Mộc Hóa district
Mộc Hóa is a rural district (huyện) 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(Mike 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: Bình Phong Thạnh Tân Thành Tân Lập Bình Hòa Đông Bình Hòa Trung Bình Hòa Tây Bình Thạnh In 2003 the district had a population of 67,753 and covered an area of 501 km². 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. Climate References Districts of Long An province