Ku qor sii wadida sadarkani - Kadib xiisaddii Paknam ee 1893, ciidamada gumaysiga Faransiiska waxay qabsadeen Chanthaburi, iyagoo ku soo celiyay 1905 markii Thailand ay iska dhiibtay lahaanshaha qaybta galbeed ee Cambodia. Qaar badan oo ka mid ah muwaadiniinta Chanthaburi waa dad u dhashay Vietnamese, kuwaas oo u yimid saddex hirar: marka hore qarnigii 19aad intii lagu jiray cadaadiskii ka dhanka ahaa Katooliga ee Cochin China; hirar labaad 1920s ilaa 1940s oo ka cararaya Faransiiska Indochina; iyo hirar saddexaad ka dib guushii shuuciga ee Vietnam ee 1975
Waxaad Magaalada Chanthaburi waxay xarun u ahayd hoggaamiyaha kiniisadda Chanthaburi tan iyo 1944.