Can Gio was shaped from silt washing downstream from the river, so don’t expect to see any white-sand beaches. A few fine resorts have sprung up along the murky 10km shoreline and more are planned to be built in the future, even though it’s difficult to imagine them appealing to foreign tourists . Of more interest […]
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Why Go? The Mekong Delta, which is the ‘rice bowl’ of Vietnam, is a landscape carpeted in a dizzying diversity of greens and slashed with mighty waterways. There is a water world at which restaurants, boats, houses and many markets float on the innumerable rivers, canals and streams that flow through the region like arteries. […]
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Mekong Delta Highlights Kick up red dirt on a motorbike ride to the far-flung corners of Phu Quoc Island. See the sun set across the Gulf of Thailand from a Phu Quoc Island beach. Join in the throngs amid the bustling commerce of the floating markets on a boat trip from Can […]
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As visitors took off in the Mekong Delta, the remarkable small province of Ben Tre was always one ferry beyond the tourist traffic of My Tho and consequently developed at a more languid pace, though the opening of the Rach Mieu Bridge from My Tho funneled more travellers into the area. The town’s sleepy waterfront, […]
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Gateway to the Mekong Delta, My Tho is the capital of Tien Giang province and an important market town – though for the popular floating markets, you’ll need to go on to Can Tho. In the 1680s, My Tho was founded by Chinese refugees fleeing Taiwan after the fall of the Southern Ming dynasty. The […]
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Means of transport to Vinh Long If traveling by guest coach, there are always coaches of express lines to Vinh Long in the Mien Tay bus station in Saigon, such as Mai Linh, Phuong Trang. Otherwise, visitors can take tickets which go to Can Tho or Tra Vinh as well because those destinations pass […]
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Eco-tourism is rapidly blooming in Mekong Delta. It attracts thousands of domestic tourists as well as international tourists to visit and discover the amazing nature. Traveling to the southernmost Ca Mau – Tu Na sanctuary, tourists will have a fantastic moment with the pleasant and peaceful nature. Let’s experience with Mytour to see the picture […]
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Tra Vinh which is one of the most beautiful towns in the Mekong Delta, are still lined with shady trees, harking back to an earlier era. With more than 140 Khmer pagodas dotting the province, Tra Vinh is a quiet destination for exploring the Mekong’s little-touted Cambodian connection. The town itself sees minimal tourist traffic, […]
Read More...The capital of Vinh Long province and plonked about midway between My Tho and Can Tho, Vinh Long is not the biggest town in the Mekong Delta, yet as a major transit hub it can be noisy and bustling nonetheless. Flee the mayhem by heading to the riverfront, where plenty of cafes and restaurants afford […]
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When the French subjugated Indochina in the 19th century, the hope of an independent Kampuchea Krom would be forever destroyed. Even though the majority in southern Vietnam at that time were the ethnic Khmer, the French didn’t incorporate the colony with Cambodia but made it a separate protectorate known as Cochinchina. It was on 4 […]
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