The Nguyen Dynasty made efforts to build Chau Doc as a military and administrative center, and the most important traffic location and military transshipment on the Southwestern border line. All of the above affirmed the important role and strategic significance of the land of Chau Doc in the cause of protecting the Southwestern border of the country. | The geopolitics - military factors of Chau Doc within the defense strategy on the southwestern border of The Nguyen dynasty period 1802 – 1867 AGU International Journal of Sciences – 2019, Vol. 7 (1), 35 – 41 THE GEOPOLITICS - MILITARY FACTORS OF CHAU DOC WITHIN THE DEFENSE STRATEGY ON THE SOUTHWESTERN BORDER OF THE NGUYEN DYNASTY PERIOD 1802 – 1867 Duong The Hien1 1 An Giang University, VNU - HCM Information: ABSTRACT Received: 24/07/2019 After the Nguyen Dynasty was established (1802), the issue of protecting the Accepted: 24/07/2019 Southwestern border became the focus of this dynasty's defensive policy Published: 11/2019 under the invading conspiracy of Chenla and Siam. With a geopolitical and Keywords: military position, connecting many important defensive positions of Nguyen Dynasty, Chau Doc, Southern Vietnam, Chau Doc was quickly chosen by the Nguyen Dynasty to geopolitics, military, become the center of defense in the strategy to protect the Southwestern Southwestern border border. The Nguyen Dynasty made efforts to build Chau Doc as a military and administrative center, and the most important traffic location and military transshipment on the Southwestern border line. All of the above affirmed the important role and strategic significance of the land of Chau Doc in the cause of protecting the Southwestern border of the country. 1. INTRODUCTION the Vietnamese people living on the An Giang Chau Doc has been merged officially on Dai border. In that system, Chau Doc emerged as a Viet since 1757 when the monarch of Chenla special location in geopolitical – military (ancient Cambodia) was Outey II (1739 - 1777) perspective within the defense strategy in the (the other name is Ang Ton or Nak Ong Ton) Southwestern border of the Nguyen Dynasty. consecrated Tam Phong Long area to Nguyen On more difficult and complex land, the Lords. This is the first land of An Giang Nguyen Dynasty has shown a positive .
