20/02/2017
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WHAT TO SEE AND DO IN CAN THO
1. PHONG DIEN FLOATING MARKET
Phong Dien Floating Market is one of the most outstanding ones in Mekong River Delta. This market is the only one in MeKong River open from dawn to dusk. Products in Phong Dien Floating Market are diverse and abundant.
Phong Dien Floating Market is one of 7 busiest floating markets in Mekong River Delta. Phong Dien Floating Market is famous as a place of selling and exchanging goods, a compelling attraction in Mekong Delta. The market is located at the intersection of three rivers, where CanTho River separates from Hau River. The market is about 17 km from Can Tho City to the southeast. This market is usually open at around 4 to 5 am when the sun is rising, and up to7 to 8 am it starts to close.
Unlike Cai Rang Floating Market, Phong Dien Floating Market not just sells agricultural products, but also other various ones. In the market, there are boats selling household and working tools such as canoes, boats, roofing sheets, knives, hoes, machete, and fishing tools like fishing nets, or weaving products as baskets, and all kinds of general domestic and foreign cargoes. In addition, the market also sells many types of food: noodle soup, noodle with toasted meat, rice soup, Hu Tieu, and coffee, etc. In particular, there are dozens of ferry and vessels anchoring at the river's bank. They are ready to take tourists to visit the floating market. Shipowners are often the locals, thus they should be able to work as "concierge". After sightseeing and shopping at the floating market, tourists can move down to Tra Nien Canal to visit the grave of Bachelor Phan Van Tri, or visit villages, orchards, and immerse in simple but warm life of farmers in Nhon Ai, Nhon Nghia, Tan Thoi, and Truong Lac communes which have been a famous horticultural economic area.
Currently, there are new services in this market such as floating petrol station with a capacity of several thousand liters sold to ships, boats back and forth, machine repair "shops", tailor shops with quick-service for customers. Generally, all items in inland market are presented in the floating market, catering to customers purchasing on the river. In this market, big boats and small boats can anchor anywhere to exchange their goods, while "ghe" - a type of smaller boat, is used as a means of moving trading vehicle to sell fruits and juice to tourists. One of the unique features of boats infloating markets in Mekong Deltain general and in Phong Dien Floating Market in particular is the pillar with products hung on. This pillar is often a part of bamboo tree plugged in front of the boat. The form of promoting and selling products is a unique culture feature only at floating market without noisy and gushy "ad language", but exotic and appealing buyers. They just need look the pillar to find what to buy.
Phong Dien Floating Market is open quite early from dawn, like Cai Rang Floating Market. The period from 7 to 8 am is the busiest time here. However, unlike Cai Rang Floating Market closing at about 9 am, Phong Dien Floating Market remains trading activities until the afternoon, not only exchanging agricultural products, but also supplying domestic tools, working and producing tools... Due to this trait, tourists if miss to visit the market in its busiest moment, they can still drop by here late and enjoy idyllic scenery on the river with boats carrying hoes, machetes or baskets are still trading and ready to serve buyers when needed. Once traveling Can Tho and dropping by Cai Rang Floating Market, you will find a big difference between Cai Rang and Phong Dien floating markets. Not only selling agricultural products, working tools, Phong Dien Floating market also has a gasoline station, department-store boats, mobile tailor "shop", machine repair shop open during the day as markets on the ground, making itself so special and always bring a lot of amazing sense for tourists at any time of the day. In Mekong Delta travel, floating markets seem indispensable sights. When visiting Phong Dien Floating Market, you will have not only the most typical experiences of floating markets, but also have the opportunity to feel the real life of local people in Mekong Delta River. Whether markets are located on land or on vast rivers, Phong Dien retains its own characteristics, no matter how time-lapse changes. Today, although roads are developed in remote rural areas of Can Tho City in particular and Mekong River Delta in general, but markets on river still exist, along with follows of water, which brings a unique culture of Mekong River Delta.
