What Mỹ Tho, Vietnam looked like in the 1960s

Mỹ Tho is a beautiful city in southern Vietnam’s flat Mekong River delta region. The city was the traditional gateway to the Mekong Delta. By the 17th century, the city was one of the most important commercial centers in today’s Southern Vietnam. When the French colonial campaign against Vietnam began in the 1860s, Mỹ Tho was one of the most critical strategic cities in the country. The French capture of Mỹ Tho in 1862 marked the end of French colonial rule in Cochinchina, a development that inaugurated nearly a century of French leadership in Vietnam. During colonization, the economy prospered, attracting more immigrants. During World War II, the French Vichy government interned foreign nationals in Mỹ Tho. Japanese forces seized the camps in May 1945, anticipating an Allied attack. Foreign nationals were confined throughout the war.

Today, the economy of Mỹ Tho is based on tourism, fishing, and agricultural products such as coconuts, bananas, and longans. Here are some fabulous Photos of My Tho in the 1960s.

#1 My Tho contrasts

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#2 My Tho’s downtown market

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#3 My Tho’s downtown market

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#4 My Tho’s market

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#5 Busy with mid-day shoppers at the My Tho market

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#6 My Tho’s market

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#7 Marigolds for Tet

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#8 Decorative vegies for Tet

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#9 ARVN soldier and his wife gleening the last fish from the drying rain ponds by the Binh Duc air strip west of My Tho

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#10 Cuu Long Restaurant

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#11 South Vietnamese war boat on the south shore of the Coconut Monks island

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#12 Stern view of water taxi approaching Kien Hoa Province from Coconut Monk’s island

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#13 The entrance to the Coconut Monk’s complex and “floating” refuge

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#14 Coconut Monk devotees holding services on the “floating” platform

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#15 Vietnam’s Coconut Monk in his tower at the east end of his “floating” platform refuge

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#16 Young visitor to Coconut Monk

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#17 Shopping district in eastern My Tho

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#18 In My Tho’s eastside commercial district

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#19 3 My Tho produce vendors

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#20 A reminent from the French colonial days, the long loaves of french bread were plentiful in My Tho

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#21 Noodle gobbler

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#22 Local men take a mid-day break for a little card game

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#23 Street brats

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#24 Intel staff from Saigon

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#25 The public park fronting on the Mekong River at the southeast corner of My Tho

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#26 At the southeast corner of My Tho where it fronts on the Mekong River

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#27 River front kids

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#28 At the southeast corner of My Tho where it fronts on the Mekong River

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#29 In southeast My Tho by the Mekong River

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#30 In My Tho on the Mekong River

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#31 In My Tho on the Mekong River

0 Points

Upvote Downvote