Ân Thi [ən˧˧:tʰi˧˧] is a rural district of Hưng Yên province in the Red River Delta region of Vietnam.

A low-ranking official named Nguyễn Thiện Thuật relied on this factor to urge his relatives as well as the Sơn Nam people to build a basis to oppose the protecture government.

On February 25, 1890, to deal with the uprising movement in the East of Hanoi, Governor-General Jean-Luc de Saint Peauxpa has signed a decision to merge all the Red Riverside rural districts of three provinces Bắc Ninh, Hưng Yên, Hải Dương to form a new administrative unit : Địch Lâm garrison (荻林道, Địch Lâm đạo).

Accordingly, this domain was organized according to the regulation like a special-military zone, which the head must be a French colonel (quan năm vành vàng, "fifth-level official with golden lines").

On October 24, 2024, the National Assembly Standing Committee issued Resolution 1248/NQ-UBTVQH15 on the arrangement of the commune-level administrative unit of Hưng Yên province in the period of 2023–2025, what has been valid from December 1, 2024.

[2] Accordingly, 6 communes in Ân Thi rural district were merged each other to implement the streamlined policy of the apparatus (chính-sách tinh-gọn bộ máy nhà-nước) that Party's General Secretary Tô Lâm set out.

In particular, most of its terrain is flat, with some locations still in a state which is lower than the sea level, thus, they are easily affected by floods in every rainy season.

[8] Currently, the Ân Thi District People's Committee has set a plan to develop the green economy (kinh-tế xanh) in the period from 2025 to 2035.