ĐẠI HỌC CÔNG NGHIỆP HÀ NỘI

KHOA: DU LỊCH

BÁO CÁO TIỂU LUẬN THUỘC HỌC PHẦN

VIETNAM TOURIST ROUTES AND DESTINATIONS

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NGHIÊN CỨU TUYẾN, ĐIỂM DU LỊCH CỦA

THÀNH PHỐ CẦN THƠ

( THUỘC VÙNG DU LỊCH TÂY NAM BỘ )

GVHD: TH.S Nguyễn Bình Minh

TH.S Phạm Phúc Thành
Sinh viên: Nguyễn Thị Đoan Trang
Hoàng Thị Thảo Vy
Phạm Thanh Thảo
Lê Hải Yến
Lớp: QTLHTA01 Khóa: 17

HÀ NỘI,2023
 TABLE OF CONTENT

1.
GENERAL INTRODUCTION.....................................................................2
1.1. The position and role of Vietnam tourist attractions.................................2
1.2. Can Tho city overview..............................................................................2
2. RESEARCH RESULTS.............................................................................3
2.1. Research tasks.............................................................................................3
2.2. Research products.......................................................................................3
3. ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE....................................................................4
3.1. Overview of tourist routes, tourist attractions.......................................4
3.1.1. The basic concepts..............................................................................4
3.1.2. Classification of tourist routes, tourist attractions..........................5
3.2. Tourism potential and status of Can Tho province................................6
3.2.1. Potential and actual status of tourism exploitation and
development in Can Tho province..............................................................6
3.2.1.1. Tourism potential of Can Tho province.......................................6
3.2.1.2. Number of visitors and tourism revenue of Can Tho city..........15
3.2.2. Tourist attractions of Can Tho city.................................................16
3.2.3. Tourist routes of Can Tho city.........................................................46
3.2.3.1. Tourist route 1: Cai Rang floating market - My Hometown
noodle oven - Truc Lam Phuong Nam Zen Monastery - My Khanh
Tourist Village (Intra-provincial route)..................................................46
3.2.3.2. Tourist route 2: Can Tho - Soc Trang ( Interprovincial tourist
route).......................................................................................................51
3.2.3.3. Tourist route 3: Can Tho - Kien Giang – Phu Quoc
( Interprovincial tourist route)................................................................63
3.2.4. Can Tho city's travel programs.......................................................73
3.2.4.1. Can Tho - Fruit Garden - Cai Rang Floating Market - Bac
Lieu - Ca Mau Cape Land.......................................................................74
3.2.4.2. Hanoi – Land Of Tay Do (3d2n)...............................................76
3.2.4.3. Tour 3: My Tho – Ben Tre – Can Tho (2d1n)............................78
REFERENCES..............................................................................................87
APPENDIX.....................................................................................................88

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 GENERAL INTRODUCTION
1.1. The position and role of Vietnam tourist attractions
A tourist destination route is a system of tourist attractions connected to
form different tourist areas and tourist routes. Tourist destination routes can
be a route consisting of tourist destinations in the same province or city, with
different provinces or cities, or even with foreign tourist destinations. Tourist
destination routes are built based on the common characteristics of each
region. Our country's tourist destinations are divided into 7 tourist regions
from North to South such as the Northern Midlands and mountains, the Red
River Delta and Coast, North Central, South Central Coast, Central
Highlands, and Southeast. and the southwest. Tourist destinations are a very
important factor in exploiting and developing tourism in our country.
Therefore, the course Vietnam Tourist Destinations is very necessary for
tourism students. The course “Vietnam Tourist Attractions Route” helps
students understand more about the tourist regions in Vietnam, the
characteristics of each region, the tourism products of each region,
transportation infrastructure, accommodation facilities, cuisine, culture, and
people of each region. Through this subject, students can have a general grasp
of the conditions, situation, and development potential of Vietnamese tourism.
1.2. Can Tho city overview
Can Tho is a centrally run city, located in the center of the Mekong
Delta. Originally known as Tay Do - the capital of the Southwest region, Can
Tho has now become a grade I city directly under the Central Government
and is one of the four provinces in the key economic region of Vietnam. The
idyllic beauty of the Mekong Delta has attracted a large number of tourists
here. Can Tho city is 170 km northeast of Ho Chi Minh City. Can Tho city is
divided into 9 administrative units, including 5 districts, 4 districts with a total
of 85 towns, communes and wards, including 5 towns, 44 wards and 36
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communes. Regarding tourism resources, natural tourism, with a system of
rivers and canals, fruit garden populations, bustling floating markets on the
river (Cai Rang floating market, Phong Dien floating market)... symbolizes a
living area sweet alluvial land, a unique ecological region Mekong Delta
region, typical of the West in general and Can Tho in particular. Can Tho city
has many historical relics and famous cultural works such as Uncle Ho's
Monument, City Museum, Binh Thuy communal house, Ninh Kieu wharf...
The infrastructure of Can Tho city has developed. With a location right in the
center of the Mekong Delta, Can Tho is a gathering place for raw materials to
process, transship, buy and sell goods and provide commercial services to
regions and provinces throughout the country. business and trade activities
with countries around the world. Can Tho city develop tourism based on the
potential and advantages of the river delta. Agricultural production in Can
Tho city continues to develop in the direction of focusing on specialized
farming, crop rotation appropriate to each locality, applying science and
technology with effective production models linked to market needs.

RESEARCH RESULTS
2.1. Research tasks
The main research tasks of the report include:
(1) Studying knowledge about routes and tourist attractions of Can Tho
province in the Southwest tourist region
(2) Studying prominent tourist routes of Can Tho province in the Southwest
tourist region
2.2. Research products
- Product name: Research on routes and tourist attractions of Can Tho
province (in the Southwest tourist area)
- Product form: Report

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- Structure and content of the product: In addition to the introduction,
conclusion, references and appendices, the harvest article has the following
main contents:
+ Overview of tourism potential of Can Tho province
+ Tourist attractions of Can Tho province
+ Tourist routes of Can Tho province
+ Tourism programs of Can Tho province

ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE
3.1. Overview of tourist routes, tourist attractions
3.1.1. The basic concepts
- Tourist routes means an itinerary which links various tourist resorts, tourist
spots and tourist service-providing establishments associated with land, rail,
waterway and air transport routes.
- Tourist destination: to define a Tourist Attraction is not simple. Here are 3
definitions:
 A physical or cultural feature of a particular place that individual travellers
or tourists perceive as capable of meeting one or more of their specific
leisure-related needs. Such features may be ambient in nature (eg. climate,
culture, vegetation or scenery), or they may be specific to a location, such
as a theatre performance, a museum or a waterfall.
(Dictionary of Travel & Tourism Hospitality Terms/Robert Harris &
Joy Howent, Melbourne, Hospitality Press, 1996)
 Positive or favourable attributes of an area for a given activity or set of
activities as desired by a given customer or market, including climate,
scenery, activities, culture.
(a) Man made attractions are physical structures (Sydney Harbour
bridge) or events (Olympics).

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 (b) Natural attractions are physical phenomena deemed unusual and
/or beautiful (Bungle Bungles).
(c) Secondary attractions have tourist appeal, but are not the primary
reason for visiting a location.
(d) A negative attraction is an attribute of an area that tends to make
some customer or market choose not to visit as for example pollution
or no activities.
(The Dictionary of Hospitality, Travel and Tourism/Chates J. Mereka, 3rd
ed, Delany, New York, 1990)
 A place with tourism resources that are used to serve tourist
(Vietnam Law on Tourism 2017)
3.1.2. Classification of tourist routes, tourist attractions
- Tourist routes
+ International tourist routes - Domestic tourist routes (by area)
+ Short-term travel routes - Long-term travel routes (by time)
+ Cultural tourist routes – Natural tourist routes (by resources)
+ Scenic Tourist Routes (By Destination Characteristics)
- Tourist attractions
Based on tourism resources, the purpose of tourists' trips and service
facilities, we can divide tourist attractions into 2 categories: resource points
and functional points, specifically as follows.
+ Resource point is a tourist spot with resources such as natural
landscapes, natural elements, historical-cultural relics, human creative
works and other human values with the purpose of visitors to visit and
learn.
+ Functional points are tourist attractions in which tourist attractions are
special types of terrain, religious buildings, clubs or resorts, national
parks,... with diverse purposes: Research, healing, sports, adventure,...

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3.2. Tourism potential and status of Can Tho province
3.2.1. Potential and actual status of tourism exploitation and development
in Can Tho province
3.2.1.1. Tourism potential of Can Tho province
 Geographical
Can Tho City is located in the lower reaches of the Mekong River and
in the center of the Mekong Delta, 169 km from Ho Chi Minh City, more than
150 km from Ca Mau City, and from Rach City. The price is nearly 120 km,
about 80 km from the sea along the south road of Hau River (National
Highway 91C).
Can Tho is stretching over 60 km along the west bank of Hau River. It
borders An Giang province to the north, Dong Thap province and Vinh Long
province to the east, Kien Giang province to the west, Hau Giang province to
the south. The area of the inner city is 53 km². Can Tho city has a total natural
area of 1,409.0 km², accounting for 3.49% of the total area. According to the
General Statistics Office of Vietnam, the population of Cần Thơ city in 2021
was around 1.25 million people, with a population density of 866 people/km².
Can Tho is a city with a high population density (858 people/km) compared to
other provinces in the country, standing 12/63 and 3 times higher than the
national population density (290 people/km²). times the population density of
the Mekong Delta (423 people/km²). Can Tho is the fourth largest city in the
country, and also the largest and most modern city in the lower Mekong
region.

 Tourism resource
 Natural tourism resources
- Terrain
Can Tho is located entirely on the alluvial origin of the Mekong River and
is regularly deposited through the alluvial water of the Hau River. The
geology in the city is formed mainly through the deposition of marine and
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alluvial sediments of the Mekong River, on the surface at a depth of 50
meters, there are two types of sediments, Holocene and Pleistocene.
The terrain is generally relatively flat, suitable for agricultural and fishery
production, with an average height of about 1-2 meters sloping from the
plains along the Hau River, and the Can Tho River gradually lowers towards
the inland field ie from northeast to southwest. Can Tho is located in a semi-
open floodplain, with a descending direction from the northeast to the
southwest, including 3 types of terrain: natural dykes along the Hau River
(forming a high strip of land and islets along the Hau River); semi-open
floodplain (belonging to the Long Xuyen Quadrangle, directly affected by
annual floods); delta (mainly influenced by tides along with some interaction
effects of late-season floods). Besides, the city also has dunes and islets on
Hau river such as Con Au, Con Khuong, Con Son, and Tan Lap islet.
- Climate
Can Tho city is located in the climate zone of the Mekong Delta with
common characteristics such as high and stable temperature, small
temperature range of day and night; The climate is divided into two
contrasting seasons: the rainy season and the dry season. Rainy season from
May to October, dry season from November to April next year. The average
temperature in the year is 27oC, the average rainfall is 1,500 - 1,800 mm/year,
the total number of sunny hours in the year is 2,300 - 2,500 hours, the average
humidity is 83%. Wind has 2 main directions: Northeast (dry season) and
Southwest (rainy season), with an average wind speed of 1.8 m/s. rain. The
region's climate conditions allow tourism activities to take place year-round.
Despite being influenced by tropical monsoon climate, Can Tho has
advantages in temperature background, heat radiation regime, high sunshine
regime and is stable in two seasons 4 of the year. These advantages are very
favorable for the development of a tropical agricultural system with high
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production and economic restructuring. However, the rainy season is often
accompanied by floods affecting many areas of the city; The dry season is
often accompanied by a lack of water for irrigation, causing difficulties for
production and daily life, especially in areas affected by salinity and alum,
which increases the seasonality as well as the uneven demand for water
between seasons. of agricultural production
- Hydrological
Can Tho is located in the alluvial land of the Mekong River, with the
typical terrain of the delta. The city has a fairly thick system of rivers, canals
and canals, in which the Hau River is the largest river with a total length of 65
km flowing through the city, the section through Can Tho, the river is about
1.6 km wide. total alluvium of Hau river is 35 million m 3 /year. The Can Tho
River originates in the inland area west of the Hau River, has a length of
about 16 km, a width of 280 - 350 m, passes through O Mon, Phong Dien, Cai
Rang and Ninh Kieu districts and empties out. Hau river at Ninh Kieu wharf.
The Can Tho River has fresh water all year round, both for irrigation in the
dry season and for drainage in the flood season, and has great significance for
traffic. Cai Lon river is 20 km long, estuary width is 600 - 700 m, depth is 10
- 12 m, so it has very good drainage and drainage capacity.
Besides, Can Tho has more than 158 rivers and canals, large and small,
which are tributaries of 2 large rivers, Hau River and Can Tho River, which
pass through the city and form a waterway network. Other major rivers and
canals are Binh Thuy, Tra Noc, O Mon, Thot Not, Tham Ron and many other
large canals in suburban districts of Thot Not, Vinh Thanh, Co Do and Phong
Dien, providing fresh water throughout. rainy and dry seasons, creating
favorable conditions for irrigation and land reclamation for agricultural
activities.
- Ecosystem

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 In general, Can Tho city has an average level of biodiversity. Can Tho has
no natural forest resources, the tree cover rate in the city area accounts for
about 16.19% of the area. The most remarkable is the typical ecosystem
including agricultural ecosystems and natural submerged ecosystems such as
dunes and islets (Khuong island, Son island, Tan Loc island, Au island, Cai
Khe island).
Can Tho currently has Phu Sa eco-tourism area, which is a floating dune
on the Hau River, in Cai Rang district. The tourist area covers an area of 30
hectares, the ecosystem includes more than 15 hectares of cork forest with
many species of wild animals and plants. Besides, some other ecological
zones such as Bang Lang stork garden in Thot Not district has an area of 22.5
ha with more than 300,000 individuals of all kinds of storks; Tan Loc islet has
fertile soil thanks to alluvium brought by flood water, the typical habitat on
the island is the family garden, along the two sides of the island are water
hyacinth, cork, plum gardens, etc. mango, in the river and a third of the dune
head area has been utilized for the development of fish rafts and industrial
fish farming.
Agro-ecosystems: few livestock animals, mainly buffaloes, cows, pigs,
chickens, ducks..., aquaculture activities include about 120 species of fish
with nearly 50 species of economic value. These species often account for
high yield and quality, in which many species are important local aquaculture
species such as pangasius, climbing fish, catfish… In addition, there are about
60 species of plants grown as food and medicinal herbs, with wet rice being
the dominant food crop, the main fruit varieties are longan, oranges,
rambutans, pomelos, strawberries, mangosteens...
- River system
The main river system has a total length of over 453 km and an interlaced
network of canals dominated by two main water sources with rather
complicated flows, namely the Hau River and the Cai Lon River. The main

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canals: Cai San, Thot Not, O Mon, Xa No, horizontal and vertical canals
spread throughout the area have the effect of traffic, water supply for
irrigation and production activities. Groundwater in Can Tho has a reserve of
about 1,375 thousand m3. Groundwater that meets sanitary standards is
located at a depth of 80 - 150 m. In the flood season (July - October of the
lunar calendar), Can Tho city is affected by two main flood flows, namely the
flood from the Hau River and the flood from the Long Xuyen Quadrangle.
With a system of interlaced rivers and canals, fruit orchards, busy floating
markets on the river (Cai Rang floating market, Phong Dien floating
market)... representing the sweet alluvial eco-region, a pepper eco-region.
representative of the Mekong Delta, City. Can Tho has many places with
potential for ecotourism development such as: Cai Khe islet, Khuong island,
Au island, Son island, Tan Loc island, Bang Lang stork garden, Thoi Nhut
flower village...
 Cultural tourism resources
In the city area. Can Tho has many historical sites and famous cultural
works such as Uncle Ho monument, City museum, Military Zone 9 museum,
Binh Thuy communal house, Ninh Kieu wharf, Nam Nha Duong pagoda...
- Relics
The tangible cultural heritage of Can Tho city includes many relics, scenic
spots, ancient architecture and archives of historical and cultural value.
According to statistics of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, up
to now, the whole city has 36 ranked relics (14 national monuments and 22
city-level monuments); 1 cultural memorial work is Chau Van Liem Temple
in Thoi Lai district. Can Tho also has 14 artifacts recognized as National
Treasures by the Prime Minister, currently preserved and displayed at the City
Museum. This is some famous historical and cultural relics in Can Tho city:
Ong Pagoda: Is the oldest temple in Can Tho, built around the middle of
the 19th century.
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 Binh Thuy Ancient House: Is an old house built in the mid-nineteenth
century, with a blend of French and Asian architecture.
Truc Lam Phuong Nam Zen Monastery: Is a Zen temple located on the top
of Tinh Khong mountain, about 15 km southwest of the city center.
- Intangible cultural resources
The city recorded 109 types of intangible cultural such as Cai Rang
floating market culture (2016); Ky Yen Dinh Festival Binh Thuy (2018), Can
Tho Festival (2019). These heritages have played an important role in the
spiritual and cultural life of the local community. Many of these heritages
have become a resource to create unique cultural tourism products and
become a brand famous brand of Can Tho city. This city has 4 national
intangible cultural heritages, including:
Cai Rang Floating Market Culture: As one of the largest floating markets
in Can Tho, where you can find typical products of the Mekong Delta such as
pangasius, reishi, morning glory, bitter vegetables, Hoa Loc sand mango,
green skin pomelo.
Ky Yen Festival in Binh Thuy Communal House: is a traditional festival
held annually at Binh Thuy communal house, attracting a large number of
tourists and locals.
Ho Can Tho is a type of traditional folk song of the people of the
Southwest region.
Lullaby of the Vietnamese in Can Tho: A type of traditional folk song of
the Vietnamese people.
- Festival
The whole city of Can Tho currently has about 70 festivals, including
about 20 traditional festivals, taking place annually. The City's Culture and
Tourism Industry has cooperated with localities to build a number of tourist
routes associated with historical - cultural relics, for example, 4 main routes:
Cai Rang Floating Market - Craft Village noodle soup - Truc Lam Phuong

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Nam Zen Monastery - My Khanh Tourist Village; Route Cai Rang Floating
Market - Binh Thuy Ancient House - Dinh Binh Thuy - Con Son; Route Cai
Rang Floating Market - Hu Tieu craft village - Nam Nha Pagoda - Binh Thuy
Dinh - Tan Loc Island; Route: Ong Pagoda - Vam Xang Fruit Garden - Can
Tho Bridge - Pitu Khosa Rangsay Pagoda - Can Tho Market Cage - Can Tho
Cruise - Ninh Kieu Night Market - Cai Rang Floating Market - My Khanh
Tourist Village.
 Tourism infrastructure and facilities.
- Infrastructure
With a favorable geographical position, Can Tho is considered an
important gateway connecting with provinces in the Mekong Delta region, in
which Can Tho airport is the largest international airport in the region. The
number of people accessing air services here is very large. A fully planned
urban model, well connected to the airport can contribute to promoting
tourism development of this area.
Road system: There are 06 national highways passing through Can Tho
including: National Highway 1, National Highway 91, National Highway 80,
National Highway 91B, South Song Hau route and Can Tho - Vi Thanh route,
conveniently connecting Can Tho with Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh City
and other provinces in the region. The city also has key highways such as the
TP Expressway. Ho Chi Minh City - Trung Luong - My Thuan - Can Tho
(154km): the section of Ho Chi Minh City is in operation. Ho Chi Minh City -
Trung Luong - My Thuan, the section My Thuan - Can Tho (22.9km) is
expected to open to traffic in 2023. In addition, the Prime Minister is
investing in building the Can Tho - Ca Mau expressway and the expressway.
Chau Doc - Can Tho - Soc Trang
River transport system: TP. Can Tho currently has 02 national waterway
routes passing through, namely the TP route. Ho Chi Minh - Ca Mau and TP.