2. CAI RANG FLOATING MARKET
Cai Rang Floating Market is one of the most outstanding one in Mekong River Delta. The market is not just a crowsed trading area, but also a unique cultural space in Can Tho. If the Northern Vietnam characterized by colorful fairs of mountainous people, Southern Vietnam has fairs on rivers, known as floating markets. With its unique culture, floating markets are attracting domestic and international tourists in Mekong tours of shopping. Cai Rang Floating Market is the place of exchanging and trading agricultural products, fruits, goods, food as well as an eating area. It is the outstanding attraction in Can Tho.
The name of this market has been existing for a long time, but its origin has not been clear. Legendarily, when this land was being explored, there was a big crocodile coming. Its teeth were plugged into the river's bank, thus, the land was called Cai Rang (means a tooth). In a book related to southern language, Mr. Vuong Hong Sen mentioned that Cai Rang has its origin from Khmer language - "karan" means a molded clay stove. Khmer people made a lot of "karan" and sold them everywhere in this land. Since then, local people pronounced "karan" into Cai Rang. So far, along with Cai Be Floating Market of Tien Giang Province, Cai Rang Floating Market has long been known by domestic and foreign tourists as one of two most famous floating markets in Southwestern Vietnam.
The floating market came into being by the habits and diverse and rich garden products of people living near rivers and canals. There are many ways to exchange goods, but in Mekong River Delta people often use boats as major transport and all trading activities take place on boats. Every boat has a long upright pole at its bow on which samples of the goods for sale are hung. During the early morning market hours, larger sized boats anchor and create lanes that smaller boats weave in and out of. The waterway becomes a maze of hundreds of boats packed with mango, bananas, papaya, pineapple, and even smuggled goods like ci******es. Sellers do not have to cry out about their goods because their goods can be seen in a distance and their cries would not be heard in the vastness of the river and the noise of boat engines. Small boats that sell beer, soft drinks and wine go among the other boats to serve market-goers and visitors. Sellers tie their goods to a tall pole so that buyers can see from a distance what they are selling. Each boat is loaded with plenty of seasonal goods. Activities at the market are also an occasion for tourists to study the cultural aspects of southerners.
Cai Rang Floating Market is located on Cai Rang River, about 6 km from the city center by road, and about 30 minutes by boat from Ninh Kieu Pier. It is open from the early morning to about 8 or 9 am. Tourists often visit this market at about 7 or 8 am which is seen as the best time to drop by here, as this is the most exciting and crowded moment of the market. This market does not open in lunar festive days as the first and second days of the first lunar month, Doan Ngo Festival (the fifth day of the fifth lunar month). Due to the need of marketers, products in this market are various from boats of fruits, agricultural products, to many other types of items and food: Pho, Hu tieu, coffee and small floating restaurants, etc. The boats are usually small ones, creep on the river to serve tourists going shopping and sightseeing. The main and unique feature of Cai Rang Floating Market is the place of selling fruits and specialties of Mekong Delta River. Previously, floating markets were formed due to roads and vehicles on road had not been developed yet, while the need of trading and exchanging goods was high, people had to gather on rivers by boats to do business. Now, in spite of widely developed road transportation, floating markets exist and become more and more bustling.
Cai Rang Floating Market is specialized as a wholesale market of fruits, agricultural products of the region. Goods here are concentrated in a large number. Each item is classified equally in quality and size. If local people and surrounding areas often use middle-size boats, canoes to carry agricultural products to consume here, the big boats are owned by traders to deliver fruit to everywhere, even Cambodia and China. Soaking up in the bustling atmosphere of the special market, you can observe and learn life of many families with several generations living together on boats. There are boat as "mobile apartment" on the river with flower pots, animals, and full interior such as TV, DVD, stereo, and including motorcycle parked on the boat. Not only is the vehicle used to purchase and deliver, but it is also the residence of traders' family. All daily activities take place on boats. The traders will hang their things to sell on a long pillar attached to the boat to invite customers. You will realize what they sell without asking.
