, fishing and agricultural products such as coconuts, bananas and longan fruit. The city has a very large and with a variety of goods lush filled market. Significantly, the market for dried seafood, such as Muc kho ( dried squid ).

Famous people

• Nguyễn Khánh, South Vietnamese general and politician
• Madame Nguyen Van Thieu, widow of the South Vietnamese politician and president of 1965-75, Nguyễn Văn Thieu