Văn Giang is a rural district of Hưng Yên province in the Red River Delta region of Vietnam.

According to the surveys of researcher Philippe Papin, at the beginning of Christ era, the Southeastern area of modern Hanoi was still under the sea level, so it was very difficult to settle down.

Since the middle of the belonging to the North, according to the records of the officials from the mainland China, the area of modern Hưng Yên province was almost swampy.

According to An Nam chí lược and Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, it was in the area of an administrative unit called as Cổ Lãm châu (古揽州, "K'lam canton").

The capital of this locality was located in Vạn Kiếp, where there was a regulation like a military barracks to prevent the entire North and East of Thăng Long.

On June 10, 2024, Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính issued Decision 489/QĐ-TTg approving the planning of Hưng Yên province in the period from 2021 to 2030, with a vision to 2050.

According to geological surveys since the beginning of the 20th century, due Văn Giang is located in the middle of the three large rivers of Hồng, Đuống and Luộc, its area has a huge reserves of alluvium, which is the basis for a very strong agriculture.

According to the 2005 yearbook of the Vietnam Catholic Church,[5] the territory of Văn Giang is part of the Tây Hưng Yên Deanery, belonging to the Thái Bình Cathedral Diocese.