Cai Rang Floating Market is one of the most fascinating attractions in Can Tho. This is a very special cultural feature in Mekong Delta, attracting many tourists, especially foreign ones. The skiffs carrying fruits to sell tourists run all their capacity. Small hands of local people give bunches of yellow bananas as if they are moving a beam of sunlight into another boat, accompanied by simple English sentences uttered by sellers, which makes many tourists surprised by the friendliness of the locals. Cai Rang Floating Market is only a few kilometers from Can Tho City. It is quite convenient for tourists to enjoy the cultural life in Hau Giang River. This is the destination of many Mekong tours. Your Mekong Delta trip will not be complete if you miss to drop by Cai Rang Floating Market in Can Tho.
3. ONG PAGODA
Ong Pagoda is home to organize cultural and religious activities of the Chinese in Can Tho. Over 100 years of existence, it is one of rare pagodas in Can Tho almost intactly retaining the architecture as its origin, which attracts numerous tourists. Located right in the Can Tho city center overlooking immense Ninh Kieu Pier, Ong Pagoda, also known as Quang Trieu (Guang Zhao) Assembly Hall was built on a land area of over 500m². It was formerly the assembly hall of the Chinese group from Guangzhou and Zhaoqing (Guangd**g, China) under the migration flows in the 17 - 18 century. The pagoda was built in 1894 and has been existed so far with the architecture kept almost intactly from appearance to sculpt features in internal chancel. Almost materials such as wood and stone pillars as plinths, parallel sentences, beams, copper bells, incensory... were taken from Guangd**g. It is only unique architectures that has brought Ong Pagoda to become one of the most enchanting tourist attractions in Can Tho alluring tourists.
Ong Pagoda is remarkable thanks to unique architecture, vivid colors decorated with porcelain human figures reproducing Chinese classics and legends on the roof and both sides of three-gate entrance. Two stone pillars of three-gate entrance are decorated with pairs of lions, yin-yang tiled roofs and dark blue enamel pipe-tiled roofs. Top of the gate is designed with 2 dragons flanking the moon made from colorful ceramics. The entire pagoda architecture is built in the shape of "Quoc" (national) in kanji with the closed blocks perpendicular each other. There is a space in the middle of the pagoda called the sky well courtyard. The courtyard houses the potted plants and incense table which are typical architecture of China. Discovering Ong Pagoda is definitely one of the most impressive things to do in Can Tho.
As one of the most famous pagodas in Can Tho, Ong Pagoda owns extremely unique architectural characteristics. In the middle of sanctum is the statue of Quan Cong (Guan Gong) in "Records of the Three Kingdoms" in China's history. It is also the reason why the pagoda is called Ong Pagoda. According to Chinese belief, Guan Gong is a very sacred gods and represents humanity, propriety, righteousness, wisdom and trust. The pagoda also worships Goddess Thien Hau, the guardian deity of the fishermen on the sea and Guanyin representing immense love for mankind. All of these statues are made of many different materials whose facial expressions and postures are under a convention. Exploring the unique architectural characteristics definitely leaves profound impressions to tourists in minds when participating any Can Tho tous in particular and Mekong Delta travel in general.
Unlike other Can Tho pagodas, Ong Pagoda is beautified its majesty thanks to 6 rows of wooden pillars supporting the roof. The system of trusses is elaborately carved. The pagoda is home to numerous spectacular bas-reliefs brilliant colors with the diverse contents which is derived from the Chinese legendary and history, for instance, Records of the Three Kingdoms, Bat Tien, Romance of the States in Eastern Zhou Dynasty... or convention symbols, namely apricot flower, orchid, daisies, bamboo, 2 dragons flanking the moon, phoenix... Especially, the pagoda retains a bronze bell dating back 1892 which is now still nearly intact. Ong Pagoda deserves an impressive Can Tho attractions alluring those who are interested in exploring unique ancient architectural features. Notably, the most famous festival in Ong Pagoda is lantern fighting festival held every 10 years once for the purpose of raising money to help the charitable foundation, build cemeteries, schools and help orphans in the city. All of the locals can comfortably participate in order to possess their own favorite lanterns. According to the conception of Chinese people, owning lanterns is the symbol of luck, success and happiness. In particular, in the war years, the pagoda is home to the large number of the poor fleeing regardless of race, religion or belief. These actions rich humanity increasingly help Ong Pagoda become a must-see tourist site for tourists in the journey of discovering Can Tho travel.
