The road is named after the Chinese hero Tran Hung-dao, who led the Vietnamese in resistance against the invading Mongol armies of the Yuan dynasty in the fourteenth century. To the east of the road is the Vietnamese political and economic center (now the first and third districts), while to the west is Tan An (the fifth and sixth districts).
這條為紀念十四世紀率越人抵抗元朝蒙古大軍入侵的華人英雄陳興道而命名的道路，東端是越人的政經中心（現今第一、三郡）；西端就是堤岸（第五、六郡）。