The Vĩnh Tế Canal is an 87-kilometre-long canal in southern Vietnam, designed to give the territory of Châu Đốc a direct access to the Hà Tiên sea gate, Gulf of Siam.
A portion of Vĩnh Tế Canal in Châu Đốc, An Giang Province
Kampuchea Krom is a region variously known by terms such as Southern Vietnam, Nam Kỳ, and the former French Cochinchina. Bordering present-day Cambodia, the region is positioned in Cambodian irredenti
Vĩnh Tế Canal
…Alongside other canals constructed in the early nineteenth century, the Vĩnh Tế Canal facilitated the advancement of the Vietnamese state into the Kampuchea Krom region of the Khmer world through both infrastructural and defense support. The construction of the canal was started in the end of 1819. The project…
Six Provinces of Nam Bộ during the Nguyễn dynasty before 1841
Photograph taken by Emile Gsell of the early stages of the Cho Gao Canal Project