Ong Pagoda is an architectural works retaining high values of culture and history intactly preserved and respectfully preserved by the locals. It is also the venue attracting numerous domestic and foreign tourists to visit.
4. TAY DO NIGHT MARKET
Not only comfortably going shopping souvenirs, tourists to Tay Do Night Market will have a chance to explore the cultural beauty of the locals here. The night market is one of unique cultural highlights of Can Tho tourism strongly attracting tourists. Far about 1km from Can Tho city to the west of Hau River, Tay Do Night Market is situated inside Can Tho International Exhibition. This is the major trading centers of the southern provinces and also one of the amusement parks and appealing tourist attractions in Can Tho. Although operated in recent years, Tay Do Night Market is considered as one of the most enchanting cultural Can Tho attractions, alluring not only the locals but also international tourists participating in Can Tho travel. Tay Do Market is previously the wholesale market transshipping goods with many locals and foreign partners. Tay Do Night Market is also one of the most famousnight markets in Vietnam attracting numerous tourists.
Can Tho is home to preserve the large number of cultural beauty of the South, the typical of which is market culture. Going to Can Tho, tourists will be able to comfortably go to market. They can take the stroll on Cai Rang floating market or Phong Dien floating market in early morning, visit Can Tho Market in the afternoon or set foot on Tay Do Night Market, one of the most popular Can Tho night markets when the city lights up. In the area of Cai Khe ward, Ninh Kieu district, Tay Do Night Market has been established for a very long time. It now has been restoring and has quickly attracted residents and tourists.
Discovering products sold on the market as well as the lively atmosphere of the night market will certainly be one of the exciting things to do in Can Tho. Hundreds of specialty fruits are neatly sold in the market with attractive colors. Picked up within the day, these fruits are all very fresh and nutritious. The ripe oranges, yellow mangoes and fresh vegetables... are purchased with the affordable prices. In particular, the locals here are also extremely honest and simple-minded; tourists thus can comfortably choose their favorite fruits without any worries. Tourists can buy some rustic gifts like some "banh tet" (sweetened cake made primarily from glutinous rice) or delicious aromatic coconut leaf cake. It is the simple things that contribute to bring Tay Do Night Market to become one of the most bewitching tourist sites in Can Tho tours.
As one of the most famous tourist Can Tho attractions, Tay Do Market is the largest shopping center in the province with the wide range of items and all kinds of commodities such as fresh vegetables, fruits, flowers... The market retains the architecture in harmony with the landscapes surrounding and is inspired with Southern style. It is divided according to each booth, which is extremely scientific, airy, and clean and ensures its aesthetic beauty. The paths in the market are asphalted and extremely spacious. Tay Do Night Market is considered as the miniature Mekong Delta with the rustic and simply living conditions of Southern people, which is apart from the hustle and bustle of a big city in Mekong Delta.
Along with commodities, Tay Do Night Market is home to entertainment services reflecting contemporary rhythms such as electronic games, outdoor music theater and other recreation programs. Going to Tay Do Market in Can Tho tours, tourists will actually experience the fascinating trip along with unforgettable memories. Not only comfortably going shopping gifts and souvenirs or products used in daily life, tourists also have a chance to enjoy the beauty in the living activities of people in the South among the balmy air of the night. All creates a Tay Do Night Market strongly inspired with Nam Bo characteristics and a cultural tourist site of Can Tho travel attracting tourists.
Participating in the night market, tourists will surely have an enjoyable trip. This complex picture realistically sketches the life and the living conditions of residents in the downstream of famous Mekong River. Having the opportunity to set foot on Can Tho visiting Tay Do Night Market, tourists will feel a subtle countryside soul among a noisy and bustling city on the way of developing. Tay Do Night Market is thus one of the highlights of Can Tho tourismstrongly appealing international friends.
