History
Before 1945
Management of rivers in the Mekong Delta began to develop the area in 1705, bringing commerce to the Vàm Cỏ Tay River at Tân An (then written: 新安) as the end of the Bảo Định Canal in the first years of the Nguyễn dynasty around 1802.[3] In 1800, the entire Mekong Delta fell under the Nguyễn dynasty’s authority. Tân An and its immediate surroundings used to be its own province, established by the French colonists in December 1889, when Gia Định Province was split into four smaller provinces. In October 1956, Tân An Province was merged into Long An Province by the Republic of Vietnam government under President Ngô Đình Diệm.
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