Phước Thành province

Phước Thành is a former province of Southeast region in South Vietnam. It was formed in 1959 from Tân Uyên, Biên Hòa and part of Phước Long province, Long Khánh, Bình Dương province. Province capital was Phước Vĩnh. In 1965 Phú Giáo District of the Phước Thành was dissolved into Bình Dương Province. On July 6, 1965, rest of the province was dissolved.

• Tân Uyên
• Hiếu Liêm
• Phú Giáo

Phuoc Thanh Province is geographically located:

• To the east is Long Khanh;
• To the west is Binh Duong and Binh Long provinces;
• To the south is Bien Hoa province;
• To the north is Phuoc Long province.

Phuoc Thanh Province has an area of 1,300 km².

Phuoc Thanh's land is mostly plains, forests and fruit gardens, with no high mountains. The main river of the province is the Be River (a tributary of the Dong Nai River), from Binh Long and Phuoc Long flowing in the North-South direction, to An Linh flowing in the Northeast-Southwest direction and having a tributary, the Giai River. Next is the Dong Nai River, flowing close to the border with Long Khanh and Bien Hoa in the South. In addition, the province also has other significant rivers and streams such as Da Sa Mach, Rach Rat, Lach Be stream, Ma Da stream, Ram stream, Trong stream, Tien stream, etc.

The climate of the province is hot and humid and is also divided into two seasons: the dry season from October to April, the rainy season from May to October. Two inter-provincial roads No. 1 and 16 connect Phuoc Thanh with neighboring provinces.

Phuoc Thanh province has 3 districts: Phu Giao, Tan Uyen, Hieu Liem.

On January 23, 1959, the President of the Republic of Vietnam issued Decree No. 25-NV on the establishment of Phuoc Thanh province on the basis of Tan Uyen district, Bien Hoa province; a part of Binh Duong province; a part of the southern Bunard of Phuoc Long province and the Ta Lai area of Long Khanh province.

Phuoc Thanh provincial capital is located in Phuoc Vinh. Phuoc Thanh has two airports in Phuoc Vinh provincial capital and near the Da Sa Mach river. Phuoc Thanh province has 3 districts:

• Phu Giao district: district capital is located in Bo La, formerly Nuoc Vang.
• Tan Uyen district: district capital is located in Uyen Hung.
• Hieu Liem district: district capital is located in Lac An, formerly Song Be estuary, Chanh Hung commune.

On July 6, 1965, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam issued Decree No. 131-NV on the dissolution of Phuoc Thanh province. Currently, the place name "Phuoc Thanh" is only used in Phuoc Thanh commune, a commune under Ho Chi Minh City.

In addition to the majority of Kinh people living here, there are also ethnic minorities of the Stieng, Maa Churu and Khmer and Cham origin. The main religions are Buddhism, Catholicism, Protestantism, worshiping Gods and Ancestors.

Rice is the main crop, followed by secondary crops such as cassava, potatoes and beans. The industrial crops grown quite a lot are rubber and coffee.

Orchards grow many types of fruit trees such as custard apple, orange, tangerine, durian, guava.... People also grow sugarcane in places near rivers.

Forests provide a number of trees such as bamboo, reed, oil wood, firewood, rattan....

Phuoc Thanh does not have many relics and scenic spots. In addition to rivers and fruit gardens, one can visit Suoi Tien and Tri An waterfall in the south of the province, close to the border with Bien Hoa province.