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Ho Chi Minh - Kien Luong. These are the two main waterways of the whole
Mekong Delta region.
Rail transport system: Can Tho is implementing the Ho Chi Minh City -
Can Tho high-speed railway project with a length of 139 km. (The whole
route has 10 stations, the starting point is Tan Kien station (Binh Chanh
District, Ho Chi Minh City), the end point is Cai Rang station, Cai Rang
district, Can Tho city). Can Tho urban railway. It has a total length of 38.8
km, passing through O Mon District, Binh Thuy District, Ninh Kieu District,
and Cai Rang District.
Airline: Can Tho airport is the largest airport in the Mekong Delta region,
opening many flights including both domestic and international flights.
- Facilities
Currently, Can Tho has about 600 accommodation establishments with
more than 11,000 rooms, of which 1-5 star hotels account for about one third.
Many hotels such as: Muong Thanh, TTC Premium, Azerai Can Tho, Victoria
Can Tho ... have won many domestic and international tourism awards. The
hotel system in Can Tho has a large capacity, with conference rooms serving
from 1,000-2,000 guests, meeting the diverse needs of domestic and
international delegations.
The system of tourism facilities and technology has developed in quantity
and quality, many new and high-class forms of trade and tourism services
have been invested and put into operation, such as: Muong Thanh hotel (5
stars) , Vinpearl Can Tho hotel (5 stars), Ninh Kieu Riverside hotel (4 stars),
Azerai resort at Au island, CB Palace banquet center... Supermarkets
Co.opmart, Mega market, GO!.. Along with the system of Lotte commercial
centers, Vincom Plaza Hung Vuong and Xuan Khanh, Sense City... are in
operation, contributing to diversifying services, attracting tourists, and
meeting the needs of MICE tourism.
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 The plan 111/KH-UBND of the City People's Committee on the
implementation of Resolution No. 03-NQ/TU of the City Party Committee
and the Adjustment of Tourism Development Planning of Can Tho City to
2020, orientation to 2030 clearly defines: By 2020, there will be about 39,300
employees in the tourism industry, of which 13,100 direct employees, 26,200
indirect employees; professionally trained workforce must reach over 80%.
However, in 2020, the proportion of trained workers in the industry will only
reach 68.3%.
According to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Can Tho
City, in the 2013-2018 period, the direct labor force in the tourism industry
increased sharply, from 3,350 people to 5,600 people, an average annual
growth of about 10.8%. In the period of 2019 and 2020, it slowed down due
to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic. Many hotel units, garden spots,
travel agencies closed, or cut staff; Therefore, the labor force in the industry
did not grow as expected. The number of direct employees in 2020 is 7,087
people, concentrated in garden spots, tourist resorts, homestays,
accommodation (hotels from 1-5 stars), travel agencies, tourism training
institutions, agencies. tourism management agency... The accommodation
sector accounts for 72.6% of the workforce in the industry.
The quality of trained labor is also uneven. In management units, training
and travel establishments, the rate of trained workers reaches 100%; but
trained workers in tourist areas and destinations only reached 26.1% - the
lowest in the industry. At garden sites, homestays, tourist areas, most of them
are self-managed families, the staff are mainly untrained unskilled workers, or
fostering tourism skills. Even at famous tourist destinations and destinations,
most workers only participate in short-term training or retraining, or through
experience sharing. The number of trained workers at these points accounts
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3.2.1.2. Number of visitors and tourism revenue of Can Tho city
According to statistics of Can Tho City Tourism Association, in 2018, Can
Tho city welcomed 8,480,968 tourists, up 12.5% over the same period in
2017, reaching 106% of the year plan.
In 2019, Can Tho tourism welcomed 8.8 million visitors, an increase of
4.6% over the same period in 2018. Staying guests reached over 3 million
arrivals, an increase of 13.1%, of which international stays reached over
409,000. arrivals, up 12.4% over the same period last year. Total revenue from
tourism reached over VND 4,435 billion, up 17.2% over the same period last
year.
Facing the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tourism
industry of Can Tho City has built and developed many solutions to restore
tourism in the shortest time in a sustainable way.
According to the report of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism
of Can Tho, in 2020, tourists to Can Tho city reached 5,605,865 turns, down
36.8% over the same period, reaching 60.9% of the plan. year. Total revenue
from tourism reached VND 3,169 billion, down 28.6% over the same period
in 2019, reaching 62.1% of the year plan.
In 2021, the total number of visitors to Can Tho will reach 2.1 million,
a decrease of 62.2% compared to 2020, of which there are more than 898,000
arrivals of staying guests, a decrease of 55.5%. Particularly, international
guests stayed at only 9,705 turns, down 94.3%. Tourism revenue is estimated
at 1,375 billion VND, down 56.6%. Activities to promote investment projects,
product development, advertising, tourism cooperation cooperation
development are all interrupted.
The tourism industry in Can Tho has been growing steadily over the years.
In 2022, the city welcomed 5.1 million tourists, generating a total revenue of
over 4,100 billion VND 1. The city aims to attract 5.2 million visitors in 2023,

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with approximately 2.7 million of them being overnight guests. The total
revenue from tourism is expected to reach 4,580 billion VND.
3.2.2. Tourist attractions of Can Tho city
- Tourist attractions (national tourist attractions, local tourist attractions)

 Cai Rang floating market

Famous for a long time, but to this day, Cai Rang floating market is still
a great place to visit. On the beautiful Mekong River, you will see a lot of
busy boats, trading all kinds of goods, food, ... above. All create a brilliant,
vibrant scene that is very "Western".

It takes about 30 minutes from Ninh Kieu wharf, sitting on a motorboat

along the Hau River down to Cai Rang floating market in the early morning is
something that any tourist from all over the world wishes to do once.
Located on the strategic river route of Cai Rang district, Can Tho city,
My Phong commune. Cai Rang Floating Market is the most famous floating
market in the West because of the bustle of trading, exchanging goods and
cultural exchanges between regions. In particular, this is a floating market that
is considered a typical image of the river culture and people of the West in the
hearts of international friends.
Like many other floating markets such as Tra On floating market (Vinh
Long), Cai Be floating market (Tien Giang), Nga Nam floating market (Soc
Trang), Nga Bay floating market (Hau Giang) or Long Xuyen floating market
(An Giang) ….Up to now, there are no documents determining when Cai
Rang floating market was formed. We only know that the market was born
because of the essential needs of people when daily life is associated with the
river topography. Therefore, in the overall picture of Western culture, the
imprint of floating market culture is very bold and very prominent.
Sightseeing boat rental prices range from 300,000 - 700,000 VND/boat
depending on the number of passengers. The operating hours of the floating

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market are from 5 to 9 am, the main products are agricultural products, fruits
of all kinds and goods. , food…. People gather on the river in canoes, boats...,
with the highlight being the "trees" hanging business items. This is a very
unique cultural feature in the Mekong Delta, attracting many foreign tourists
to visit.
 Explain the name of the Cai Rang floating market.
We don't know how interesting the river culture in Cai Rang floating
market is, but the name is both strange and interesting and makes many
people excited. Since then, the floating market has inadvertently created
people's curiosity about why the name of the floating market is Cai Rang,
what is the meaning of Cai Rang and who named the floating market.
To explain and answer this question, Can Tho people tell a legend as
follows. Accordingly, the name Cai Rang comes from the story of the
beginning of the period of reclamation and hamlet establishment. Legend tells
of a very large crocodile that washed up here, its teeth stuck in the mouth of
this land. Since then, when the floating market was formed, people used the
name Cai Rang to name the floating market.
However, the Southern voice of researcher Vuong Hong Sen in the
book "Adventure yourself" says otherwise. Cai Rang originates from the
Khmer word “karan” meaning “roasted ca” (apple). Khmer people in Xa Ton
(Tri Ton) make a lot of karan and sell it everywhere to prepare dishes,
especially they sell a lot in the Can Tho river area. Because this word is
difficult to read, over time, Vietnamese people pronounced the word "karan"
as "ca rang" and then Cai Rang. This pronunciation is due to the habit of
using words in everyday language.
“A few comments on the shape of Ca Rach: Overall, Ca Rach is shaped
like a lying number 8, with three apples on one end holding their heads high
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belly with a bunch of trees. This side contains a lot of ash that does not fall
out, is warm and windproof, cooks and boils quickly. "
From the above explanations, we can prove that; The name Cai Rang
originates from the Khmer word "karan". Because Vietnamese people find it
difficult to read, they read the word karan in their own language and gradually
turned it into a Vietnamese word, Cai Rang.
“The floating market is from midnight to morning
I have been sinking since dusk
You hang bongos in Cai Rang, Ba Lang
I love Vam Xang lake, Can Tho.”
Unlike other floating markets on the mainland, most markets in the West
begin to gather at dawn. The same goes for Cai Rang floating market, only
around 3am, a vibrant scene appears in the foggy night. A mist like a vivid
picture of ships, a delicate flower filled with fruits and agricultural products
brought here to materialize together.
It is truly difficult to fully imagine, when a place where the river flows
downstream with convenient means of boats, skins, and floating rafts, a scene
of trading and exchange full of tropical power takes place. This enthusiasm
can satisfy you when you first visit the floating market.
Not only that, the good and interesting thing here is that everywhere you
look, you see images of mobile restaurants. An interesting mobile event, a
mystery that can only be found at the floating market. This is the reason why
the Cai Rang floating market in Can Tho in particular and the West in general
does not overlap with any floating market on the mainland.
In addition to the above, Cai Rang floating market also has an extremely
interesting thing that makes everyone curious, which is the presence of trees
below.
Honestly, if someone comes to the floating market for the first time,
they probably don't know what the meaning of the trees here is. And once you

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know it, you will surely enjoy it because you understand any part of the
unique culture of the river region. Since then, people know that to buy and eat
something, they must first go to the tree next to the bell or the ship.
However, many people still gather because there are flowers and hanging
boats but do not sell or hang one but sell the other. Because “On the river,
boats are always unstable with the current. Therefore, the items hanging on
the trees below such as: grapefruit, mango, rambutan, longan... are all items
hung for sale. The rest like food such as: rice, vermicelli, vermicelli... cannot
be hung, because if hung up, it will change. That's why we say this and sell
that. For things people hang up but don't sell, including clothes. This is easier
to understand because the clothes are hung up after lighting.”
Not stopping yet, a special feature is that on many ships, boats, and
bells, there are trees hanging under the coconut leaves, so who knows what
they sell. It is the sale of boats, ships or boats. Because, according to Western
cultural traditions, that is the case. Coconut leaves are roofing materials,
where houses are human habitations. Therefore, hanging coconut leaves on
the tree below means selling the house you live in. This is the reason why
people say: "Cai Rang floating market is a diverse and colorful cultural
picture".
 Cai Rang floating market - a place to preserve culture and develop
tourism:
Today, Cai Rang floating market is not only a place to preserve the
cultural quintessence of the region but has become a tourist attraction.
Because of this, no matter what, Can Tho people in particular and people in
the West in general always keep their customs and living habits intact. At that
time, I understood why Cai Rang floating market is the destination of many
tourists from all over the world when coming to Can Tho.
Besides, what makes Can Tho city increasingly known is the strong
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of many cultures. An imported and harmonious culture of Kinh, Hoa, Khmer,
Cham ethnic groups is extremely unique and interesting.
With these things when traveling to Cai Rang floating market you can
see. Although the trend of modernization is having a strong impact on the
floating market, the floating market still retains its original foundation. That is
the reason why the lifestyle of the people in the river area never changes.
Floating markets are a typical cultural feature of the Western people that
tourists can hardly find in other localities. The image of Can Tho seems to be
associated with the Cai Rang floating market bustling with buyers and sellers
every morning. Especially, Cai Rang floating market is in the top 5 typical
floating markets of the Mekong Delta.
 When is the best time to go to the Cai Rang floating market?
To experience the bustling atmosphere and visit the beautiful scenery at
Cai Rang floating market, visitors can go any season of the year depending on
their free time. However, the period from March to July is the most beautiful
time. In addition, if you want to discover a unique season of Western
specialties, you should come here from mid-August to the end of November.
This time is when the West welcomes flood season. called flood season. There
is a special season that only exists in the West, which is seasonal, while going
to the floating market is to go at dawn from 4:30 to 6:00. The weather has not
yet crowded, children are fast asleep, but the floating market is noisy with
many voices and laughter. Visiting this attractive Can Tho tourist destination,
you will be immersed in the vibrant atmosphere of the market. At dawn, the
market is the most vibrant and bustling. All goods exchange activities take
place on the river with the sound of bustling trading. Cai Rang floating
market promises to bring you many unforgettable experiences during your trip
to Can Tho.
+ Quality rating: 4.1/5 (Evaluated by Google).
+ Address: 46 Hai Ba Trung, Tan An, Ninh Kieu, Can Tho.

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 + Ticket price: Free.
+ Opening hours: 4:30am - 8:00am
+ Advantages: Trading activities take place on the boat in a vibrant
way.
+ Cons: Products sold to the market are mainly agricultural products
When mentioning Can Tho, surely no one thinks of Cai Rang Floating
Market. This is a floating market on the river, all trading activities take place
on boats. This place is loved for its rusticity, simplicity and closeness, giving
visitors unforgettable experiences. The market is open from 4:30 a.m. to 8:00
a.m., so anyone who wants to come here has to get up very early.
Cai Rang floating market is a wholesale market specializing in buying and
selling agricultural products, fruits, food... and is also a place to visit with a
strong Western cultural identity.
The special thing is that at the market, the boats on the river all have oars,
and on the trees hang the items they sell for "advertising" purposes. The boat
is like a "mobile apartment" on the river with full amenities. If you want to
learn about the lives of traders here, immerse yourself in the bustling
atmosphere of Cai Rang floating market.
Boat rental price to Cai Rang floating market: From Ninh Kieu wharf you
can easily rent a small boat for 500-800 thousand, each boat can carry a
maximum of 10-15 people.

 Bang Lang Stork Garden Can Tho

About 50 km from Can Tho city center along Highway 91 to Thot Not.
Established in 1983, the stork garden is home to thousands of different
species of storks on an area of about 1.5 hectares. Visitors will be surprised to
see storks flying and feel extremely relaxed in the natural space.
Bang Lang stork garden in Can Tho is a famous tourist destination with
beautiful natural landscapes. The stork wings covering the sky and clouds at

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Bang Lang stork garden will make visitors extremely excited and experience
attractive tourist activities here.
Coming to Can Tho, do not forget to visit Bang Lang stork garden with
thousands of storks flying in the sky. Bang Lang stork garden will make you
bewildered by the image of flocks of storks flying high like soft, graceful
white silk strips in the wind.

