Chợ Gạo (chữ Nôm: 𢄂𥺊[1]), meaning "Rice Market", is a rural district (huyện) of Tiền Giang province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam.
[2] Cho Gao originated in a market located in Binh Phan Village (the name says camp from Binh Phuong), founded by Mr. Tran Van Nguyet in the Canh Hung period (the reign of King Le Hien Tong).
According to Le Quy Don's Phu Bien Tap Luc, at the end of the 18th century.
The market was originally formed because there was the first rice factory in the area built and owned by a Chinese family.
The district capital is Cho Gao town, located on National Highway 50, 10 km east of My Tho.