After Mạc Cửu died in 1735, Lord Nguyễn Phúc Chú made his son Mạc Thiên Tứ governor-general of Hà Tiên, with three tax-free ships and leave to open a mint. Under him Hà Tiên became a trading centre known around the Gulf of Thailand, on a par with Saigon and Bangkok.
Political
Mạc Thiên Tứ becomes governor of Hà Tiên
- 1736
- Southeast Asia
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