Bang Lang stork garden in Can Tho is one of the most attractive tourist
destinations in this locality. This place is known as a famous bird playground
with thousands of white bird wings covering the sky, bringing a feeling of
peace to visitors when they arrive.
 Where is Bang Lang stork garden? What are its characteristics?
This is a famous stork garden located at Thoi Binh 1, Thuan An ward,
Thot Not district, Can Tho. This stork garden is located 60km from Can Tho
city center, so visitors can easily move and schedule to explore many other
tourist destinations.
Bang Lang Stork Garden in Can Tho is more than 16,500 m2 wide. This
place gathers more than 20 different species of storks such as ghost storks,
cotton storks, fish storks, flying storks, lotus storks, ibises, banded storks,
fried storks, green storks and other animals. species such as gongs, breasted
storks, herons, and cauldrons. . , pelicans, sesbania, grebes, coots, etc. The
diversity of birds and storks has also attracted tourists, becoming the most
famous bird playground in the West today.
Bang Lang Stork Garden is an interesting destination in Can Tho city,
where you can enjoy the beauty of flocks of white storks in a pristine,
peaceful natural environment. Bang Lang stork garden is located in Binh
Thuy area, about 12 km from the city center. With an area of about 5 hectares,
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 Coming to Bang Lang stork garden, you can watch white storks flying in
the sky, or stroll along the river and learn about bird life. Bang Lang Stork
Garden also has many other bird species such as octopus, pelican, cauldron
and many other birds. In addition, you can also admire the diverse and rich
plant species that create diverse habitats for birds to live in.
Bang Lang stork garden is the perfect destination for those who love
nature and want to learn about the life of white storks in a pristine, peaceful
environment. If you are planning to come to Can Tho, visit Bang Lang stork
garden and experience the interesting things that this river land holds.
When visiting Bang Lang stork garden tourist destination in Can Tho,
visitors can choose accommodation near the central area for convenient
travel. Sheraton Can Tho is currently the most convenient vacation spot for
plans to explore Can Tho stork garden and neighboring Western tourist
destinations. With a modern room system and top quality service, this will be
the hotel that gives guests a complete and fun trip.
 Why is it called Bang Lang stork garden in Can Tho?
Bang Lang Stork Garden in Can Tho was initially formed spontaneously.
Before that, this was a bamboo garden with many flocks of storks flying
around regularly. The sound of storks and flapping wings create a very typical
melody of this land.
Since 1983, this garden has been formed with a total area of up to 13,097
m2. Currently, to serve tourism needs and develop into an eco-tourism area,
Can Tho stork garden is planned to have a total area of up to 16,500 m2. More
and more flocks of storks fly to this area, creating a white color across the
sky.
Around this garden there are rows of brilliant purple magnolias. The
harmony of nature, earth and sky, accompanied by the characteristic stork
sound, makes this place peaceful and relaxing. This is probably also the origin
of the name Bang Lang stork garden in Can Tho.

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  When should you go to Bang Lang stork garden in Can Tho?
With travel experience, many tourists who visit Bang Lang stork garden
believe that they should visit this place on the occasion of stork breeding. The
breeding time of storks falls from the 8th lunar month to January every year.
During this time, the image of flocks of storks chirping to each other and the
sound of storks will create a wonderful scene, captivating visitors.
Bang Lang Stork Garden in Can Tho is also famous for its beautiful natural
scenery and "a good land for birds to perch". Visitors can freely explore, visit
and record unique check-in photos at the place. direction. This. In addition, at
dawn, storks often go out to look for food and return at dusk.
The beginning of a new day and the end of a day is probably the most
beautiful time that you should not miss to witness the most beautiful scenery
at Can Tho stork garden. The bustling scene in the fragrant countryside will
make visitors feel relaxed, feel the peaceful taste of the Vietnamese
countryside.
 What means of transport to visit Bang Lang stork garden?
To get to Bang Lang stork garden in Can Tho, visitors should choose the
most suitable means of transportation from the province/city where they live
to Can Tho city center. In the northern provinces, most tourists choose to
travel by plane, while the neighboring provinces can travel by car or
motorbike.
In the center of Can Tho city, you just need to follow Highway 91, pass O
Mon and Thot Not to reach the stork garden. This distance is only about 60
km, it only takes visitors more than 1 hour to travel. Basically, the distance to
Bang Lang stork garden in Can Tho is quite convenient.
However, visitors also need to note that the distance from Bang Lang
bridge to the stork garden is about 2 km. This road is quite small so cars
cannot go there. You can go by motorbike or on foot. inside. Besides, in the
spring, the road leading to the stork garden is often flooded, so visitors can

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experience boating – this can also be considered an interesting experience that
you should try.
In addition to choosing a reasonable means of transportation, visitors
should also find a suitable and convenient place to stay to visit and explore
this land.
 What is interesting when coming to Can Tho stork garden?
Lost in a world with 300,000 storks and birds of many different species,
you will witness flocks of dreamy birds:
Bang Lang Stork Garden in Can Tho gathers more than 300,000 storks with
about 20 different species. At this ecotourism area, you will have the
opportunity to admire many different species of storks such as: ivory stork,
ghost stork, green stork, mute stork, le le, fish stork, ...
Some species of storks that appear most in this locality are green storks,
ibis, flying storks… The smallest grass species appearing in Can Tho stork
garden is the stork with eye-catching red plumage. eye and easy to recognize.
This is also the habitat of many precious bird species, visitors can
comfortably admire birds such as cauldrons, hyenas, pelicans, storks, etc. The
appearance of thousands of different species of storks makes sounds. . Thanh
Thanh at Bang Lang stork garden in Can Tho is like an attractive concert.
This scene also creates peace and relaxation for visitors when visiting.
- Watch the scene of storks go foraging in herds every morning:
Bang Lang stork garden in Can Tho is most "crowded" in the early
morning, when the storks start looking for food for the new day. A peaceful
morning on this land with beautiful natural scenery and pure white of each
flock of storks will help visitors comfortably admire and relax.
In addition, at this time, Bang Lang stork garden is extremely beautiful,
you can take unique check-in photos with this ecotourism area.
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 One of the most attractive tourist times in Bang Lang stork garden in Can
Tho that visitors should not miss is sunset. The beautiful sunset scene
blending with the green of nature and the white of each layer of storks flying
in will create an extremely beautiful picture.
When the storks return after a long day of foraging, the sound of storks also
creates interesting music in the vast fields of the Southwest region. At this
time, visitors can relax and return to the idyllic and dearest things of the
homeland of Vietnam.
- Enjoy the peaceful, simple scenery at the 16,500m2 stork garden:
Bang Lang Stork Garden in Can Tho has a total area of up to 16,500 m2.
This place is known as the largest bird playground in the West. Besides, the
natural scenery here is extremely peaceful and relaxing.
The path inside the stork garden is lined with green bamboo, and there is
also a diverse ecosystem for visitors to freely explore and experience. With
only this peaceful scene, Bang Lang stork garden tourist destination in Can
Tho also attracts thousands of tourists every year.
 What do storks in Can Tho Bang Lang eat? How to take care?
White storks often go looking for food in far away places. They begin
their foraging journey early in the morning and return at dusk. In the dry
season, it is more difficult for fish to find food from nature, so garden owners
have to dredge ditches and dig fish ponds to have food reserves for storks.
When food is scarce, they also buy more fish and shrimp from fishing
boats to raise. There are seasons when more and more storks come, so the
garden owner has to plant more trees and bamboo to have a place for the
storks to lay eggs. This is also the reason why the ecosystem in Bang Lang
stork garden is extremely diverse.
 What to eat at Bang Lang stork garden?
As a unique and famous tourist destination in the West, this is also home
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 garden borders An Giang province. The first specialty that you should not
miss is the palm tree.
From this ingredient, local people have created many unique dishes such
as: palmyra sweet soup, palmyra beef cake, palmyra rice... These rustic dishes
are prepared quite simply but most Tourists love it and praise it for its
deliciousness.
Besides, around the stork garden tourist destination, there are also many
unique dishes such as: banh xeo, Can Tho sewer cake, grilled snakehead
fish... These dishes are quite cheap so visitors can comfortably enjoy them. . .
Ticket prices to visit the stork garden are quite cheap, specifically the
current ticket prices are as follows:
+ Adults: 20,000 VND/person.
+ Children: 10,000 VND/person.
+ Quality rating: 3.8/5 (Evaluated by Google).
+ Opening hours: 5am - 7pm.
+ Advantages: Quiet space, reasonable price.
+ Cons: Far from city center
Visiting the stork garden is also an interesting activity during a trip to Can
Tho. Coming to Bang Lang stork garden, you will see that "a good land for
birds to land on is a good land". In addition, the stork garden also welcomes
foreign tourists with a ticket price of 20,000 VND/person. With this ticket
price, you can freely visit, take photos and discover more about the diversity
of the ecosystem here.
 Some information about Bang Lang stork garden in Can Tho for your
reference?
As a unique ecotourism destination in Can Tho, the stork garden tourist
destination attracts thousands of tourists each year. However, to have the
safest and most wonderful trip at this tourist destination, you also need to note
some of the following information:
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 + This is an eco-tourism site with many trees and rough roads, so you
should limit wearing high sandals during the trip. Besides, you should
wear long-sleeved clothes to limit insect bites.
+ Visitors should bring drinking water and umbrellas because the garden
is very large. In addition, you should be conscious of environmental
protection and not litter the premises.
+ Visitors can wear plastic boots to conveniently explore the ecosystem
in this garden.
Bang Lang stork garden in Can Tho is an attractive eco-tourism destination
with beautiful scenery. This is also a place where you can comfortably watch
each flock of white storks fly, relax with beautiful natural scenery, heaven and
earth. If you have the opportunity to visit the southwestern provinces, Bang
Lang stork garden will be an ideal destination that you should not miss.

 My Khanh Ecotourism Village:

My Khanh tourist area is one of the famous tourist destinations in Can

Tho, with green, comfortable space, and many interesting activities for
tourists to participate in. Located about 20 km from the city center, My Khanh
tourist area is a large ecological garden, including unique architectural works,
diverse entertainment activities and unique experiences.
From Can Tho city, follow Nguyen Van Cu street towards Soc Trang, you
will immediately meet the My Khanh tourist area - one of the most famous
gardens in the South. There are more than 20 types of trees here such as plum,
rambutan, durian, mango, jackfruit... always laden with fruit, radiating
fragrance that fascinates tourists from far away.
My Khanh Tourist Village is a Can Tho tourist destination designed to
integrate many experiences for tourists. With an area of nearly 50,000 m2,
this place has airy space and many trees creating a peaceful and relaxing
scene. Coming to My Khanh tourist village, you can also participate in many

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interesting folk games: cycling across the monkey bridge, boating, zipline,...
along with unique festivals such as fruit festivals, dog and pig racing ,…
The beauty of the Western rivers and waters has its own characteristics,
from the land to the people, all blending together to create the unmistakable
cultural beauty of the six Southern provinces. And if you love eco-tourism in
this peaceful countryside but can't go all the way, go to My Khanh tourist area
in Can Tho to fully feel the love of the land and the love of the Southern
people.
Considered a miniature Southern region, My Khanh not only introduces
cultural beauty in architecture, art, and traditional craft villages, but also has a
fruit garden that produces fruit all year round and dishes with bold Southern
flavors. Therefore, whenever you have the opportunity, remember to visit My
Khanh to understand more about the "nine Dragons" land of Vietnam.
Can Tho has long become a famous tourist destination in the West. With
many rivers, rich land, countless fruits, fish and shrimp, this place is very
suitable for developing a typical type of eco-tourism.
Located in Phong Dien district, 10km from Can Tho city center, My
Khanh eco-tourism village is one of the typical destinations of Can Tho. My
Khanh is a place where the quintessence of garden culture converges with
many specialty fruits, four fruit seasons combined with rich, Southern-style
cuisine.
My Khanh tourist village has an area of more than 30 hectares, is a large-
scale tourist destination with a rich and diverse system of products and
services. Highlights here are the programs to visit Southern ancient houses,
enjoy the play Don Ca Tai Tu, the programs "A day as a Dien Chu", "A day as
a farmer"...
Can Tho is the land of Tay Do, where the gentle, green, poetic landscape
and the hospitality and friendliness of the people have captivated tourists from
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is a famous eco-tourism destination of Can Tho for those who love the quiet
and peacefulness of the countryside. If you want to go to My Khanh tourist
village, there are two options for you to choose from.
+ By road: From Can Tho center, follow National Highway 1A towards
Soc Trang and you will have to go about 6km more.
+ By waterway: My Khanh tourist village is located between Cai Rang
floating market and Phong Dien floating market, so visitors can also
come here by cruise ship or boat or dinghy from Ninh Kieu wharf. This
is a method loved and chosen by many tourists. Because when floating
on the boat, you can fully feel the beauty of the West and have the
opportunity to enjoy the charming scenery on both sides of the river.
My Khanh tourist area is a very peaceful and rustic village. This is where
the unique cultural quintessence of the Western river region converges. In
addition to the typical garden landscape, My Khanh tourist area also regularly
decorates and refreshes the landscape according to many themes and updates
super beautiful virtual living spaces for tourists to check in and take photos.
Favorable climate all year round, fertile land due to alluvial deposits from
the Tien and Hau rivers, My Khanh tourist village is considered a miniature
Mekong Delta, a destination not to be missed. Please ignore when traveling to
Can Tho. Coming here, you can experience the simple life of the Western
countryside, learn about the culture and traditions of the Southern people.
The first impression for many visitors when coming to My Khanh is the
spacious campus with many trees, creating a fresh, cool atmosphere. In
addition, there are many attractive and interesting tourist activities that you
can participate in.
You can walk in fruit gardens such as plums, mangoes, rambutans,
jackfruit, durian,... which are all specialty trees of the Mekong Delta. If you
love fruit gardens, coming here will satisfy your desire to pick and plant in the

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garden yourself. Depending on the season, you will enjoy many different
types, the important thing is how much each garden can eat.
Visit a 100-year-old Southern house. The previous owner of the house was
a landowner in Binh Thuy. It was later restored and maintained to serve
tourists to visit and learn about the living space and activities of the rich. in
the old society.
Right behind the old house there is also a traditional craft village making
rice paper and wine. Coming here, you will be able to witness firsthand the
process of making delicious rice paper, typical of this country, all of which
require meticulousness, diligence and a little dedication from the baker. If you
want, you can play the role of a professional baker and roll the cakes yourself
or take them home as gifts for friends and relatives.
Participate in interesting folk games such as climbing trees, breaking pots,
jumping sacks... or exciting entertainment activities such as rowing boats,
fishing for crocodiles, sucking bottles, cycling, riding horses around the
village. village.
In addition, there are many special festivals such as fruit festival, pig
racing, dog racing, and duck catching competition. Visitors will be able to
participate in activities such as dog racing, pig racing, being a landlord for a
day, digging ditches to catch fish, rowing boats, fishing, visiting traditional
craft villages, listening to don ca tai tu, monkey circus…The craft village also
has an attraction with entertainment activities and folk picnic games such as
slapping ditches to catch fish, horseback riding, rowing, Sasuke My Khanh
game, cycling across the bridge, swinging rope…, pig racing, dog racing,
animal circus, crocodile fishing... Come here, you can experience and enjoy
fruits right at the large ecological garden with more than 20 specialties such
as durian, rambutan, mango, longan....simultaneously. Enjoy unique Southern
cuisine and stay at luxury motels located in the green campus of the village.

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 Coming to My Khanh, of course, you should not forget to enjoy the
Southern Don ca tai tu art recognized by UNESCO as an intangible cultural
heritage representing humanity in 2013, along with famous dishes of the
Southwest region…..like fish cake and snakehead fish. Grilled snakehead
fish, hot pot with many typical vegetables,...
In contrast to the experience of transforming into a hegemon, a rich
landlord is full of nobility. You become a real farmer through the dairy farm
work of the people here such as vomiting, digging ditches to catch fish...
turning fish into many rustic dishes right in the field.
- Ticket price to visit My Khanh tourist village 2019:
+ Adult price: 60,000 VND/person.
+ Children from 1m - 1m2: 30,000 VND/child.
+ For children under 1m completely free.
However, that is just the entrance ticket price, inside My Khanh Phong
Dien Can Tho tourist area there are many different experiences. If you
participate in the game, it will cost you a little more.
+ Quality rating: 3.8/5 (assessed by Google).
+ Address: 335 Lo Vong Cung, My Khanh commune, Phong Dien
district, Can Tho city.
+ Tour guide: 300,000 VND/person/session.
+ Opening hours: 05:00 - 22:00 all days of the week.
+ Advantages: Many activities and places to visit: Old Western house,
fruit garden, crocodile pond, animal circus, pig racing, dog racing.
+ Disadvantages: The space is large so walking will take a lot of effort
so you should rent a car.

