Mộc Hóa district


Mộc Hóa is a rural district of Long An province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam.
In 1963 team A-414 Special Forces set up operations at Kien Tuong. In 1965 Seabee team 0503 upgraded the outpost to a B camp for team B-41. In 1966 the camp became home to the Mobile Strike Force for IV Corps. MACV-SOG ran reconnaissance missions into Cambodia from there and the RVN army took over the base in 1970.

Divisions

Since 2013, the district has been divided into seven communes:
  1. Bình Phong Thạnh
  2. Tân Thành
  3. Tân Lập
  4. Bình Hòa Đông
  5. Bình Hòa Trung
  6. Bình Hòa Tây
  7. Bình Thạnh
In 2003 the district had a population of 67,753 and covered an area of. The district capital was at the town also known as Mộc Hóa. In 2013, the town of Mộc Hóa and the nearby communes of Bình Hiệp, Bình Tân,, Thạnh Trị and Tuyên Thạnh were separated to create the district-level town of Kiến Tường. The headquarters of the new Mộc Hóa District were moved to Bình Phong Thạnh.