 The shipyard was originally created around 1788 by Lord Nguyễn Phúc Ánh as the Chu Su Naval workshop.With help from French engineers Lord Nguyen built a fleet of ships that helped him defeat the Tây Sơn dynasty and establish him as Emperor Gia Long.The naval workshop was progressively expanded and after the French conquered Cochinchina in 1862 they expanded the area as the Port de la Marine (Naval Port) under the control of the French Navy.