The Bảo Định canal (kênh Bảo Định, Bảo Định Hà), also called the Bảo Định river (Bảo Định Giang, sông Bảo Định) is a part-natural, part-man made waterway in the

Mekong Delta The Mekong Delta ( or simply ), also known as the Western Region () or South-western region (), is the list of regions of Vietnam, region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong, Mekong River River delta, approaches and empties into the sea th ...

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. It is in places also named the Vũng Gù canal (kênh Vũng Gù, (sông Vũng Gù). The canal runs from the Vàm Cỏ Tay river at

Tân An Tân An is the capital city of Long An Province in Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. It was upgraded from town status to city status on 26 August 2009. The population of Tân An is 165,214 as of 2009, with an area of 81.79 km2. It comprises ...

to the

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Mỹ Tho Mỹ Tho () 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 and 220,000 in 2012. It is the regional center of economics, education and technology. The majori ...

History

The waterway first began to be manually improved in the rulership of

Nguyễn Phúc Chu Nguyễn Phúc Chu ( vi-hantu, , 1675 – 1 June 1725) was one of the Nguyễn lords who ruled southern Vietnam (Đàng Trong) from 1691 to 1725.Anh Thư Hà, Hồng Đức Trần ''A Brief Chronology of Vietnam's History'' 2000 Page 163 "Nguy� ...

(1675–1725). The canal was substantially deepened and extended in the reign of

Gia Long Gia Long (Chữ Hán, Chữ hán: 嘉隆) ( (''Hanoi, North''), (''Ho Chi Minh City, South''); 8 February 1762 – 3 February 1820), born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh (阮福暎) or Nguyễn Ánh (阮暎), was the founding emperor of the Nguyễn dynas ...

Nguyễn dynasty The Nguyễn dynasty (, chữ Nôm: 茹阮, chữ Hán: 朝阮) was the last List of Vietnamese dynasties, Vietnamese dynasty, preceded by the Nguyễn lords and ruling unified Vietnam independently from 1802 until French protectorate in 1883 ...

, with 9,000 workers being mobilised to connect the two rivers around 1819.''Guerre et paix en Asie du Sud-Est'' - Page 270 Thê ́Anh Nguyêñ, Alain Forest - 1998 "Le creusement du Bao Dinh Giang en 1819 mobilisa 9 000 hommes et relia le Waïco occidental au Tiên Giang."

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bao Dinh Canal Canals in Vietnam Ship canals Rivers of Long An province Rivers of Tiền Giang province Canals opened in 1705 1705 establishments in Vietnam Rivers of Vietnam