 Ong pagoda in Can Tho:

With Can Tho's long history and focus on culture and economics, you'll
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Especially Ong Pagoda in Can Tho, an ancient pagoda with a history of more
than 100 years. The temple is a spiritual place for most Chinese people. So it
has a bit of Chinese culture in it.
 Introducing Ong Pagoda in Can Tho:
Also known as Quang Trieu Hoi Quan, Ong Pagoda in Can Tho is located
at Ninh Kieu Wharf and has not changed for 100 years. Because of the typical
architectural style of China, this place attracts a large number of tourists from
other regions of Vietnam or foreigners.
They come to this sacred Ong pagoda in Can Tho to pray for peace, love
or success. Ong Pagoda worships Chinese military leader Kuang Kung
(known in Vietnam as Quan Cong).
Ong Pagoda was built in 1894 and took 2 years to complete. Ong Pagoda
stands out the most in the neighborhood with its eye-catching colorful
architecture and decoration. The temple area was formed with a closed
"national" nature.
The pagoda is surrounded by walls and has a large courtyard in the middle
to receive lots of natural light. Ong Pagoda is not made in the style of a three-
way gate like a traditional pagoda gate, but has only one entrance. Right
above the gate is a beautiful horizontal panel decorated with many lovely
lanterns.
On both sides of the gate are mascots with images of Nghe An. Turmeric is
a mythical animal that combines a dog and a lion, often placed in front of the
gate to protect temples. The entire roof of Ong Pagoda is covered with yin
and yang tiles and does not have elaborate shapes like most traditional
Vietnamese pagoda roofs.
Ong Pagoda in Can Tho not only has religious significance but also is a
cultural and educational activity of the Chinese people to maintain traditional
cultural values such as wood carving and calligraphy.
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 Ong Pagoda is a famous relic in Can Tho. The pagoda is located at: 32 Hai
Ba Trung, Tan An Ward, Ninh Kieu District, Can Tho City.
- Instructions for moving to Ong Pagoda:
+ By plane: Can Tho International Airport (VCA) is about 8 km from the
city center. There are domestic flights to Hanoi, Phu Quoc, Da Nang and
Con Son Island (Con Dao).
+ Bus: Can Tho bus station is about 4 km southwest of the city center,
across the Can Tho River. Several bus companies operate regular
departures (30-60 minutes) to Ho Chi Minh City, which takes four hours
depending on traffic.
+ Motorcycles: For the adventurous, motorbikes are a good choice.
Depending on how you drive, you may be a little faster on a motorcycle.
Ho Chi Minh City has many motorbike rental companies.
- Ticket price to visit Ong Pagoda in Can Tho:
Ong Pagoda in Can Tho is open free of charge for visitors to visit and
admire the beauty of an architectural work with bold Chinese characteristics.
The temple will be open from 7am to 9pm. every day to welcome visitors.
- The outstanding beauty of Ong pagoda in Can Tho:
Located right in the city center, on Hai Ba Trung street, near Ninh Kieu
wharf, Ong Pagoda is a prominent religious building in Can Tho.
Built between 1894 and 1896 on an area of 532 square meters in the shape
of the Chinese character (Country), Ong Pagoda is a typical example of
Chinese pagoda architecture in Southern Vietnam.
This is a beautiful and ancient architecture, built in the pure Chinese
architectural style. Ong Pagoda in Can Tho plays an important role in the
spiritual life of the Chinese community in Can Tho.
In addition to its architectural values, this is also where the Chinese
organize other events such as meetings and their own cultural activities.
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 Most of the construction materials are brought from China. The entire
building is designed in a kanji shape with the meaning 國 (Country); it is built
with rows of closed sections, perfectly square to each other.
The center of the building is a space called Tinh Thien Court (skylight).
Tiles on the roof are arranged in rows of alternating tiles. The grafting
material is blue ceramic bezels.
The roof of Ong Pagoda is decorated with colored ceramic motifs such as
two dragons and a sphere in the middle, fish turning into dragons, phoenixes,
palaces, human figures... showing Chinese festival scenes. More specifically,
on the two spears holding the Sun and the Moon, there are images of two
people, symbolizing yin and yang.
+ Quality rating: 4.5/5 (Evaluated by Google).
+ Free of charge.
+ Opening hours: 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. weekdays.
+ Advantages: Ancient architecture, peaceful and very beautiful.
+ Disadvantages: Photography is limited.
Ong Pagoda is one of the most sacred pagodas in the Southwest region.
Although it has existed for more than 120 years, the temple's architecture is
still almost intact with a Chinese-style design decorated with colorful
decorations. Ong Pagoda is considered one of the most valuable spiritual
tourist destinations in Can Tho that you should not miss.
Ong Pagoda is the original Cantonese pagoda in Can Tho recognized as a
national historical relic. Although located in the city center, Ong Pagoda
almost retains its original architecture with sophisticated lines. For the people
of Can Tho, Ong Pagoda is the place where traditional cultural, religious and
spiritual values of Tay Do land are kept.
Ong Pagoda is also an extremely famous tourist destination in Can Tho.
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peace for people in the region. Ong Pagoda was recognized as a national
historical site in 1993.
The entire architecture of Ong Pagoda has a strong Chinese breath, with
red colors stretching across the walls, exquisite green roofs and brilliant
dragon head sculptures. Stepping inside, the grounds of Ong Pagoda are no
less splendid. In the immense smoke, large skylights illuminate the pagodas,
highlighting the monumental paintings, nine mountains,...
Coming to Ong Pagoda, in addition to the "traditional" check-in, you
should ask for a hexagram or pray for peace for your family, yourself, etc. The
holiness of the pagoda will help you turn your prayers into reality.
 Ong Pagoda Festival with interesting activities:
The most quintessential activity of Ong Pagoda festival is the lantern
auction that takes place every 10 years. This activity aims to raise funds to
help charity organizations and orphans, build cemeteries and schools. These
six-sided lanterns are decorated with beautiful scenes and wishes, 6 gilded
dragons in 6 side by side corners, their stories forming the bottom of the
lamp. When the light inside the lamp is heated, the lamp will automatically
rotate slowly, creating a magical, eye-catching image.
Each festival has many fun activities such as lion dance, dragon dance,
folk song competition, traditional chanting, contributing to preserving and
promoting traditional Chinese performing arts and enriching culture. Vietnam.
Male.
Experience peaceful tattooing at the temple:
At Ong Pagoda, you can experience interesting tattoo culture. There are
many tourists from all over the country coming here to ask for hexagrams.
The hexagrams will help visitors get answers about love, destiny, children,...
that you are wondering about. With word of mouth about the sacredness of
Ong Pagoda in Can Tho, the tattoo culture here becomes even more attractive
and famous.

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  Things to note when coming to Ong Can Tho Pagoda:
To have great experiences and a perfect trip at Ong Pagoda Can Tho, you
need to prepare and pay attention to a few small issues to have the most
successful and convenient trip.
+ Depending on the Covid-19 epidemic situation, regulations on opening
doors to welcome visitors to the temple may change.
+ Bring a hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, and scarf when entering the temple.
+ Bring a raincoat if you plan to travel to Can Tho during the rainy
season.
+ Don't forget to bring mosquito repellent.
 Some hotels and resorts near Ong Pagoda Can Tho:
An important issue when traveling is where to stop and rest for tourists
when visiting this place. Therefore, Reviewvilla.vn will suggest some ideal
hotels and resorts near Ong Pagoda.
- Vinpearl Hotel Can Tho:
+ Surrounded by bars and restaurants, a 25-minute walk from riverside
Ninh Kieu Park, the comfortable 5-star Vinpearl Can Tho hotel has 262
rooms.
+ This Can Tho hotel serves European-style meals and has an outdoor
swimming pool, located near the multi-level shopping center “Vincom
Plaza Xuan Khanh”.
- Muong Thanh Luxury Hotel Can Tho:
As the only luxury hotel in the center of the Mekong Delta, the 5-star
Muong Thanh Can Tho hotel blends modern architecture with the natural
beauty of the river.
Ong Pagoda with its long and sacred architecture and history is famous
throughout the West and is a place that preserves unique Chinese cultural
values that attract tourists. The vibrant festive atmosphere at Ong Pagoda
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 This temple always deserves to be an ideal spiritual destination for
everyone. Please visit the temple to pray for peace and admire the unique
architectural works on your upcoming trip. Tico Travel hopes you will have
interesting experiences and an interesting and exciting journey to explore Can
Tho.
Can Tho is a city with unique home-grown tourism beauty with attractions
that attract tourists near and far. Located at the romantic Ninh Kieu Wharf, the
pagoda is a destination for many tourists when traveling to Can Tho. With
Chinese character-shaped architecture and bright, cheerful colors, Ong
Pagoda still retains its ancient features with closed rows of houses
perpendicular to each other. In the pagoda there are many large incense
wreaths where people come to worship and smoke incense all year round.
Ong Pagoda was recognized as a national historical site in 1993.

 Binh Thuy Ancient House

Located on Bui Huu Nghia Street, Binh Ward, Binh Thuy District, Can
Tho. Binh Thuy ancient house is designed with 5 compartments and 2 roofs,
with French architecture built in 1870.
Binh Thuy ancient house is considered the most beautiful ancient house in
Tay Do, and is also a place that has preserved ancient beauty for more than
140 years. With that beauty, Binh Thuy ancient house is the setting of many
famous movies. Not only is the house beautiful, outside the house there is also
an orchid garden and antique warehouse that contribute to creating a space
that is both ancient and fresh.
If you have the opportunity to travel to Can Tho after visiting Cai Rang
floating market, walking around Ninh Kieu wharf, enjoying fruit, garden
cuisine... then remember to visit the ancient houses imbued with Western
culture. Binh Thuy ancient house is considered the most beautiful ancient

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house in Tay Do, more than 100 years old, used as the setting of many famous
movies.
Binh Thuy ancient house located at 142/144 Bui Huu Nghia, Binh Thuy,
Can Tho is an indispensable destination for anyone whether booking a tour of
Can Tho or traveling on their own. The house was built in 1870 owned by the
Duong family. This ancient house is one of the few ancient houses still intact
to this day, and has great value in supporting research and understanding the
culture and customs of the people in the river delta. Cuu Long period of the
intersection between two centuries.
The owner of the house is Mr. Duong Chan Ky - a wealthy intellectual
businessman and also an artistically gifted landlord. He likes to discover new
things about popular trends in the West, especially in the field of architecture.
Therefore, visitors can see the house in the architectural style of a luxurious
old French villa. Most notably, the house bears clear feng shui imprints of the
East, creating a harmonious space between Eastern and Western cultures.
The house is built on a total area of about 6,000m2 in the east-west
direction with a floor 1m higher than the garden. Around the house, there are
carefully manicured ornamental plants, flowers blooming in four seasons.
Make the house both ancient and lively, poetic and fresh.
Space includes: Lobby (5 rooms), used as a place to receive guests on
formal occasions, decorated in European style; The middle house (5
compartments), 3 inner compartments are arranged as traditional places of
worship, 2 roof compartments are used for living; The house behind is used as
a common living area along with interior and exterior miniatures. It can be
said that the Binh Thuy ancient house is a rare old house in the West whose
architectural style rarely overlaps with any other old house.
Stepping through the reinforced concrete fence in the style of a French
villa, you will see a side gate built in Asian architecture with 4 round
columns, in front of the sign "Phuoc An Hieu".

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 + Quality rating: 4.5/5 (Evaluated by Google).
+ Ticket price: About 15,000 VND/ticket/person.
+ Opening hours: Morning: from 8:00 am - 12:00 pm; Afternoon: from
2pm to 6pm
+ Advantages: The unique architectural work receives a lot of attention
from tourists thanks to its long lifespan and is highly appreciated for its
unique art and architecture.
+ Disadvantages: Sometimes it is crowded and difficult to visit.
As soon as you stand in the yard and look up at the facade of the old house,
visitors will be amazed at the exquisite beauty of decorative lines from
columns, iron arches to embossed motifs that are still preserved kept quite
intact.
Unlike many other houses, the facade of Binh Thuy ancient house does not
have a straight staircase but is designed on both sides, with bonsai between
the two stairs showing the people's feng shui concept. Eastern. In particular,
in front of the facade are two lamps made of French bronze on the two stairs
up and down both sides of the house.
Going up the stairs through the front of the house is a row of windows,
ensuring ventilation for the house. Each iron column, the layout of the room,
and the furniture are arranged by the owner according to the law of symmetry.
If there is yin and yang, there will be very subtle fortune and money. All floor
tiles are shipped directly from France.
Separating the front house, back house and middle house is a complex
system of many rotating boxes and wooden boxes with conventional
structures familiar in ancient architecture, and at the same time close to life.
the life of Vietnamese people in the South.
Although the architecture and living room of the house are decorated in
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space. This shows that there is a harmonious interference between East and
West cultures, selectively expressing the delicate taste of the owner.
Absorbing new things while still retaining national identity, making the
cultural face of the land increasingly rich and diverse. It is the skillful and
reasonable acquisition and application that has given the project a unique
style, clearly demonstrating the transitional architecture between the 19th and
20th centuries of the rich in the Mekong Delta. Long in general and Can Tho
in particular. In addition, visitors can also ask the homeowner to explain more
about the architecture as well as the hidden meanings in each layout of the
house.
Going up the stairs through the front of the house is a row of windows,
ensuring ventilation for the house. Each iron column, the layout of the room,
and the furniture are arranged by the owner according to the law of symmetry.
If there is yin and yang, there will be very subtle fortune and money. All floor
tiles are shipped directly from France.
Separating the front house, the back house and the middle house is a complex
system consisting of many rotating boxes, wooden boxes with familiar
conventional structures in ancient architecture, and at the same time close to
life. the life of Vietnamese people in the South.
Although the architecture and living room of the house are decorated in
European style, the most important place is the pure Vietnamese worship
space. This shows that there is a harmonious interference between East and
West cultures, selectively expressing the delicate taste of the owner.
Absorbing new things while still retaining the national identity, making
the cultural face of the land increasingly rich and diverse. It is the skillful and
reasonable acquisition and application that has given the project a unique
style, clearly demonstrating the transitional architecture between the 19th and
20th centuries of the rich in the Mekong Delta. Long in general and Can Tho
in particular. In addition, visitors can also ask the homeowner to explain more

