The Mỹ Tho River ( vi, Sông Mỹ Tho) 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 Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making ...
. 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 Vietnamese history. The name is a cognate with the Chinese ''qián'' (錢), a unit of weight called " mace" in English. It can refer to a unit ...
.
[Vietnam Administrative Atlas, NXB Bản Đồ, 2004]
History
The
Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút took place on this river in 1785.
References
Rivers of Bến Tre province
Rivers of Tiền Giang province
Rivers of Vietnam
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