Binh Thuy Ancient House

Binh Thuy Ancient House

Location: 26/1A Bui Huu Nghia street, located in Binh Thuy Ward, 5km from the center of Cantho City. Characteristics: The Ancient house is a very beautiful residence imbued with features of the southern delta. The owner of this ancient house is respected Mr. Duong Minh Hien, an old sentimental man, by chance, remaining in the [...]

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Downstreaming to Miet thu

Downstreaming to Miet thu

In Southern people’s memories, Miet thu in the Mekong Delta is a deserted land where ‘muoi keu nhu sao thoi, dia lenh tua banh canh’ (mosquitoes buzz like the sound of flutes and leeches are much like noodles) and where people listen to the tranquil sounds of monkeys and birds. However, on Monday, Miet thu [...]

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Mekong Delta getaway launches summer special

Mekong Delta getaway launches summer special

The four-star Victoria Chau Doc Hotel is offering a summer promotion until September 30. This package includes two nights in a Superior room (complimentary upgrade to Deluxe room upon availability), daily buffet breakfast for two persons, a boat tour (two hours) to Cham village, floating fish farm houses and a small floating market, a 45-minute [...]

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Exhibition on Mekong residents opens in Laos

Exhibition on Mekong residents opens in Laos

An exhibition entitled “Mekong’s stories: Challenge and Dream” opened in the Lao capital of Vientiane on April 6, 2011. Present at the opening ceremony were Lao Deputy Minister of Information and Culture Buangeun Saphuvong, Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Ta Minh Chau, the Cambodian Ambassador to Laos and representatives from the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA).

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Cruise liners to bring foreign visitors to Vietnam during Tet

Cruise liners to bring foreign visitors to Vietnam during Tet

The Sai Gon Travel Service Company (Saigontourist) will receive three cruise liners with 3,650 foreign tourists aboard during the traditional Lunar New Year Festival (Tet), which falls on the first week of February. The tourists are scheduled to tour a flower festival and some pagodas in Ho Chi Minh, enjoy specialties in the southwestern region, [...]

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Tea-coffee cultural week opens in Can Tho city

Tea-coffee cultural week opens in Can Tho city

A tea and coffee cultural week opened in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on January 14. The event, jointly held by the Vietnam Coffee-Cocoa Association and the Vietnam Tea Association, drew the participation of 151 enterprises with nearly 200 pavilions from Ho Chi Minh City and Southeastern and Mekong Delta provinces. It aims [...]

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Visiting Can Tho City through paintings

Visiting Can Tho City through paintings

The bilingual Vietnamese-English book named “Tham quan Can Tho qua tranh ve” (Visiting Can Tho through paintings), the first comic-style guide book for the Mekong Delta, was released on January 10. The 92-page color book released by Tre Publishing House and Mekong Tourist Information Company (Metinfo) in Can Tho is priced at VND45,000. Full of [...]

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Floating markets in Mekong Delta

Floating markets in Mekong Delta

Floating markets are the feature of water life of people in the southern of Vietnam. There are many big floating markets set up in Mekong Delta like Cai Be, Cai Rang and Phong Dien. Dan Tri Newspaper took some photos on their floating life.

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Mekong cruises

Mekong cruises

Cruise 1: Cai Be – Vinh Long – In the morning, pick up at your hotel and transfer to Cai Be. Stop to take photos in Tan An town overlooking the picturesque flat rice fields. – On arrival in Cai Be, set off by motor boat to visit the Cai Be floating market and watch [...]

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Mekong Delta

Mekong Delta

General information: Area: 67,000 sq. km Vietnamese name: Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long (The Nine Dragons river delta) Provinces: Can Tho, An Giang, Bac Lieu, Ben Tre, Ca Mau, Dong Thap, Hau Giang, Kien Giang, Long An, Soc Trang, Tien Giang, Vinh Long and Tra Vinh. Location: The Mekong Delta region situates in the southernmost [...]

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