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about the architecture as well as the hidden meanings in each layout of the
house.
In addition, the house also has a "warehouse of antiques” preserved over
many centuries such as: marble tables and chairs, 1.5m in diameter, more than
6 cm thick, originating from Yunnan province, China…., Louis 15th century
French sofa set, blue marble top, 18th century white chandelier, 19th century
chandelier, tea cup, Minh - Thanh wine, 1.2m high green celadon vase...
Artifacts This tells us about Louis's wealth and luxurious toys. many
generations of Duong, Binh Thuy, Can Tho families.
With architectural and historical value, Binh Thuy ancient house has
been recognized as a "national art relic", attracting more and more tourists to
visit. The unique features of Binh Thuy ancient house have attracted many
directors and film studios to choose this place as the setting for the films
Alluvial Road, Tay Do Beauty, Life Debt...The most famous is the movie
"Lover" with the participation of two famous actors Luong Gia Huy and Jane
March by veteran French director Jean Jacques Annaud. When leaving Can
Tho to return to France, J.J. Annaud confessed: “I was overwhelmed by the
splendor of this wonderful house and wanted to let the world know about it
through cinema.
When visiting Binh Thuy Ancient House, you will have the opportunity to
"travel through time" to the ancient past, immersing yourself in the fantasy of
the wealthy life of Southern bourgeois families. Each visitor will hear the
daily life of a Southern family more than 100 years ago through the
homeowner's rustic story. Interesting stories about the ancient Southern
culture take place in a nostalgic space such as: How to eat in the old family,
why Nam Dao built a big door, the meaning of reliefs and cement statues in
the garden…..
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 Can Tho cuisine, whether it is simple, rustic dishes or sophisticated,
luxurious dishes, makes diners love it. Coming to Can Tho, you can enjoy
some dishes such as:
- Ban hot pot :
Ban Hot Pot is special from ingredients to processing and flavor, all of which
have created a famous unique - strange - delicious hot pot dish in Can Tho.
Boiled cork fruit has a sour, fragrant taste and is a dish that never gets boring.
- Cong Cake:
Cong Cake served with sweet and sour fish sauce and herbs such as mango,
lettuce, and lettuce is definitely a "favorite" dish for many people.
- Fried field mice with fish sauce:
This dish sounds a bit scary but once you eat it, you will definitely love it.
Fried field mice with fragrant yellow fish sauce have become a Can Tho
specialty.
- Da Ly fish sauce hot pot:
Da Ly fish sauce hotpot is located on February 3 street. This is a long-
standing restaurant and has a long tradition of cooking fish sauce. Many
people also think that "coming to Can Tho and not eating Da Ly fish sauce hot
pot is considered not having come to Can Tho".
+ The price of a portion of fish sauce for 4 people is about 350,000 -
400,000 VND.
- Banh Xeo Muoi Xiem:
The ingredients for making banh Xeo are rice flour mixed with coconut
milk, turmeric, shrimp, meat... Banh Xeo rolled with rice paper served with
raw vegetables (spicy mustard greens, lettuce, perilla, basil, basil), bamboo
shoots, fish sauce, acrid banana, thinly sliced star fruit...) Depending on taste,
banh Xeo can be dipped in fish sauce or soy sauce.
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 This is a dish that comes with noodles, tofu, eggs... if you want to eat more
than the standard portion, you can order it and there will be an additional fee
but the broth is free.
+ The price of a meal for 4 people is about 150,000 - 180,000 VND.
- Grilled snail with pepper:
Coming to Can Tho, visitors must definitely enjoy grilled snails with
pepper. A very popular rustic dish of Southern people with easy-to-find
ingredients and quite simple preparation.
Grilled snails must have enough spiciness from pepper, the crunchiness of
snail meat and the sweet and salty taste of spices to be considered delicious.
+ The price of a grilled snail with pepper for 2 people is 50,000 - 80,000
VND.
- Baked rolls:
Grilled spring rolls are made from lean pork, rubbed thoroughly, added a
little diced fat, then seasoned with garlic, sugar, salt... rolled into finger-sized
balls. The seller skewers or clips the meatballs onto bamboo chopsticks
placed on a charcoal stove, the fat sizzles and fragrant smoke flies out.
+ The price of a meal ranges from 45,000 to 60,000 VND.
- Grilled snakehead fish:
Grilled snakehead fish with straw (best grilled with straw), a dish that has
existed since the days of exploring the South - with a rich flavor that many
tourists coming to Can Tho want to enjoy. This dish is served with raw
vegetables, rice paper, vermicelli...
+ The price of a grilled snakehead fish ranges from 150,000 to 190,000
VND depending on the size.
- Rice Wine Trung Thanh, Co Do:
Rice wine making village in Trung Thanh commune, Co Do district, Can
Tho is famous for more than 70 households making rice wine. Trung Thanh
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harsh, creating a sweet, warm traditional flavor for typical dishes of Can Tho's
hometown. This specialty is packaged to take away.
- Pangasius fish sauce:
Fish sauce is a specialty dish of Westerners made from fish such as
snakehead fish, angelfish, gourami fish... Particularly in Can Tho, there is a
more unique type of fish sauce that is fish sauce made from catfish…. a
common type of fish in Can Tho. You can buy it as a gift or give it to relatives
and friends.
- Dried pangasius:
With the advantage of being located in Thot Not, the largest pangasius
farming area in Can Tho, pangasius is processed with diverse flavors,
beautiful packaging designs, and large quantities for customers to choose
from. Visitors can easily buy products as gifts for family and friends,
especially cooked and seasoned pangasius products.
- Ha Chau Strawberry:
Phong Dien district, Can Tho city has over 675 hectares of Ha Chau
strawberries. Different from other types of strawberries (such as Bon Bon
strawberries, Xanh Da strawberries, Siamese strawberries), Ha Chau
strawberries have outstanding advantages in design, color and quality (such as
delicious, sweet, very ripe when ripe). . round, base shell, inner segment)
should be popular and have created a brand for Phong Dien land.
 Can Tho specialties as gifts for relatives such as:
+ Camphor leaf tet cake of the Huynh family in Binh Thuy.
+ Cai Rang Nem chua.
+ The fruit is available all year round.
+ Phong Dien orange honey.
+ Ha Chau Strawberry.
+ Red jackfruit.
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 + Phong Dien Cocoa of Uncle Muoi Cuong…
+ Or dried fish, canned fish sauce.
 Can Tho specialties that can be eaten on the spot include:
+ Le Lai Fat Cake.
+ Banh asked Phong Dien.
+ Bamboo cake (eaten in the afternoon or evening).
+ Fish noodle soup at the Arc de Triomphe.
+ Carp cake.
+ Ke Xa Pau Bridge (breakfast).
+ Cai Rang grilled spring rolls.
+ Cai Rang dried shrimp vermicelli.
+ Banh tet with black leaves...
=> Especially the boiled alluvial dish and 10 kinds of crab meat.
3.2.3. Tourist routes of Can Tho city
3.2.3.1. Tourist route 1: Cai Rang floating market - My Hometown noodle
oven - Truc Lam Phuong Nam Zen Monastery - My Khanh Tourist Village
(Intra-provincial route)
 Cai Rang floating market
- Location: The market is on Can Tho river, near Cai Rang bridge, about 7
km from Can Tho city center.
- Transportation method: Visitors can access the floating market in two
ways: either rent a boat at Ninh Kieu wharf to go; Or take a car to An Binh
market (Ninh Kieu district) and then hire a train to go. Train ticket price for
one passenger is 100,000 VND
- Characteristics: Cai Rang floating market is a wholesale floating market
specializing in buying and selling vegetables, fruits, etc. of the Mekong Delta
on the Can Tho River and is a unique tourist destination of Cai Rang district
in Can Tho city. In 2016, Cai Rang Floating Market was recognized by the
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as a National Intangible Cultural
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 The market is held from 2-3 am, the busiest around 4-6 am, trading
activities take place all day. Because it is a wholesale market, goods are
concentrated here in relatively large quantities. Each item has been graded for
uniformity in quality and size. The main means of transportation and cargo
transportation are boats.
Due to the needs of market-goers, there are not only fruit and vegetable
canoes, but also many other services: dining, shopping,... Fruit boats often
crept to serve visitors. .
Immersed in the bustling atmosphere of the market, visitors can observe
and learn about the activities of many merchant families with many
generations living on the boat. Each boat is a house on the river with flower
pots, pets, full amenities such as color TV, CD player, sound system...
including motorbikes parked on the boat.
 My Hometown noodle oven
In the journey to explore Can Tho tourism, after experiencing the vibrant
and unique trading space typical of the Western river region at Cai Rang
floating market, visitors will continue their sightseeing journey. And the next
stop is the traditional noodle making village right nearby. Famous noodle
shops in Can Tho are mainly concentrated in An Binh ward, Ninh Kieu
district, Can Tho city.
- Transportation method: To visit the famous traditional noodle making
village in Can Tho, you can choose the following popular transportation
methods:
+ Ride: Visitors can rent a taxi right at the floating market to go to Vong
Cung route (Province Road 923), then enter alley 476, continue a short
distance to reach the destination. Traveling by this convenient vehicle, it
will only take 5 minutes for visitors to get to the traditional noodle making
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 + By train or boat: Tourists can design a boat from Ninh Kieu wharf to Cai
Rang floating market, then finish the visit to traditional noodle ovens.
This way visitors will have more time, but in return they will have the
opportunity to admire the beauty of the river here.
- Characteristics: The ideal time to visit and experience traditional noodle
shops in Can Tho is in the morning. At this time, you can take advantage of
the vision to explore each stage of making noodles, participate in the
experience and enjoy.
The traditional noodle making craft village of Can Tho has many
famous noodle ovens, attracting a large number of tourists to visit such as:
Sau Hoai noodle oven, Que Toi noodle oven, Chin Cua noodle oven.
+ Sau Hoai noodle oven (Address: 476/14 kv7, Lo Vong Cung, An Binh
ward, Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho city). Opening hours: From 6am -
6pm. Can Tho Sau Hoai noodle oven intrigues many customers with its
unique noodle pizza, which is a unique combination of rice flour
noodles, crispy fried dough with a variety of fillings such as beans or
sesame, which can also be Add fried dough, shrimp, onions, potatoes...
+ Chin Cua noodle oven (Address: 474c/14a, Area 7, An Binh ward,
Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho city). Reference opening hours: From 6am
-6pm. Chin Cua noodle oven (Can Tho) is famous for 5 types of noodle
soup in different colors, from basic opaque white to other outstanding
colors taken from camphor leaves, turmeric, gac fruit and pandan
leaves... to satisfy a wide range of needs. form of client needs.
Coming here, visitors can do the steps of making noodles and enjoy them
themselves, which will definitely be extremely interesting.
 Truc Lam Phuong Nam Zen Monastery
After visiting and experiencing the traditional noodle making village in
Can Tho, visitors will have the opportunity to visit Truc Lam Phuong Nam
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- Location: Truc Lam Zen Monastery is located in My Khanh commune,
Phong Dien district, Can Tho city, about 15km from the city center,
- Transportation method: From the noodle making village, visitors can
travel to Truc Lam Phuong Nam Zen Monastery in many ways: taxi,
motorbike taxi, or personal vehicle.
+ Take a taxi: Tourists can rent a taxi to go southeast on Alley 476 toward Lo
Vong Cung/DT923, then turn left to enter Nguyen Van Cu Street. Continue
going straight about 10km, you will come to My Khanh commune, enter Truc
Lam Phuong Nam Zen Monastery in Can Tho. Going by this vehicle will only
take about 10 minutes to reach the tourist destination.
- Characteristics: Truc Lam Phuong Nam Zen Monastery is an extremely
famous temple, bearing many cultural and architectural features of the Ly -
Tran dynasties. Truc Lam Can Tho Zen Monastery is the largest Zen
monastery in the West, one of the largest Buddhist works in the Southwest,
proposed to be built by former Minister of National Defense, General Pham
Van Tra.
The opening time of Truc Lam Phuong Nam Can Tho Zen Monastery is
from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. every day, convenient for tourists to visit and
sightsee the temple.
Visiting and visiting Truc Lam Phuong Zen Monastery in Can Tho,
visitors are free, do not have to worry about buying tickets.
Truc Lam Phuong Nam Zen Monastery in Can Tho is a spiritual tourist
destination. When coming here, you need to note the following things:
+ Should dress discreetly, in accordance with the scene because the monastery
is still a place of practice.
+ The campus of Truc Lam Phuong Nam Zen Monastery is quite large, to
visit it all you will need to walk quite a lot, it will take a lot of energy, so go in
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+ There is an area for visitors to rest, and a small self-service water bar right
inside the monastery.
+ Truc Lam Phuong Nam Can Tho Zen Monastery does not collect parking
tickets. If visitors want to donate freely, there is a donation box nearby.
 My Khanh tourist village
Truc Lam Phuong Nam Zen Monastery (Can Tho) is close to My Khanh
tourist area, visitors can combine visiting the monastery and visiting My
Khanh tourist area.
- How to get there: The distance from the Zen Monastery to My Guest tourist
village is 300m, so it will only take 5 minutes for visitors to walk and turn
right to enter the extended Nguyen Van Cu street, passing opposite Truc Lam
Phuong Zen Monastery. South (59m on the left).
- Characteristics: My Khanh tourist area is a famous eco-tourism area in Can
Tho with a large space, with an area of more than 50,000 square meters,
attracting a large number of tourists because of many interesting fun activities
along with Unique attractions such as heavy fruit gardens, Southern ancient
houses, My Khanh flower village,...
At the tourist village of My Khanh, visitors can experience interesting
folk games such as swinging bridge, cycling over plank bridges, swinging
rope through ditches, etc. if tourists go in large groups.
In addition, here, visitors will have the opportunity to transform into a day
as a landlord, visit My Khanh fruit garden and have the opportunity to enjoy
fresh fruits harvested in the garden, or visit the southern ancient house or visit
Visit and check in at My Khanh flower garden.
 Dining and resting options for guests
After nearly a day of sightseeing, visitors can stop at some restaurants in
My Khanh to enjoy Western cuisine such as My Khanh floating restaurant,
Thuy Ta restaurant, old restaurant, old restaurant, restaurant. hexagon... is
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serving dishes with rich country flavors such as: banh xeo, banh khot, banh
chung, coconut cake, fish sauce hot pot, duck hot pot cooked with chao,
roasted chicken, hamsters, grilled snakehead fish. , steamed snakehead fish
rolled in lotus leaves,... delicious, attractive and suitable for the taste of many
tourists.
After a day of sightseeing, visitors should choose to spend the night at a
3-star luxury bungalow inside My Khanh tourist area. The price is 600,000
per night.
 Evaluate
Can Tho is a land of Tay Do with many resources for tourism
development, especially river tourism. This is considered the most typical
type of tourism in the region. In this tour, visitors will experience many
different types of tourism such as river tourism through Cai Rang floating
market, craft village tourism in traditional noodle village, spiritual tourism in
Truc Lam Zen Monastery. the south or even garden tourism. These are mostly
the most prominent and typical tourism types of Can Tho in particular and the
western provinces in general.
Therefore, this tourist route is considered the most typical of the region.
It will be suitable for most tourists of different ages, traveling with different
purposes and especially they want to explore the unique culture of the West
River region. These types of tourism will develop more in the future and
attract more tourists thanks to mass media.
3.2.3.2. Tourist route 2: Can Tho - Soc Trang ( Interprovincial tourist
route)
 Methods/How to travel from Can Tho to Soc Trang
The journey from Can Tho to Soc Trang is about 62 km long, via
National Highway 1A. The road is not too long and quite convenient for
travel, so it only takes about 1 hour and 30 minutes to get to Soc Trang from

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Can Tho city. Currently, you can choose to go by bus, motorbike, car or rent a
tourist car.
- Travel by motorbike, private car
Many tourists choose motorbikes or private cars to travel from Can Tho to
Soc Trang. You can follow the following route: From Can Tho city - Nguyen
Van Linh street - 3/2 street - Cai Rang bridge - go straight to Pham Hung
street - National Highway 1A - Soc Trang city. By traveling by personal
vehicle, visitors will have free time and can stop anywhere to admire the
scenery or rest and eat.
Note: Visitors must bring all vehicle documents and follow road traffic laws
in case they are inspected by the police.
- Travel by bus
If you do not want to travel by motorbike and do not have your own
car, you can travel by bus which is both fast and convenient. Here are some
suggestions for reputable bus operators of the Can Tho - Soc Trang bus route
for you to choose:
+ Vu Linh Limousine: There are about 13 trips/day, ticket price from 120,000
VND/trip, 9-seat Limousine, travel time about 1 hour 20 minutes.
+ Tuan Hiep bus station: There are about 2 trips/day, ticket price 200,000
VND/trip, 40-seat sleeper bus, travel time about 1 hour 20 minutes.
+ Hung Thinh passenger bus: There are about 2 trips/day, ticket price 80,000
VND/trip, 46-seat sleeper bus, travel time about 2 hours.
 Currently, buying bus tickets is quite easy, and fast. Visitors can go to
the ticket office at Can Tho bus station to buy tickets directly or buy
online through reputable websites of the bus company.
 The most prominent and attractive tourist destination on the Can
Tho - Soc Trang route ( Interprovincial tourist route)
 Can Tho
- Cai Rang floating market
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 Traveling to Can Tho will be really incomplete if you ignore the discovery
of Cai Rang Floating Market. There are many reasons why tourists always
want to return to Cai Rang floating market. In particular, the bustling scene of
boats filled with goods is what attracts tourists when coming to the floating
market. What could be more wonderful than waking up in a far away place,
welcoming the sunrise at the most beautiful floating market in the West?
- Traditional noodle oven
Tourists often combine traveling to Cai Rang Can Tho floating market and
visiting Can Tho noodle ovens to save time and money. Near Cai Rang
floating market, there are many families making noodle soup, the most
famous being Sau Hoai oven at Rau Ram bridge. The best time for tourists to
visit the noodle factory is in the morning after you go to Cai Rang floating
market. Coming here, you will have the opportunity to see with your own
eyes each step of making traditional rice noodles of the Western people. In
particular, you can also experience the unique crispy crispy pizza noodle dish
that is very attractive.
- My Khanh tourist area
My Khanh tourist area is a tourist attraction in Can Tho that recreates the
landscape of the western garden in the past. In addition to the fish ponds and
lush fruit gardens, this place is also designed to simulate the three-room
architecture of previous Western houses. In addition to the interesting garden
scenery, this place also organizes special games such as pig racing, dog
racing, monkey circus, and crocodile fishing to serve visitors. Here, the resort
also serves Western-style rustic dishes that tourists can enjoy.
- Phuong Nam Truc Lam Zen Monastery (Spiritual tourist destination in
Can Tho)
Phuong Nam Truc Lam Zen Monastery is one of the largest Truc Lam Yen
Tu sect temples in the South. You will visit interesting miniatures reproduced
from the most unique landscapes in Vietnam. The architecture of Phuong