5. MY KHANH TOURIST VILLAGE
My Khanh Tourist Village is the fascinating site for those who prefer to explore charming natural scenery and peaceful life of the locals in Mekong Delta. Immersing in the peaceful surroundings of the village will be one of the memorable experiences.
My Khanh Tourist Village is one of the alluring eco-tourism attractions in Can Tho city. With an area of over 50,000m2, My Khanh is situated between Cai Rang floating market and Phong Dien floating market. It is a credibly unique and attractive tourist area, which meets the need of entertainment and relaxation of tourists both at home and abroad. Tourists can easily go to My Khanh Tourist Village by road or waterway through Cai Rang floating market. Here, tourists can comfortably go sightseeing, feel the fresh atmosphere while taking a stroll under the cool shade of trees with the "genuine" rural house hiding under the green canopy.
In particular, the tourist village also houses the typical ancient house in South Vietnam dating from more than 100 years old, which formerly belonged to a landowner in Binh Thuy (Binh Thuy district, Can Tho city as today) had restored and preserved. Visiting the ancient house, tourists will have a chance to feel the ancient space, lifestyle and daily activities of those who had high social status in the old society. My Khanh Tourist Village is worth one of the most impressive tourist Can Tho attractions alluring the large number of tourists both domestic and international. The tourist village attracts over 500 tourists daily. On holidays, weekends or days-off, it welcomes up to thousands of tourists. Tourists setting foot on My Khanh have the opportunity to enjoy Southern cuisine with delicious specialties bringing typical characteristics of the water region such as grilled fish with bamboo pipe, countryside hot pot, grilled snakehead... In particular, tourists enjoy delicious dishes in pretty small cozy huts. In addition to the system of house built in the architectural style of Central Highlands, the tourist village also provides 2 restaurants can accommodating hundreds of tourists. Those who prefer to explore and ascertain about the typical traditional villages here can comfortably discover the ricepaper village and winemaking village behind the ancient house.
Visiting the village, tourists can witness the fairly meticulous process of making ricepaper and the final products are delicious pieces of ricepaper with its typical flavor of the region. Tourists also make ricepaper by themselves as the gifts for their relatives and friends. Sipping a glass of wine with ricepaper wrapping crispy gouramy, tourists will feel the unique unforgettable flavor. The journey of exploring Can Tho travel will be definitely much more memorable when tourists set foot on wonderful My Khanh Tourist Village.
My Khanh Tourist Village is home to more than 20 fruit crops intertwined each other along the entrance paths such as plum, mango, rambutan, jackfruit, durian, and so on which are always lush and laden along with unique delicious flavor giving tourists the gentle, relaxing feelings. In particular, the tourist village also held a great number of appealing folk games and team games such as wood clogs racing, experiencing the bridge of magpie or fishing crocodile... When the night falls down, the village become much more interesting with numerous games such as fishing, trawling, karaoke singing or "vong co" (a kind of traditional folk singing in the South Vietnam) singing, which surely offers tourists the calm and relaxing feelings in the cool space of immense sky at night... Discovering My Khanh Tourist Village will certainly be one of the impressive things to do in Can Tho.
Not only serving the needs of going sightseeing and entertaining, My Khanh Tourist Village also offers restaurants with wide range of diverse menu, which is ready to meet the various tourists' needs on cuisine. Along with other tourist villages in Can Tho, My Khanh Tourist Village also provides tourists the novel and unique culinary experiences of Mekong Delta. Thanks to experienced skilled chefs and professional staff, tourists can have an opportunity to enjoy delicious and tasty dishes of Can Tho cuisine right at the restaurants of My Khanh Tourist Village. Can Tho tours thus are increasingly much more attractive.
