The Tiền River ( or ) is the main northern branch of the

Mekong The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's List of rivers by length, twelfth longest river and List of longest rivers of Asia, the third longest in Asia. Its estimated length is , ...

through Vietnam. The Mekong separates at

Phnom Penh Phnom Penh (; km, ភ្នំពេញ, ) is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since the French protectorate of Cambodia and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its economic, indus ...

into the main northern branch of the Mekong proper - called the Tiền River after entering Vietnam - and the southern branch of the

Bassac River The Bassac River ( km, ទន្លេបាសាក់; Tonlé Bassac) is a distributary of the Tonlé Sap and Mekong River. The river starts in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and flows southerly, crossing the border into Vietnam near Châu Đốc. The ...

- which is called the Hậu River ( or ) after entering Vietnam.Judith Ehlert ''Beautiful Floods: Environmental Knowledge and Agrarian Change in ...'' 2012 Page 19 "Coming from Cambodia and crossing the Vietnamese border at Tan Chau and Chau Doc, in the northwest of the Mekong Delta, the Mekong River splits into major branches known as the sông Tiền ('Tien River') and sông Hậu ('Hau River')." In Vietnam, distributaries of the northern branch sông Tiền or Tiền Giang include the

Mỹ Tho River The Mỹ Tho River ( vi, Sông Mỹ Tho) is a river of Vietnam. It flows for through Bến Tre Province and Tiền Giang Province The term ''tiền'' ( Hán tự: 錢) is used to refer to various currency-related concepts used in Vietnames ...

, the

Ba Lai River The Ba Lai River ( vi, Sông Ba Lai) is a river in the Mekong Delta region, Vietnam, in Ben Tre Province, flowing between An Hoa Island and Bao Island. It is a direct tributary of the Tien River at the boundary of Phu Duc and Tan Phu Communes. At th ...

, the

Hàm Luông River The Hàm Luông River ( vi, Sông Hàm Luông) is a branch of Mekong River in the Mekong Delta region, Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast As ...

, and the

Cổ Chiên River The Cổ Chiên River ( vi, Sông Cổ Chiên) is a river of Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland South ...

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