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Nam Truc Lam Zen Monastery was built according to the architecture of the
Ly Dynasty in the past. In particular, the materials built from Chinese bricks,
ironwood, etc. bring a unique ancient feature to the monastery. Many pilgrims
come here to worship every year.
All of the above destinations are very close to each other, so it is very
convenient to visit and save time and money for visitors. To travel to the
above destinations, visitors can rent taxis, motorbike taxis, etc. for
convenience during the travel process.
In addition, in Can Tho there are many other extremely attractive tourist
attractions waiting for tourists to explore.
 Soc Trang
- Nga Nam Floating Market:
Coming to Soc Trang, one of the great experiences that tourists enjoy
most is going to Nga Nam floating market. Floating market discussed in Nga
Nam town, Thanh Tri district, Soc Trang Province. Nga Nam floating market
sells many delicious specialties of the Mekong Delta from vegetables, tubers,
fruits to cakes, clothes or specialty dishes such as silkworm cakes, noodle
soup, vermicelli noodles... Come here , visitors will experience the feeling of
floating on the river, going straight to markets full of goods to buy specialties,
cakes, souvenirs as gifts for relatives or enjoy other specialties. Extremely
delicious food with extremely cheap prices from only 15,000 VND/bowl.
- Tan Long Stork Garden
Coming to Tan Long stork garden, you are coming to a peaceful, rustic
scene of the Western river region. The ancients said it was true that "good
land, birds perch on", Tan Long stork garden is the common home of textiles
resembling birds, storks, and cauldrons. Among them, the most numerous are
fish storks, ivory storks, ibis storks, stork storks, ghost storks, cotton storks,
and column gongs. Coming here, you can not only admire the vast green
nature and breathe fresh air, but also enjoy delicious rustic dishes such as stir-
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fried pork vermicelli, banh xeo, and pork trotters vermicelli. On that bank,
here also serves the folk music. The songs of Luu Thuy Truong, Tay Thi, Nam
Ai, Nam Dao mixed with the sounds of pliers, storks, and zither in the middle
of the Mo Mo river area sound so poignant and heart-wrenching.
- Khmer Museum
The lost Khmer Museum in Ward 6, Soc Trang town has become a
tourist destination not to be missed when coming to Soc Trang. When you
step foot here, you will be amazed by the museum built according to the
unique architecture of Khmer pagodas. Currently, the museum owns more
than 13 thousand valuable artifacts representing the precious and spiritual life
of the Khmer people such as costumes, houses, art, musical instruments,
festivals, beliefs... Come here , visitors will be able to benchmark the absolute
structure and parameters of objects to better understand the culture, lifestyle,
and signal threshold of the Southern Khmer people.
- Kh'leang Temple
Kh'leang Pagoda is located at 53 Ton Duc Thang Street, Soc Trang City.
The pagoda was started in 1553, meaning this pagoda has about 500 years of
life and is the oldest pagoda in Soc Trang. With a large park, cool air and
unique architecture combining Khmer and Chinese architecture, the pagoda
attracts thousands of tourists every year to visit and admire. If you come to
the temple on special occasions such as Chol Chnam Thmay festival or Ok
Om Bok festival (Ngo boat racing festival) you will be immersed in the
unique traditional cultural activities of the Khmer people living here.
- My Phuoc Island
Con My Phuoc is currently a tourist destination that always has a special
attraction for tourists in Soc Trang. My Phuoc Con is located on the poetic
Hau River, about 30km north of Soc Trang city center. Coming to Con My
Phuoc, you will have a feeling of peace and relaxation when admiring an
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experiences such as floating on the skin to admire the mo mo river, listening
to amateur music, and visiting bee farms. In particular, when you come to
Con My Phuoc, you will enjoy extremely delicious and abundant fruits such
as rambutan, mangosteen, durian, mango, longan...
 Dining and resting options for guests
 Can Tho
- Noodle pizza: This dish is ranked among the top delicious specialties of Can
Tho. Price of noodle pizza ranges from 35,000 VND - 50,000 VND
depending on the size chosen by the customer. If you want to eat noodle
pizza, you must go to Sau Hoai noodle oven near Cai Rang floating market.
Sau Hoai noodle shop address: 476, 14 Lo Vong Cung, Anh Binh ward, Ninh
Kieu, Can Tho.
- Duck hotpot cooked with chao : The special thing when looking for this
restaurant that duck hotpot cooked with chao : The special thing when looking
for this restaurant that cooks duck porridge with chao is an entire street in
alley 1 Ly Tu Trong, near area III of Can Tho University, visitors are spoiled
for choice because of the entire alley. all sell this item. Prices range from
45,000 VND - 300,000 VND for a full soup dish according to everyone's size
and preferences. Because these restaurants mainly serve students and tourists,
the prices are also very affordable. is an entire street in alley 1 Ly Tu Trong,
near area III of Can Tho University, visitors are spoiled for choice because of
the entire alley. all sell this item. Prices range from 45,000 VND - 300,000
VND for a full soup dish according to everyone's size and preferences.
Because these restaurants mainly serve students and tourists, the prices are
also very affordable.
- Scorched rice with caramelized fish sauce: This is one of the special
specialties in Can Tho. In its simplicity, it is so delicious that people have a
delicious picnic that has captivated tourists from near and far. The price of
scorched rice with caramelized fish sauce ranges from 15,000 VND - 50,000
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VND depending on the restaurant's variation and customer preferences.
Finding braised scorched rice dish in Can Tho is not difficult. Visitors can
find:
+ Night markets in Can Tho such as Tay Do night market, Ninh Kieu night
market, Tran Phu night market
+ Food and drink roads like the Mac Thien Tich embankment.
+ Lot 15 Tran Phu night market, Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho.
- Cai Rang grilled spring rolls: Grilled spring rolls in Cai Rang are different
from other places, this is considered a delicious Can Tho dish loved by many
people. The price of a portion of Cai Rang grilled spring rolls is about 50,000
VND - 100,000 VND depending on the size.
This place to sell grilled spring rolls is at:
o Anh Map Restaurant on Nguyen Viet Hong Street.
o Quan Thanh Van, No. 17 Hoa Binh Avenue.
o Nem lua shop opposite Quang Trung intersection.

When traveling to Can Tho, visitors can rest at hotels, homestays or

bungalows as they like. Hotels and homestays in Can Tho are fully equipped,
modern and luxurious to meet the needs of tourists.

Here are a few hotels and homestays that you can choose to stay during your
travels:
 Hotels:
+ Vinpearl Hotel Can Tho is located at 209 30/4 Street, Xuan Khanh,
Hung Loi, Ninh Kieu, City. Can Tho. Stopping at this classy hotel, you can
choose a room facing the city or river, greet the morning with a cup of
coffee at Terrace Cafe, or catch a very chill sunset at Sunset and pool bar,
watching the city rise. lamp. Price from: 1,400,000 VND/room/night
+ Muong Thanh Can Tho Hotel is located at Lot E1, Con Cai Khe, Ninh
Kieu, City. Can Tho is one of the first 5-star luxury hotels in Can Tho.
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 With 27 floors, Muong Thanh is the second tallest building in the city.
Price from: 1,165,500 VND/room/night.
 Homestays & Bungalows:
There are also tourists who like new experiences at homestays or
bungalows to save costs while still having fully furnished space to meet
their vacation needs:
+ Green Village Mekong is located at Xeo Tre, Khanh Binh Area, Phu Thu
Ward, Cai Rang, City. Can Tho. True to its name, this is a green space
surrounded by ponds and trees, like a small village. With bungalows built
with rustic paintings, Green Village Mekong will surely be the name for
you to escape from the noisy city and retreat to an open, quiet space. Price
from: 765,000 VND/room/night.
+ Can Tho Eco Resort is located at National Highway 61C, Nhon Thuan
Hamlet, Nhon Nghia Commune, Phong Dien District, Can Tho. It is
designed in the style of Indochina architecture in harmony with nature
with 60 detached bungalows and villas. The room is fully equipped with
elegant amenities, diverse room structure with many outstanding room
types.
 Which season is best to travel to Can Tho?

If you want to travel to Can Tho, any time of the year is beautiful. Each
season has its own unique features and joys. Can Tho as well as 12 other
western provinces have pleasant weather, mild climate and are divided into 2
distinct seasons:
- Summer: From May to August. Traveling to Can Tho during this time, you
will enjoy thousands of kinds of fruits because this is the season when fruit is
abundant. The summer weather is also very beautiful, the sky is blue, the sun
is soft, and it is extremely suitable for boating activities to enjoy the beautiful
scenery at the floating market.

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- Floating season: From September to November. If you come to Can Tho
during this season, you will have one-of-a-kind experiences that can only be
found in the West such as having fun at Cai Rang floating market, having
breakfast right on the boat. Boats at the floating market, watching people
gather at the market and trade bustlingly on the river with all kinds of
"specialties".
In short, the West is inherently a special and dear land, so no matter what
time you come here, you will have interesting experiences and memorable
memories!
 Soc Trang
When it comes to Soc Trang, we can't help but mention the dishes that are
extremely rustic but equally unique, bearing the clear characteristics of the
western region of the river that attracts a lot of tourists.
- Soc Trang Pia cake
Pia cake is the most famous specialty in Soc Trang. Anyone who has the
opportunity to visit Soc Trang must also buy a few boxes of famous delicious
pia cakes to eat and buy as gifts for relatives.
Pia cake "conquers" all diners with a unique flavor that blends durian,
green beans and salted eggs. If in the past, pia cakes only had the typical taste
of durian and green beans, today people have been creative to make many
other types of cakes such as: lotus seed pia cake, char siu pia cake, sausage,
… Made from natural ingredients, not too sweet and easy to eat, that's why
pia cakes are increasingly "popular" with tourists from near and far. In Soc
Trang, it is not too difficult for you to find a genuine pia cake shop.
Visitors can visit the following famous addresses:
+ My Hiep Thanh pia cake production facility at 498 Nguyen Hue
+ An Thanh store at 86 Hung Vuong
+ Lap Hung Pia Cake at 134 Ly Thuong Kiet
 Noodle soups
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 If you once visit Soc Trang, don't forget to enjoy the "famous" noodle soup
dish! The broth of Soc Trang vermicelli noodle soup must be cooked with
beef sauce - a typical fish sauce of the Khmer people to give it a unique taste
that cannot be confused with anywhere else. The bowl of vermicelli noodle
soup will include shrimp, roasted pork, steamed fish with grated water
spinach, banana cabbage, raw shallots, bitter vegetables, and cinnamon for the
full flavor. When you eat, you will feel the rich taste of the broth, the aroma
of lemongrass mixed with the greasy taste of roast pork and the sweetness of
shrimp, making you eat forever without getting bored.
Some delicious noodle soup restaurants in Soc Trang that visitors can visit
are:
+ Thao noodle soup at 52 Phu Loi
+ Cay Longan shop No. 26 Vo Dinh Sam
+ Ba Xim noodle soup restaurant at 45 Phu Loi
- Shrimp and meat pancakes
Banh xeo is a familiar dish found in all parts of the country. Depending
on the region, banh xeo will have its own unique flavors. Soc Trang pancake
is a harmonious combination of the familiar rice flour layer; along with pieces
of bacon, shrimp, chives, etc., create the attractiveness of the dish. Soc Trang
pancakes after processing will be eaten with green vegetables and a cup of
sweet and sour fish sauce. This is a dish you definitely must not miss when
coming to Soc Trang.
Some famous banh xeo shops in Soc Trang that tourists should visit to enjoy:
+ A Khanh pancakes at the address: 616 National Highway 1, Ward 2, Soc
Trang City
+ Co Tuyet pancakes at: 104 Le Hong Phong TPST Soc Trang
+ A Hang shop at address: 176 Truong Cong Dinh, Ward 2, City. Soc
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When traveling to Soc Trang, visitors can rest at hotels or homestays as they
like. Hotels and homestays in Soc Trang are fully equipped, clean and airy to
meet the needs of tourists.
Here are a few hotels and homestays that you can choose to stay during your
travels:
-Hotels:
+ My Hang Hotel address: 478 Tran Hung Dao, Ward 2, Soc Trang City. This
is the best rated hotel among 34 accommodations in Soc Trang.
+ Que Toi Hotel address: 278 Phu Loi, Soc Trang. This is a fairly affordable
accommodation, suitable for many different types of customers.
+ Thien An Hotel address 593 Tran Hung Dao, Soc Trang city. This hotel has
a quite convenient location, convenient for tourists to visit.
- Homestays:
+ Zivuu Homestay address: 986 QL1A, Ward 10, Soc Trang. This place is for
guests who want to escape from the luxurious, noisy, bustling city to return to
the peaceful river countryside with extremely cool virtual living corners.
+ Bamboo Garden homestay address: 70 Tran Quang Khai, Ward 2, Hoi An,
Soc Trang. This place has an ideal location, it is about a minute walk from the
city center, only takes 30 minutes to get to the airport and close to many
commercial centers,...
+ San Tien Farmstay address: 177 Vo Thanh Van, An Thanh 3, Cu Lao Dung,
Soc Trang. This place stands out with its diverse mangrove ecosystem. This is
the discovery destination of many young people.
 What is the most favorable season to travel to Soc Trang?
Soc Trang as well as the southwestern region has a fairly stable climate and is
less affected by natural disasters, storms and floods, so you can come to Soc
Trang anytime.
Visitors can travel to Soc Trang in the summer - the fruit harvest season (from
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by themselves. Visitors can also visit Soc Trang in the western floating season
(from August to November) to discover the floating life of the locals and
enjoy the specialties of the floating season.
If you are someone who likes to experience the unique festival space of Soc
Trang people, you can travel in October of the lunar calendar. At this time, the
traditional Ok Om Bok festival (Ngo boat racing festival) of the Khmer
people takes place. This is definitely a trip with a lot of interesting
experiences for you.
 Evaluation of the Can Tho – Soc Trang
- Soc Trang and Can Tho are among the top tourist attractions in the Mekong
Delta. If Can Tho is famous for its lively floating market culture and immense
fruit gardens, Soc Trang is a land of cultural interference between the Chinese
- Kinh - Khmer and indigenous Cham people, so Soc Trang has unique cues
and styles. Soc Trang is famous as an attractive tourist destination for both
domestic and foreign tourists when it offers visitors new rural experiences.
When coming here, in addition to visiting famous temples, places with
charming natural scenery, unique festivals, visitors also have the opportunity
to enjoy enjoying fresh fruits in sunny days. .
- Different cultural characteristics are created for the cultural diversity of this
tourist route. In this tour, visitors will experience the quintessence of the West
River.
- This tour is suitable for those who like to explore the culture and signal
threshold of a new land. Because Soc Trang is a land of interference between
the ethnic Chinese - Kinh - Khmer and the indigenous Cham people, Soc
Trang has very unique beliefs and customs.
- The people here are also very friendly and welcoming, the narrow facility is
invested and developed. It is expected that in the near future this tourist route
will be extremely developed and prominent when it comes to tourism in the
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3.2.3.3. Tourist route 3: Can Tho - Kien Giang – Phu Quoc
( Interprovincial tourist route)
Can Tho and Kien Giang are two provinces in the Southwest region with
many strengths and potential for economic and trade development, especially
tourism.
 Methods/How to travel
 Can Tho to Kien Giang
According to Google Maps, the distance from Can Tho city to Rach Gia
city, Kien Giang province is 106km, it will take visitors about 2 hours and 30
minutes to travel via National Highway 61C and National Highway 61.
Visitors can choose to go by one of the following means:
- Passenger car: Bus is probably the most convenient means of transportation
and is chosen by many passengers. There are many reputable and cheap bus
companies operating this journey such as: Quan Buu bus company, Thao Kim
Ngan bus company, Vu Linh limousine bus company, Phuong Trang bus
company... Bus ticket prices range from 110,000 - 130,000 VND/trip
( depending on vehicle quality).
- Motorbike: The distance from Can Tho to Kien Giang is 106km, this is also
an ideal distance for you to travel in the form of "backpacking", this is quite
popular with young people. With this form of tourism, visitors will be able to
freely admire the beautiful natural scenery on both sides of the road and take
souvenir photos with friends and relatives. The tourist attractions you will
pass by if you travel from Can Tho to Kien Giang are Cai Rang floating
market, Hoa Sung ecological garden, Lung Tram tourist area, Cai Lon river,
Voc Ven market...
- Plane: There are currently no flights from Can Tho to Kien Giang, but if you
want to travel from Can Tho to Phu Quoc, plane is an ideal choice. By plane
will save you time and ensure health. Currently, Can Tho - Phu Quoc flight
tickets are only operated by Vietnam Airlines with a frequency of 1 flight/day.
The flight will depart at 07:30 at Can Tho airport and land at 08:25 at Phu
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Quoc airport. Airfares to Phu Quoc from Can Tho range from 549,000
VND/way (excluding taxes and fees).
 Kien Giang to Phu Quoc
Departing from the center of Kien Giang province, it will not be difficult
for you to find a suitable vehicle for you. Depending on time, schedule and
budget, visitors can go to the island by boat, car or plane as they like. .
- Travel by boat: The most popular means of transport for many Kien Giang
people is the train. Depending on your starting location, you can go to the
nearest Rach Gia or Ha Tien pier. The distance from Rach Gia City to Rach
Gia pier is only nearly 3km, visitors can easily go here by motorbike. Or other
districts near Ha Tien wharf can come here. Ha Tien wharf has many trains
and ticket prices are also cheaper than Rach Gia wharf. Every day there will
be Superdong high-speed trains from Rach Gia to Phu Quoc departing at 8:00
a.m., 8:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and additional trips at 8:45 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 12:40
p.m. that you can choose, or go from Ha Tien with Superdong and Thanh Thoi
boats also have trips at 8:45 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 9:15 a.m., 2:30 p.m. or take the
ferry from to Thanh Thoi ferry stopping at Da Chong port, Phu Quoc. With
ticket prices ranging from 250,000-350,000 VND/trip. Train time to Phu
Quoc is about 2 hours 30 minutes.
- Traveling by plane, in Kien Giang province there is Rach Gia airport but
there is no direct flight to Phu Quoc. Tourists who live adjacent to Can Tho
can choose to fly by bus to Can Tho airport and then board a direct flight to
Phu Quoc. Currently, only Vietnam Airlines operates flights. This flight has
an average of 1 flight per day, departure time is usually 11:40 a.m. arriving in
Phu Quoc at 12:30 p.m. Ticket price is about 600,000 VND/one way.

