Khanh An Monastery began as a modest temple erected by Buddhist monk Tri Hien in 1905, and a wealthy family later donated six hectares of land to expand it. During the French occupation, the monastery was used by Vietnamese revolutionaries to organize protests, and thus was vandalized by the French On multiple occasions, in 2006 the monastery underwent a 10-year renovation, resulting in a beautiful Japanese-inspired monastery made almost entirely of wood.