My Khanh Tourist Village is a worth a representative of Can Tho city in particular and Mekong Delta tourism in general. It not only is an amusement park and relaxation but also converges lifestyle of the locals in Mekong Delta ancient and modern, urban and rural as well. Tourists will get extremely exciting experiences once setting foot on the tourist area. My Khanh Tourist Village thus displays its significant contributions in promoting Can Tho tourismcloser to tourists both at home and abroad.
6. CAN THO BRIDGE
Along with My Thuan Bridge, Can Tho Bridge significantly contributes in promoting Can Tho tourism in particular and Mekong Delta in general. The bridge is the point of connection between past and future opening a new phase in the development of the city.
Can Tho Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge with the South East Asia's longest main span (main span is 550 meters in length), which was built by Official Development Aid (ODA) of Japanese Government and the reciprocal capital of Vietnamese Government issued by My Thuan Project Management Board (under Ministry of Transportation) as the investor representative. As one of the longest bridges in Can Tho, the total route length is 15.85 km (including part of approach ramp into the bridge on Vinh Long retaining 5,41km long; part of main bridge span and approach ramp owning the length of 2,75km and the approach ramp on Can Tho Bridge owning 7,69km long). The scale of cross-bridge retains 23,1m wide (including 4 lanes for traffic with 3.5m wide each and 2 pedestrian lanes with 2.75m wide each). The bridge ensures 10,000 DWT vessels easily flowing through. Not only owning important significance in terms of economy, Can Tho Bridge is also the fascinating tourist site in Can Tho travel significantly contributing in the development of the city.
In the role of a center city, the engine of growth throughout the region, the role of a developing pole in the key economic region of the country and its position of centrally city type I, Can Tho city with the relatively low starting point will need to develop quickly, strongly and sustainably in the future. In particular, investing in the development and construction of infrastructure is considered as fundamental and critical aspects to the overall development of the city. Can Tho tourism in particular and Mekong Delta in general will find the conditions for its development thanks to the presence of Can Tho Bridge. Therefore, Can Tho bridge put into operation will be a great incentive to promote the development of local cities all over the fields. Discovering Can Tho Bridge is also one of the most unforgettable things to do in Can Tho.
On the benefits of transportation, Can Tho Bridge shortens time of freight and travel demands between Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho and has no traffic jams for hours at the ferry on rush hours, holidays, Tet holiday, which saves considerable time. On the economic benefits, thanks to the appearance of Can Tho Bridge, the freight time of agricultural products and fisheries from the provinces in Mekong Delta to Ho Chi Minh City and the surrounding areas will be faster. In addition, the products will much fresher and cheaper and more exports while reducing transport costs will lead to reduce production costs and increase competitiveness ability. On the benefits of tourism, Can Tho Bridge will be definitely one of the new appealing tourist attractions in Can Tho in the tourism development of the city in particular and Mekong Delta tourism in general.
Currently, the National Highways passing through the territory of Can Tho city (connecting Can Tho Bridge through provinces, namely An Giang, Hau Giang, Kien Giang, Soc Trang, Ca Mau) include National Highway 1 to Ca Mau province; National Highway 91 to An Giang province; National Highway 91B - Nam Song Hau (South of Hau River) road to Soc Trang province and Bac Lieu province along with the path connecting Vi Thanh town, Hau Giang province with Can Tho city having been implementing its construction. Completion of construction works mentioned above will further promote the exploitation of Can Tho Bridge, which contributes to develop Mekong River Delta key economic region and creates a system of continuous road traffic. The system including horizontal axis connecting with the national longitudinal axis and inter-regional transport routes promisingly meets the requirements of exchanges and economic, social, cultural and tourism development among provinces in Mekong Delta region.
As one of exciting Can Tho attractions, Can Tho Bridge significant contributes in promoting the development of economy, society as well as Can Tho tourism. It is regarded as one of the 10 largest bridges at the time of its construction. Not only connecting the riverbanks of Hau River, Can Tho Bridge also plays an important role in the exchange among regions in Mekong River Delta contributing to bring the region's position to be worth its potential and strengths. Can Tho Bridge thus also significantly promotes Mekong Delta travel closer to international friends.
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