 The most prominent and attractive tourist destination on the Can

Tho – Kien Giang route
 Can Tho
- Cai Rang floating market
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 Traveling to Can Tho will be really incomplete if you ignore the
discovery of Cai Rang Floating Market. There are many reasons why tourists
always want to return to Cai Rang floating market. In particular, the bustling
scene of boats filled with goods is what attracts tourists when coming to the
floating market. What could be more wonderful than waking up in a far away
place, welcoming the sunrise at the most beautiful floating market in the
West?
- Traditional noodle oven
Tourists often combine traveling to Cai Rang Can Tho floating market
and visiting Can Tho noodle ovens to save time and money. Near Cai Rang
floating market, there are many families making noodle soup, the most
famous being Sau Hoai oven at Rau Ram bridge. The best time for tourists to
visit the noodle factory is in the morning after you go to Cai Rang floating
market. Coming here, you will have the opportunity to see with your own
eyes each step of making traditional rice noodles of the Western people. In
particular, you can also experience the unique crispy crispy pizza noodle dish
that is very attractive.
- My Khanh tourist area
My Khanh tourist area is a tourist attraction in Can Tho that recreates the
landscape of the western garden in the past. In addition to the fish ponds and
lush fruit gardens, this place is also designed to simulate the three-room
architecture of previous Western houses. In addition to the interesting garden
scenery, this place also organizes special games such as pig racing, dog
racing, monkey circus, and crocodile fishing to serve visitors. Here, the resort
also serves Western-style rustic dishes that tourists can enjoy.
- Phuong Nam Truc Lam Zen Monastery (Spiritual tourist destination in
Can Tho)
Phuong Nam Truc Lam Zen Monastery is one of the largest Truc Lam
Yen Tu sect temples in the South. You will visit interesting miniatures

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reproduced from the most unique landscapes in Vietnam. The architecture of
Phuong Nam Truc Lam Zen Monastery was built according to the architecture
of the Ly Dynasty in the past. In particular, the materials built from Chinese
bricks, ironwood, etc. bring a unique ancient feature to the monastery. Many
pilgrims come here to worship every year.
All of the above destinations are very close to each other, so it is very
convenient to visit and save time and money for visitors. To travel to the
above destinations, visitors can rent taxis, motorbike taxis, etc. for
convenience during the travel process.
In addition, in Can Tho there are many other extremely attractive tourist
attractions waiting for tourists to explore.
 Kien Giang
Everyone knows that Kien Giang is a place with many famous tourist
destinations with pristine islands, blue sea and many beautiful landscapes.
Here are a few suggestions for tourists to explore the land of Kien Giang
- Ha tien travel
Ha Tien is also one of the beautiful landscapes in Kien Giang that you
must definitely visit. Dubbed the "decade of landscapes", the beauty of Ha
Tien has consumed a lot of ink and paper from talented poets. Ha Tien
tourism will give you experiences such as admiring the wonderful nature at
To Chau mountain, exploring the mysterious cave at Thach Dong, visiting the
historical site of the Mac Cuu Mausoleum or immersing yourself in the poetic
sea and sky. in beautiful Mui Nai.
- Hai Tac Island
This island has a wild beauty and is somewhat mysterious as the name
itself: Pirates. Called an island, but actually this is a collection of 16 large and
small islands, of which 2 are inhabited (Hon Tre, Hon Doc). Besides exciting
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experience scuba diving to catch urchins and enjoy fresh urchin or porridge
right on the boat.
- Hon Son Island
Like most of the islands in Kien Giang province, Hon Son still retains
the wild beauty bestowed by nature. Besides the famous Bai Bang beach with
clear blue water, calm sea, few reefs, Hon Son also attracts followers of
trekking with Ma Thien Lanh mountain.
The highest peak of Ma Thien Lanh is 454m, the road is not too steep,
you can walk while enjoying the natural scenery. The average time to reach
the top of the mountain is about 3 hours. If you choose to go trekking, you
should prepare enough equipment, bring enough drinking water, pay attention
to compact belongings, comfortable clothes. You should also prepare insect
repellent.
- Phu Quoc island
Phu Quoc is an island that many travel followers think of when it comes
to famous Kien Giang tourist destinations. As a true "paradise" of the sea, this
island has clear blue water to see to the bottom, peaceful scenery with white
sand, golden sunshine and the whispers of casuarina trees as melodious as
music. You can visit Bai Sao, Bai Dai, Mong Tay island, Doi Moi island when
visiting Phu Quoc island. In addition, new entertainment centers such as
Grand World or Vinworld "sprung up" more and more. On this island, you
will experience many interesting activities such as squid fishing, kayaking,
paragliding, catching fish, diving to see corals...
The best time to visit Phu Quoc is from December to March every year.
This is the time when the weather is dry, cooler, the sea is extremely clear, but
it is the season of seafood in abundance.
 Dining and resting options for guests
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- Noodle pizza: This dish is ranked among the top delicious specialties of
Can Tho. Price of noodle pizza ranges from 35,000 VND - 50,000 VND
depending on the size chosen by the customer. If you want to eat noodle
pizza, you must go to Sau Hoai noodle oven near Cai Rang floating market.
Sau Hoai noodle shop address: 476, 14 Lo Vong Cung, Anh Binh ward, Ninh
Kieu, Can Tho.
- Duck hotpot cooked with chao : The special thing when looking for this
restaurant that duck hotpot cooked with chao : The special thing when looking
for this restaurant that cooks duck porridge with chao is an entire street in
alley 1 Ly Tu Trong, near area III of Can Tho University, visitors are spoiled
for choice because of the entire alley. all sell this item. Prices range from
45,000 VND - 300,000 VND for a full soup dish according to everyone's size
and preferences. Because these restaurants mainly serve students and tourists,
the prices are also very affordable. is an entire street in alley 1 Ly Tu Trong,
near area III of Can Tho University, visitors are spoiled for choice because of
the entire alley. all sell this item. Prices range from 45,000 VND - 300,000
VND for a full soup dish according to everyone's size and preferences.
Because these restaurants mainly serve students and tourists, the prices are
also very affordable.
- Scorched rice with caramelized fish sauce: This is one of the special
specialties in Can Tho. In its simplicity, it is so delicious that people have a
delicious picnic that has captivated tourists from near and far. The price of
scorched rice with caramelized fish sauce ranges from 15,000 VND - 50,000
VND depending on the restaurant's variation and customer preferences.
Finding braised scorched rice dish in Can Tho is not difficult. Visitors can
find:
+ Night markets in Can Tho such as Tay Do night market, Ninh Kieu
night market, Tran Phu night market
+ Food and drink roads like the Mac Thien Tich embankment.

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 + Lot 15 Tran Phu night market, Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho.
- Cai Rang grilled spring rolls: Grilled spring rolls in Cai Rang are different
from other places, this is considered a delicious Can Tho dish loved by many
people. The price of a portion of Cai Rang grilled spring rolls is about 50,000
VND - 100,000 VND depending on the size.
This place to sell grilled spring rolls is at:
+ Anh Map Restaurant on Nguyen Viet Hong Street.
+ Quan Thanh Van, No. 17 Hoa Binh Avenue.
+ Nem lua shop opposite Quang Trung intersection.
When traveling to Can Tho, visitors can rest at hotels, homestays or
bungalows as they like. Hotels and homestays in Can Tho are fully equipped,
modern and luxurious to meet the needs of tourists.
Here are a few hotels and homestays that you can choose to stay during your
travels:
- Hotels:
+ Vinpearl Hotel Can Tho is located at 209 30/4 Street, Xuan Khanh, Hung
Loi, Ninh Kieu, City. Can Tho. Stopping at this classy hotel, you can choose a
room facing the city or river, greet the morning with a cup of coffee at Terrace
Cafe, or catch a very chill sunset at Sunset and pool bar, watching the city
rise. lamp. Price from: 1,400,000 VND/room/night
+ Muong Thanh Can Tho Hotel is located at Lot E1, Con Cai Khe, Ninh Kieu,
City. Can Tho is one of the first 5-star luxury hotels in Can Tho. With 27
floors, Muong Thanh is the second tallest building in the city. Price from:
1,165,500 VND/room/night.
- Homestays & Bungalows:
There are also tourists who like new experiences at homestays or
bungalows to save costs while still having fully furnished space to meet their
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+ Green Village Mekong is located at Xeo Tre, Khanh Binh Area, Phu Thu
Ward, Cai Rang, City. Can Tho. True to its name, this is a green space
surrounded by ponds and trees, like a small village. With bungalows built
with rustic paintings, Green Village Mekong will surely be the name for you
to escape from the noisy city and retreat to an open, quiet space. Price from:
765,000 VND/room/night.
+ Can Tho Eco Resort is located at National Highway 61C, Nhon Thuan
Hamlet, Nhon Nghia Commune, Phong Dien District, Can Tho. It is designed
in the style of Indochina architecture in harmony with nature with 60 detached
bungalows and villas. The room is fully equipped with elegant amenities,
diverse room structure with many outstanding room types.
 Kien Giang
Kien Giang is a land with many beautiful islands. Not only that, this place
also has many famous delicious dishes that have conquered tourists from all
over the world.
- Herring salad
It would be a mistake not to mention herring salad in the list of Kien Giang
specialties. This is a rustic dish of Kien Giang people and is very popular with
tourists. The layer of fresh fish meat is wrapped with raw vegetables, rice
paper, and finally dipped with sweet and sour fish sauce with a little garlic,
chili and roasted peanuts.
Visitors can enjoy this specialty at the following addresses:
+ Northern rice restaurant 123
+ Cay Bang restaurant,
+ Hong Hai restaurant...
- Phu Quoc crab rice
Not as flavorful as Hue's Hen rice, not as brightly pigmented as Duong
Chau fried rice. Phu Quoc crab fried rice is the quintessence, the essence of
the land, the quintessence of the sea, the spirit of the Southern people.
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 In fact, Ghe rice is stylized from the traditional dish of the people of the
river country. White rice is fried with pre-cooked crab and a little onion.
When frying, season to taste and add tomato sauce to give the rice a more
eye-catching color. When eaten, it will be served with cucumber and a little
chili fish sauce.
- Phu Quoc barracuda
Traveling to Phu Quoc Kien Giang, enjoy the very special barracuda dish
here. Although barracuda is found in most of Vietnam's seas, Phu Quoc
barracuda has a distinct taste due to its larger fish size and bold sweet flesh.
Fish is processed into many different dishes such as barracuda fish cake,
barracuda salad, braised barracuda and dried barracuda... In Phu Quoc, all
restaurants have barracuda fish dishes.
- Ha Tien sticky rice
Ha Tien sticky rice is very diverse, with both salty and sweet flavors for
tourists with different tastes. Ha Tien salty sticky rice, even though it only has
a little dried shrimp sprinkled on the surface, is very fragrant and flavorful.
With sweet sticky rice, you can enjoy mango sticky rice, coconut sticky rice,
chicken seed sticky rice... Sticky rice is used with a layer of puff pastry rolled
outside to make the sticky rice tighter and easier to eat.
Address: Nguyen Phuc Chu roundabout intersection
Kien Giang is a land of strong tourism development. Therefore, the
accommodation locations here are also heavily invested, with the advantage
of being modern, comfortable and meeting the relaxation needs of tourists.
Here are a few suggestions for places to stay for travelers!
- Henry Hotel Kien Giang province is located at Lot B10-28-29 Nguyen An
Ninh, Vinh Bao Ward, Rach Gia, Kien Giang. Including 31 bedrooms with
airy space and balconies facing the sea and city, Henry brings many benefits
to visitors. Kien Giang province hotel near Henry center is conveniently
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visitors can simply comfortably immerse themselves in the beautiful city
scenery when resting here. .
- Sammy Hotel has address: Nguyen Phuc Chu, Phao Dai, Ha Tien, Kien
Giang province. Sammy's 4-star Ha Tien Hotel is located right on the
romantic Thuy Van Avenue. With its peaceful and warm beauty, Sammy is
like a peaceful oasis waiting to be discovered. With a system of luxurious and
clean rooms, provided with a variety of necessary appliances, there are also
many side entertainment activities such as karaoke rooms, massage rooms,
etc., which will definitely make your trip more enjoyable. You have complete
meaning.
In addition, when traveling to Phu Quoc island, visitors can choose a
homestay or bungalow as their resting place.
- Chill House has address: Group 7, area 9, Tran Phu Street, Duong Dong,
Phu Quoc, Kien Giang, is the most popular Phu Quoc homestay, possessing
large space and countless "chill" corners. The homestay is designed in a
modern style, the interior is mainly wooden, combining many green areas to
bring a fresh and peaceful feeling. Room rent is also very cheap, you can
enjoy meals prepared by the kitchen or cook yourself.
- S'Bungalow: For those who like private style, unique wooden house style,
Phu Quoc homestay S'Bungalow at 100 Tran Hung Dao, Duong Dong, Phu
Quoc, Kien Giang is a great choice. The rent is cheap, each room has enough
amenities and large space for the whole family. The entire campus has a green
garden and outdoor swimming pool. Added plus points for its beautiful
location, close to many tourist, sightseeing, and entertainment destinations.
 Evaluation of the Can Tho - Kien Giang - Phu Quoc route
- Through the Can Tho - Kien Giang tourist route, visitors will discover the
vibrant and unique floating market in Can Tho, then go to Kien Giang to
experience the beautiful islands, pristine beaches with beautiful scenery.
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- These are two provinces with unique characteristics of the Southwest region.
Thanks to having many natural resources, these two regions are favorable for
developing diverse types of tourism. Typical examples are river tourism and
sea tourism.
- Not only is the landscape beautiful, but the people here are also wonderful.
They are very simple but hospitable, this is also a common quality of people
throughout the Southwest region.
- The Can Tho - Kien Giang route is suitable for travelers who like to
experience and explore the culture of different lands. This is also an ideal
place for tourists who want to relax, because this place has been bestowed by
mother nature with harmonious weather and beautiful scenery. Most types of
tourism here are suitable for guests of all ages.
- These are two provinces that are considered to have outstanding potential for
tourism development. Therefore, the facilities here are invested very seriously
and are modern. It is predicted that in the future, these two lands will discover
many different types of tourism to attract tourists.
3.2.4. Can Tho city's travel programs
"Can Tho has white rice and clear water. Anyone who goes there doesn't
want to return." This folk song that has been passed down for many
generations has touched people's hearts every time they have the opportunity
to stop and visit the land of Tay Do. Return to Can Tho to visit Ninh Kieu
Wharf, see Quang Trung bridge, walk around the bustling Cai Rang floating
market, visit the Ancient House, and enjoy sweet Western fruit specialties. My
Khanh eco-tourism area is where you experience fun folk games such as
fishing, boating on the river, and pig racing. With this advantage, Can Tho is
an attractive tourist destination in the West. Please also follow the tourist
attractions in Can Tho below and see how many places you still need to visit
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3.2.4.1. Can Tho - Fruit Garden - Cai Rang Floating Market - Bac Lieu -
Ca Mau Cape Land
Day 1: Can Tho - Fruit Garden - City Tour
- 6:15 a.m.: Tourist car and tour guide pick up guests at Can Tho Airport to
center of Can Tho City.
On the way, visitors can visit Binh Thuy Ancient House (one of the most
beautiful old houses in the Southwest region).
- 10:30 am: tourists have lunch, check in to the hotel and rest.
Visiting people's fruit garden, Con Son is famous for eco-tourism with
luxuriant fruit gardens: longan garden, pomelo garden, tangerine garden ...
depending on the season, there are different kinds of fruits. . You move by
small boat to the "oasis" of Con Son, visit the pomelo garden (enjoy
grapefruit at the garden). After that, visitors can take a walk on the village
road – Diy Banh Canh (Southern specialty) and enjoy banh cuon and cakes.
Welcoming the sunset & Dinner on Can Tho River Cruise.
Evening in Can Tho you are free to walk around at night, Ninh Kieu
Wharf, walk to Love Bridge, culinary specialties: Thanh Van grilled spring
rolls, Cai Rang grilled spring rolls, Cong cake on Ly Tu Trong street, A Chay
dumplings 104 Le Lai, Sa Dec dried noodle soup, Pham Sleep Lao street,
Coconut pancakes 45 Hoang Quoc Viet, Grilled goby with reed tube, Grilled
snakehead fish....
Day 2: Cai Rang Floating Market - Bac Lieu - Ca Mau
- 5:30 a.m: You arrive at Ninh Kieu Wharf and travel by motorboat to
explore the characteristics of the West: Cai Rang Floating Market. Learn
about the wonderful culture of the southwestern people with the floating
market on the river. Visitors are free to shop for fruits, agricultural products,
gifts, or enjoy breakfast on the river.
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- You depart for Ca Mau. Arriving in Ca Mau, you will have lunch at the
restaurant then check in to the hotel to rest. Then the car took the group to
visit Dat Mui Ca Mau.
Arrive at Ca Mau Cape - the sacred land of the last homeland on the
map of Vietnam. You will be able to see the scenery with your own eyes and
take souvenir photos at the National Coordinate Marker, the Ca Mau Cape
symbol panel. Visit the mangrove ecosystem at Ca Mau Cape National Park -
World Biosphere Reserve. Visit the flagpole at Ca Mau cape, the statue of
Mother Au Co.
Experience the real beauty of a Ca Mau Mangrove Forest by Tac Rang -
Catch the sunset at Bai Boi.
You travel by boat (vo loa) - this is a popular means of transport for local
people, journey through canals and mangrove forests to the rafts, through
mangrove forests to Bai Boi to welcome the royal family. kiss at sea.
You have dinner then depart for Ca Mau city center to explore and enjoy
Ca Mau specialties at night
Day 3: Ca Mau - Bac Lieu - Can Tho Airport
- 7:30 a.m: You have breakfast at the hotel.
Visit Tac Say Church, also known as Father Diep Church - The most
famous church in the Western region. Coming to Tac Say church, in addition
to visiting the grave of Father Truong Buu Diep, people can admire the
unique architecture of the Catholic church, one of the most beautiful churches
in the western provinces.
Visiting Mother Nam Hai - Nam Hai Buddha - Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva
Avalokiteśvara Monument serves the religious needs of a large number of
compatriots and people working in the sea.
Have lunch, stop to shop for specialties in Soc Trang. Continue the journey
to Can Tho City. The car takes you to Can Tho Airport. And end of the
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3.2.4.2. Hanoi – Land Of Tay Do (3d2n)
Day 1: Hanoi – Can Tho – Binh Thuy – Con Son (Lunch, Dinner)
- 6:00 am: You move to Noi Bai airport, check in for the flight to Can Tho.
Car and tour guide pick you up at Can Tho airport. Then you return to the
restaurant for lunch. You check in to the hotel and rest
- 13:50: Start your Can Tho travel journey with attractive destination:
Binh Thuy Communal House: National historical relic, a work with unique
architecture imbued with Vietnamese national cultural identity during the
Southern reclamation period. Has special significance in the spiritual life of
Binh Thuy people.
Binh Thuy Ancient House: the house was built in 1870 with unique
French-style architecture and is owned by the Duong family. This ancient
house is one of the few ancient houses still intact to this day. This place is also
the setting of many movies such as: "Tay Do Beauty", "Distant Roads", "Debt
of Life"..., especially the movie "Lover" by French Director JJ.Annaud
famous.
The group continued the boat journey through Con Son, an interesting
community tourist destination with idyllic beauty typical of the West. Coming
here, you can visit extremely attractive tourist attractions:
+ Visit the raft fish village: here you can manually drop bait to feed the
fish with fish such as red tilapia, squint, or watch the special performance of
tens of thousands of snakehead fish jumping on the water surface here.
+ Visit the orchard with all kinds of fruits such as: longan, papaya,
grapefruit,... you can enjoy fresh, seasonal fruits freshly picked at the garden.
Say goodbye to Con Son, you return to Can Tho city center.
- 18:30: The group has dinner on the Can Tho Cruise - admire the Hau
River at night, enjoy amateur music. Free to walk around Ninh Kieu Wharf,
Can Tho Pedestrian Bridge, Ninh Kieu Night Market...

