[1] His military expeditions into the Mekong Delta placed the region firmly under Vietnamese administrative control.

Considered to be the most famous military general during the time of Vietnam's southward expansion (Nam tiến), Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh founded the city of Saigon in 1698.

In Vietnam, Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh is widely beloved and revered by the Vietnamese as a national hero with various shrines (miếu) and communal houses (đình) dedicated to him.

Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh was born in Lệ Thủy District in Quảng Bình Province, Bắc Trung Bộ, Vietnam (then part of Đàng Trong).

[2] Below is the list of conferred titles and posthumous name bestowed upon Lễ Thành Hầu Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh by Vietnamese monarchs.