Bảo Định Canal


The Bảo Định canal also called the Bảo Định river is a part-natural, part-man made waterway in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. It is in places also named the Vũng Gù canal.
The canal runs from the Vàm Cỏ Tay river at Tân An to the Tiền River at Mỹ Tho.

History

The waterway first began to be manually improved in the rulership of Nguyễn Phúc Chu. The canal was substantially deepened and extended in the reign of Gia Long, with 9,000 workers being mobilised to connect the two rivers around 1819.