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Day 2: Cai Rang Floating Market - Noodle Oven – Truc Lam Phuong
Nam Zen Monastery – My Khanh Tourist Village - Khmer Pagoda – Ong
Pagoda
- 6 am: Have breakfast. Depart for Ninh Kieu wharf and board a boat to
visit famous sights of Can Tho.
Cai Rang Floating Market: is one of the largest floating markets in the
Mekong Delta. You have the opportunity to discover the typical river trading
culture of the Southern people with all kinds of fruits and specialties of the
Western river region.
Sau Hoai Lu Tieu: You have the opportunity to learn about the traditional
noodle making process, enjoy the delicious dish Hu Tieu Pizza (Crispy
Noodles) which is processed extremely elaborately, deliciously and
attractively.
Truc Lam Phuong Nam Zen Monastery: It is the largest monastery in the
Mekong Delta, bearing the architectural culture of the Ly - Tran dynasties
with Buddha statues carved from Du Sam wood over 800 years old. You are
free to visit the temple and burn incense for your loved ones.
Stop at My Khanh Tourist Village: Visitors visit the garden of more than 8
hectares with more than 20 varieties of luxuriant fruit trees, the ancient houses
of the South for more than 100 years, watching attractive pig and dog racing
and participate in crocodile fishing games, rowing on the river...
Experience becoming Southern farmers in their tunics and participate in
slapping ditches to catch fish. The caught fish will be processed into dishes in
the style of "Southern urgency" cuisine.
- 11:30: Have lunch with Western dishes.
- 13h15: Return to Can Tho city center on the way to visit:
Khosa Rangsay Pagoda (Pitu Pagoda): also known as Vien Quang Pagoda,
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pagoda in the Mekong Delta because of its sophisticated and splendid
architecture. .
Ong Pagoda: A typical temple of the Southern Chinese people with a
history of more than 100 years. The place to worship Quan Thanh De Quan,
Ba Thien Hau Thanh Mau... coming here you can pray for peace and
happiness for your loved ones nearby.
Can Tho Ancient Market: This is considered the market with the most
beautiful architecture in the Mekong Delta, a place to gather and trade goods
from the Cochinchina region of six provinces, associated with the ancient
lifestyle of the people. Mekong Delta. Free time to shop for souvenirs for
relatives and friends
- 18:50: Dinner at the restaurant. Free time to rest and explore Can Tho at
night.
Day 3: Goodbuye guests (breakfast)
- 6:30: Have breakfast at the hotel. Rest in the hotel until flight time to
check out of the hotel.
Mekong Adventure takes you to Can Tho Airport to check in for a flight
back to Hanoi. Farewell – End of tour program.
3.2.4.3. Tour 3: My Tho – Ben Tre – Can Tho (2d1n)
Day 1: City Ho Chi Minh – Vinh Trang Pagoda – Thien Son Isle – Ben
Tre – Can Tho. (Lunch/Dinner)
- Morning: Car and tour guide will pick you up at the meeting point.
The vehicle will move along the route from Ho Chi Minh City
Expressway to Trung Luong. On the way, the group will stop by: Mekong
Restop - This is the first stop when arriving in My Tho. After that, the group
will take a commemorative photo here.
The car will continue to roll, taking you to the next attraction: Vinh
Trang Pagoda - This pagoda was built in the 19th century by Mr. and Mrs. Bui
Cong Dat. The temple's architectural lines intersect between Europe and Asia.
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Vinh Trang Pagoda was recognized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and
Tourism as a national monument.
After that, the whole group will move to My Tho Cruise Port to board
the Tien River cruise ship. Visitors will be able to see the four dunes Long,
Lan, Quy, Phung and see the Rach Mieu bridge. The boat runs along the
floating fish rafts so that you can better understand how the people here make
a living by farming fish on the river.
The train will stop for visitors to visit Thoi Son Island, where visitors
will be:
+ Stroll along the village road.
+ Visit people's houses and green-skinned pomelo gardens up to
5,000m2.
+ Visit the honey farm and enjoy the delicious lemon honey tea.
+ Enjoy Don Ca Tai Tu and eat fruit for free.
Canoeing into the small canals, watching the rows of nipa coconuts and
relaxing with the simple natural scenery of the garden.
After returning to the big boat, the boat will take you to Ben Tre. Here are
some very interesting activities:
+ Visit Ben Tre's specialty coconut candy oven.
+ Visit the rice paper oven in Tan Trach commune.
+ Experience riding a horse-drawn carriage on a country road.
- Afternoon: The group has lunch with rustic dishes at the restaurant.
The group will return to the ship to My Tho, continuing the Can Tho tour.
Upon arrival in Can Tho, you will check in and rest freely.
- Evening: The car will take you to Ninh Kieu wharf. The delegation will
have a meal on a 5-star yacht, enjoy Western dishes and listen to Southern
Don Ca Tai Tu.
After eating, the car will take the group back to the hotel to rest. You
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Day 2: Floating only the tooth - My Khanh Kdl –Truc Lam Zen
Monastery - Purple House – Ho Chi Minh City (Breakfast/Lunch)
- Morning: After having a meal at the restaurant, the group will move to
Ninh Kieu wharf. You will be able to sit on a boat to enjoy the beautiful
scenery on the river. The group will visit:
+ Fishing port, Can Tho market, Quang Trung bridge
Cai Rang Floating Market - This floating market has existed for a long
time and is one of the largest floating markets in the Mekong Delta. Hundreds
of ships and boats trade and exchange goods here. The scene is extremely
bustling and vibrant.
My Khanh Tourist Area - Here, the delegation will visit the noodle
making village, fruit garden, My Khanh flower garden, bird's nest cave,
ancient house more than 100 years old. Along with that are interesting
entertainment activities such as dog racing, pig racing, monkey circus,...
Truc Lam Phuong Nam Zen Monastery with extremely unique cultural
architecture of the Ly - Tran dynasties.
- Noon: The group has lunch at My Khanh KDL restaurant. After a free
lunch break, the car will take you to hot attractions today:
Coffee - Purple House Film Studio - This is currently the hottest check-
in location in Tay Do. Everything here is covered in purple, which looks
extremely pleasing to the eye. This purple color has captivated the hearts of
many people who like to take photos (at own expense).
After that, the convoy will say goodbye to Can Tho and return to
Saigon.
- Afternoon: Car returns to Saigon, ending the tour.
CONCLUDE
Promoting tourism advantages and potentials is very important for tourism
development. Tourism advantages and potential directly affect tourism
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factors in creating tourism products, creating attractiveness for tourists and
creating nuances and specific characteristics for local tourism. The more types
of tourism potential a locality has with high quality and a rich and favorable
combination of types, etc., the greater the tourist attraction. At the same time,
capturing the advantages of tourism will help invest in tourism development,
avoid waste in the process of exploiting tourism potential, increase the
attractiveness and competition for tourism. Therefore, the issue of studying
the advantages and potentials of tourism is very important for the
development of local tourism. Can Tho city has many advantages and tourism
potential. Can Tho is a centrally run city, located in the center of the Mekong
Delta region (Mekong Delta)
The traffic hub connecting localities in the region with the Southeast
region and going to the whole country, at the same time, Can Tho is also
considered an urban area in the river region. It can be seen that Can Tho has
many potentials, advantages and favorable conditions for tourism
development such as the potential for development of river and garden
tourism, urban tourism, tourism to discover national culture and tourism.
agricultural civilization....
With its position as the center of the Mekong Delta region and rich
indigenous resources, over the past time, Can Tho city has been promoting the
exploitation and development of various types of tourism, striving to achieve
the goal of developing tourism. "turning Can Tho city into a tourist center and
coordinating visitors for the whole region, one of the tourism development
centers of the country".
The strength of specific tourism products is urban river ecology; Tourism
associated with historical and cultural relics and MICE tourism (tourism
combined with conferences, incentives, events, exhibitions). Therefore, the
construction and development of city tourism products are focused on
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 With the characteristics of an ecological urban area and rivers covering
more than 60% of the suburban area, surrounded by an intricate system of
rivers and canals, Can Tho City has a lot of potential in developing
agricultural tourism. Can Tho city currently has 3 outstanding community
tourism clusters associated with agricultural ecology, which are Con Son
community tourism (in Bui Huu Nghia ward, Binh Thuy district), garden
house community (in Phong Dien district ), Tan Loc island (in Tan Loc ward,
Thot Not district).
 Orientation and solutions for tourism product development
- Orientation for tourism product development
Based on the potential of tourism resources, Can Tho can exploit and
develop the following tourism products: Urban tourism (Ninh Kieu wharf,
Ninh Kieu district, and other neighboring areas such as Cai Rang, Binh Thuy,
O Mon), MICE tourism (concentrated in Ninh Kieu area, can later expand to
Binh Thuy, O Mon), Resort tourism (Tan Loc island), Cultural tourism ( Ninh
Kieu, Binh Thuy, Phong Dien), Garden eco-tourism (Phong Dien), River eco-
tourism (Tan Loc island, Son island, Cai Rang), River eco-tourism (along Hau
river and Can Tho River), Urban entertainment activities (Ninh Kieu, Cai
Rang, high-end entertainment at Au Islet, Cai Khe Islet (Song Hau Resort)
 Orientations and solutions to diversify and develop specific tourism
products
Exploit the city's tourism potentials and advantages to form attractive and
highly competitive tourism product lines. Prioritize and focus on developing
Ninh Kieu Wharf tourist destination (one of 7 national tourist destinations)
and developing specific products, including: (i) tourism to experience river
life - craft villages - floating market; (ii) garden ecotourism; (iii) tourism to
learn about cultural heritage, urban tourism. Consolidate and develop
products: resort tourism and entertainment.
(i) Travel to experience river life - craft villages - floating markets
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 Developing tourism to experience river life - craft villages - floating
markets: exploiting the advantages of orchards, interlaced rivers and canals,
dunes, islands, craft villages and Cai Rang floating market... to develop
experiential tourism. Tourists have the opportunity to experience the beauty of
the river city, easily "see and feel" the images of boats and dinghies gliding
gently on the river, admiring the luxuriant orchards, laden with fruit, and
moments of shopping. selling on the river, bustling boats and boats...
exploiting river eco-tours to visit Cai Rang floating market, fruit orchards,
garden spots producing traditional specialties, unique and attractive dishes
leading,... located along river routes in Cai Rang, Phong Dien, dunes and
islets...
Exploit craft villages and handicraft product production facilities to
develop craft village tourism, visit and experience the life and culture of local
people. Craft villages bring local culture, and at the same time, people's
livelihood. Therefore, when developing, it is necessary to ensure that people
benefit in tourism development. Craft villages need to be invested in and
developed to create diverse products and meet the shopping needs of tourists.
(ii) Garden ecotourism
Developing river eco-tourism along the island and islands: Can Tho has
01 island and 03 large islands on the Hau River. These dunes are attractive
eco-tourism areas with river and garden features that other places do not have.
Tan Loc Island has the largest area (Thot Not district), forming a river
community eco-tourism area. Con Khuong (Ninh Kieu district) develops
tourism with services associated with urban areas, in the direction of urban
development. Con Son (Ninh Kieu and Binh Thuy districts) develops
community river eco-tourism and river-type resorts. Con Au is the most
beautiful dune with the unique feature of Can Tho bridge that crosses the
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large tourist complex, including high entertainment services. Can Tho level.
Currently, Novaland Group has initially implemented project investment here.
Developing community-based tourism in rural villages, craft villages,
especially, Tan Loc island can exploit river community eco-tourism in
combination with craft village tourism.
Developing garden eco-tourism: Exploiting the advantage of gardens with
vast orchards, vast fields, interlaced rivers and a bold Southern culture. Form
and develop garden eco-tourism destinations, while strengthening the capacity
of very successful exploitation sites such as My Khanh Tourist Garden, Ba
Cong Garden, Vam Xang Garden, Giao Duong Garden, Vu Binh, Muoi
Cuong, ... to improve competitiveness with neighboring provinces. Besides, to
be able to develop, it is necessary to be associated with urban development
such as associated with the development of South Can Tho Urban Area when
hotels and socio-economic projects, parks, many amusement parks are
formed. For inefficient commercial garden sites, they need to be invested and
re-directed accordingly.
Ecotourism garden sites need to create unique and attractive tourism
products for tourists such as visiting the garden, picking fruit and enjoying it
in the garden, participating in fun cultural activities, activities of local people.
Applying agricultural technology processes creates "clean" fruits and
vegetables... for tourists to visit and enjoy specialties processed into dishes
right in the garden.
(iii) Tourism to learn cultural heritage, urban tourism
Developing cultural tourism: sightseeing, festivals, historical sites in Ninh
Kieu, Binh Thuy and Phong Dien areas. The tourism resources associated
with Can Tho's culture and history are also very attractive to international
tourists, including a variety of tangible and intangible cultural heritage.
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 + Exploiting cultural relics of ethnic groups such as Chinese relics such as
temples and assembly halls (Ong Pagoda, Hiep Thien Cung, etc.) bearing
Chinese ethnic culture, cultural features located in the heart of urban areas.
Can Tho. It is possible to connect heritage (Chinese and Kinh heritage,
Khmer, Cham...) to form a cultural heritage tourism itinerary or organize tours
associated with festivals.
+ Exploiting historical architectural relics and works that have been
associated with the Can Tho - Tay Do landmark throughout history and have
been ranked at national and city levels; Historical and revolutionary relics
serve patriotic media education. Exploit these resources to serve the type of
cultural tourism to learn about architecture, the history of the development of
poetry and the history of revolution. This group of resources needs to be
protected, renovated, developed projects and find investment capital to
maintain and develop. The urbanization process may affect these monuments,
so a strategy is needed to protect the heritage.
+ Exploiting intangible cultural heritage:
Festivals according to traditional customs, festivals of ethnic groups (such as
Kinh, Hoa, Khmer,...) ... serve the needs of understanding the culture of
indigenous peoples. Can Tho can organize festivals associated with cultural
events of the city and the Mekong Delta such as food festivals, folk cake
festivals, Don ca tai tu festival, fruit festivals, etc.
Don ca tai tu is a local cultural identity, meeting the public's demand for
enjoyment. However, at present, when tourists come to Can Tho to enjoy
"Don ca tai tu", there is no point to fully enjoy it. It is the responsibility of the
management agencies to find practical and feasible solutions to protect and
promote the artistic values of Don Ca Tai Tu and at the same time contribute
to serving the needs of local tourism development.
 Consolidate and develop resort and entertainment tourism products

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 Develop resort tourism and entertainment: develop resort tourism in the
dunes and islands, forming high-class river resorts combined with the
following types of entertainment: including fun river activities. The resorts
will take advantage of the rich natural environment in the islands and islands
and diversify the tourist segments that attract Can Tho.
Diversify tourism products with complementary products, including:
community tourism, agricultural - rural tourism, tourism to learn about
historical - revolutionary relics, commercial - conference tourism -
conferences - events (MICE), study and medical tourism.

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 APPENDIX

Administrative map of Can Tho City Transport infrastructure map of Can

( resource: bản đồ Việt Nam)
Tho City
(resource:Dulich đia phương)

A part of Can Tho city Can Tho Bridge

(resource:zing.vn) (resource: wemekong)
Tourist destination

Ong Pagoda My Khanh Ecotourism Village

(resource:vietnam destination) (resource: thamhiemmekong.com)

Bang Lang Stork Garden Can Tho Cai Rang floating market
(resource: daidoanket)
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 (resource: gody.vn)
Tourist route

Phu Quoc Island Cai Rang floating market

(resource: vinpearl.com)
(resource: TTXVN)

Phuong Nam Truc Lam Zen Monastery Experience making your own
(resource: vntrip)
noodles
( resources: senvangtour.vn)
Tour program.

Ninh Kieu night market Binh Thuy ancient house

(resource: vinpearl.com) (resource:luhanhvietnam.com)

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