VIENAM CAN THO - RIVER

CAN THO is a region of river and water

Can Tho is located in the middle downstream and in the central location of Mekong Delta Region, stretching over 55 km along the Western Bank of Hau River with a total natural area of over 1401 square kilometer.

Can Tho city includes 5 urban districts and 4 suburban districts with 85 administration units of commune,  ward and township. Can Tho has a population of approximate 1.4 million people with 3 main ethnic groups of Kinh, Khmer and Chinese. The climate in Can Tho is relatively temperate with the average temperature of 25 degree Celsius – 27 degree Celsius all year around. The city has been known as a “river and water urban area” because of an interlaced network of rivers and canals with the total length of 1157 km in which there are 3 main rivers of Hau River, Cai Lon River and Can Tho River.

ECOLOGICAL GARDEN TOURISM

Can Tho has many potentials for tourism development in which the most outstanding tourism type is ecological garden tourism with vast orchards, rice fields, interlaced rivers and canals and typical culture of Mekong Delta region.

VISITING NING KIEU WHARF…..

“Can Tho has Ninh Kieu Wharf, beautiful river and many beautiful girls”

Can Tho people are proud of Ninh Kieu Wharf, a wonderful natural landscape next to gentle and dreamlike Hau River. Back in time, when road transportation was not yet developed, this was a famous and busy commercial place throughout the South where boats and ships anchored to trade and exchange goods. Today, Ninh Kieu Wharf is called as Ninh Kieu Park where a cultural place, a noisy tourism boat wharf where the tourist can hire boats to visit floating market ( Cho Noi) or travel along Hau river to enjoy the charming river, water landscaped and cool winds from Hau River. Especially, when the night comes, the shimmering and magical light of the silver moon and colourful lights make Ninh Kieu Wharf even more charming and attractive.

VISITING CAI RANG FLOATING MARKET

The interlaced network of rivers, ditches and canals is very suitable for waterway transportation development. Therefore, from long time ago, floating market was formed as a unique market with typical trading culture of river and water region. After many centuries, road transportation has been developed; the on river market type has still existed as a charm attracting many tourists.

The most common goods traded here are fruits, vegetables of Mekong Delta Region.A unique feature which makes floating markets more attractive is that the boat owners do not cry their wares but use a bamboo to hang fruits , vegetables which is called” Beo tree” so that the buyers can recognize the goods. Besides, Cai Rang floating market also provides all other common services which can be found in other normal markets such as foods and drinks, petroleum station, grocery, machine repair shop, hairdresser.

About 6 km away from the center of Can Tho city, the floating market is located on Can Tho River, right at Cai Rang bridge section. The market is normally opened up from early morning to around 9am. The most suitable time for visiting the market is from 6 am to 8am which is the nosiest time of the market. The tourist may visit the floating market by 2 ways:

1.       Waterway: Hiring a boat from Ninh Kieu Wharf to arrive at the floating market within around 30 minutes.

2.       Road and waterway : Travelling by car to An Binh Market ( under Cai Rang Bridge), then hiring a boat to arrive at the floating market

BANG LANG STORK GARDEN

Bang Lang Stork Garden is located about 60 km away from the city center. It is about 2 km from National highway to the stork garden and the tourist can arrive this garden by small boats or motorbikes. The garden is about 1.5 ha in wide where is the home of more than 10 thousands of birds, storks, cormorant etc and thousands of birds of different types. The most suitable time for seeing storks overshadowing the sky is at sunrise (5 am to 7 am) or sunset (5pm to 6pm)

Address: Thoi Thuan ward, Thot Not District, Can Tho City

CAN THO ANCIENT MARKET

Can Tho ancient market is located within the overall architectures of Ninh Kieu Wharf which was constructed from more than 100 years ago, at the same time with Ben Thanh Market and Binh Tay Market in ho Chi Minh city. After many times of upgrading and changing using purposes from traditional vegetable and fish market, Can Tho market today has become a place to sell fine arts and souvenirs to tourists everywhere. From the front of the market overlooking the river, Sao Hom restaurant is very beautiful and elegant. Here, the tourist may enjoy cool winds from Hau river and watch the scenery of the river with boats and ships travelling while enjoying European –Asian dishes at the restaurant.