The river Tiền as it flows throughTân Châu (An Giang)River Tiền atMỹ Tho
TheTiền River (Vietnamese:Sông Tiền 瀧前 orTiền Giang 前江) is the name given to the section of theMekong’s mainstream inVietnam.[1]
AtPhnom Penh, theBassac River branches off from Mekong River. Both Mekong and the distributary Bassac then flow towards theCambodia–Vietnam border. After entering Vietnam, Mekong is known as the Tiền River (orFleuve Antérieur inFrench, meaning "prior river") while Bassac is known as the Hậu River (Vietnamese:Sông Hậu/Hậu Giang orFrench:Fleuve Postérieur, meaning "posterior river").[2]
^Ngo The VinhMekong-The Occluding River: The Tale of a River - 2010 "The first bridge of its kind, the Mỹ Thuận Bridge strides the Tiên River with a span measuring 1,535 meters. Built in 2000, it connects the two provinces of Vinh Long and Tiên Giang. The expected time for completion of the Cân Tho Bridge was set ..."
^Judith EhlertBeautiful Floods: Environmental Knowledge and Agrarian Change in ... 2012 Page 19 "Coming from Cambodia and crossing the Vietnamese border at Tan Chau and Chau Doc, in the northwest of the Mekong Delta, the Mekong River splits into major branches known as the sông Tiền ('Tien River') and sông Hậu ('Hau River')."
