Nguyen Huu Canh
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Vietnam
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in Saigon and Gia Dinh regions in 1698. From that time, these regions officially became part of Vietnam.
Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh was born in Lệ Thủy District, Quang Binh Province, Bac Trung Bo
Bac Trung Bo
Bắc Trung Bộ is one of the regions of Vietnam. It consists of six provinces: Thanh Hóa, Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị, Thừa Thiên-Huế...
, Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
(then part of Dang Trong).
In 1698, Canh was sent by Nguyen Phuc Chu to the south. He founded Gia Dinh garrison there. He called on people from many place in Central Vietnam to settle in these regions. He ordered the building of roads, canals, markets. Saigon was turned into a busy port city since then.