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Travel Guide Places to stay in Vietnam The land of Hung Yen
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The land of Hung Yen was inhabited by human beings a long time ago, along with the building-up of the Red River... During Hung Kings period, Hung Yen belonged to Giao Chi area, Du Chien district. Under the Ngo dynasty, it was called Dang Chau. It was then renamed Thai Binh phu (phu is an administrative unit) under the Former Le dynasty, Dang Chau and Khoai Chau phu under the Ly dynasty and Long Hung lo (lo is an administrative unit) and Khoat lo under the Tran dynasty. Under the Late Le dynasty, Hung Yen belonged to Son Nam and then divided into Son Nam Thuong lo and Son Nam Ha lo. The Nguyen dynasty implemented administrative reforms in 1831 to dismantle tran (tran is an administrative unit) and establish provinces. Five districts of Dong Yen, Kim Dong, Thien Thi, Phu Cu and Tien Lu were separated from Khoai Chau phu of Son Nam Thuong tran and three districts of Than Khe, Duyen Ha and Hung Nhan were separated from Tien Hung phu of Nam Dinh tran of lower Son Nam town to establish Hung Yen province. The initial center of the province was located in An Vu and Luong Dien communes and then moved to Nhi Tan of Xich Dang commune (now Hung Yen town). This area has favourable transport conditions with communes and markets lying side by side, enabling trading activities to be busier and busier. "The streets are very busy and bustle, crowded with vehicles; the old images of Pho Hien in Son Nam can been seen now in this land" (extracted from Chronicle of Hung yen province). The name Hung Yen officially appeared in the directory of the country in 1831. For that reason, prior to the French invasion into Vietnam, Hung Yen was a province located on both sides of the Luoc River. Since its establishment, the province's territory has changed many times. On March 27, 1833, French troops led by Captain Henri Riviere moved along the Red River from Hanoi and defeated Nam Dinh citadel. He then demanded Sub lieutenant De Trentinian to lead a unit of troops to attack Hung Yen citadel. After the occupying Hung Yen, they made many efforts to strengthen their henchmen government and establish various troop stations on one hand while speeding up the measuring and mapping work for deep involvement into communes and hamlets. However, they met many difficulties as confronting resistance by the Bai Say Revolt. In 1890, the French set up the Bai Say area consisting of Yen My, Yen Hao, Van Lam and Cam Luong districts for the purpose of easier suppression. After the failure of the Bai Say rebellion, they merged Van Lam, Yen My and Yen Hao districts into Hung Yen province and returned Cam Luong district (now Cam Giang) to Hai Duong province. Also in 1890, the French split Than Khe district from Tien Hung phu of Hung Yen province and Thai Binh phu and Kien Xuong phu from Nam Dinh province and set up a new province called Thai Binh. Afterwards, they went on to cut Hung Nhan and Duyen Ha districts and transferred Tien Lu district (formerly belonging to Tien Hung area) to merge into Khoai Chau phu. Ever since, the Luoc river has served as the natural border between Hung Yen and Thai Binh. This period last from the French colonization to the August Revolution in 1945. The French colonialists then returned to occupy the Bac Bo northern delta. To facilitate the leadership in the assistance war, in October 1947, the central government transferred Van Lam districts to Bac Ninh province and transferred Van Giang district of Bac Ninh to Hung Yen. In the following period, as the leadership for the destruction of the railroads was difficult, Van Lam district was returned to Hung Yen by Bac Ninh. When the anti-French resistance war was won and peace was restored in the north, district-level administrative units remained unchanged, except the changes in the administrative names of some wards and communes. On January 26, 1968, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly approved a resolution on the unification Hai Duong and Hung Yen into Hai Hung province. After that, Van Giang and Yen My districts were unified into Van Yen district; Tien Lu and Phu Cu districts were unified into Phu Tien district; Van Lam and My Hao districts were unified into Van My; Kim Dong and An Thi districts were unified into Kim Thi district. Van Yen and Van My districts were unified into My Van; Khoai Chau district and a part of Van Giang district were unified into Chau Giang district. On November 6, 1996, the National Assembly approved the division of Hai Hung into Hai Duong and Hung Yen. After that, the unified districts were split as the former administrative units. Hung Yen now has ten district and town-level administrative units: Hung Yen town, districts of Van Lam, Van Giang, My Hao, Yen My, Khoai Chau, An Thi, Kim Dong, Tien Lu and Phu Cu with 161 communes, districts and towns. |
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