Portal Can Tho

Visiting Can Tho

Fermented pangasius (tra fish) – a new product of Tan Loc Island – Can Tho city

Tan Loc Island in Thot Not district, Can Tho city was known as a sweet island because in the past, there were a lot of households in Tan Loc growing sugar canes to make sugar. Nowadays, this island is called Fish Island because currently, the households have focused on raising a lot of catfish including tra fish and ba sa fish.

An interesting three-day-two-night trip to enjoy in the Western region

Holiday time is enough for you to explore a very characteristic corner of the Western region with two destinations namely Can Tho and Dong Thap.

The most 12 famous and attractive tourism sites in Can Tho

Cai Rang floating market, Ninh Kieu wharf, ect. are attractive destinations for tourists when coming to Can Tho.

Visiting Island

About 40 kilometers far away from the center of Can Tho city, the Tan Loc island (in Tan Loc ward, Thot Not district) attracts tourists with endless orchards, ancient houses and simple lifestyles of people in the South - west of Viet Nam. Coming to the island, visitors will get interesting experiences of the “Sweet island” which is on the development of tourism.

Guava Salad, a delicious dish in Tan Loc island

Located in the middle of Hau river and enriched by alluvium, Tan Loc island has many specialties. The inhabitants in the island have created lots of delicious dishes from fruits in their gardens, highlighted the local cuisine.

Cai Rang Floating Market

Cai Rang floating market is located on Cai Rang river, Cai Rang district. It is about 5 km away from the center of Can Tho city and about 15 minutes away from Ninh Kieu quay by motorbike and 30 minutes away by boat.

Ninh Kieu Pedestrian Bridge

Ninh Kieu Pedestrian Bridge is the first footbridge in the Mekong delta region. It is modernly built with semi-permanent reinforced concrete at a cost of 49.6 billion VND.

Two dishes in Can Tho continue to set the Vietnam Record

The Vietnam Record Organization has just announced the list of 100 dishes and specialties of Vietnam 2018. Two dishes of Can Tho which were honored to contribute the list, were “Bánh tét lá cẩm” (Vietnamese cylindrical sticky rice with magenta plant cake) and “Vịt nấu chao” (Braised duck in fermented tofu).

Thoi Nhut Flower Village

Thoi Nhut Flower Village is also called Ba Bo Flower Village. It is located in An Binh Commune, An Binh District, Can Tho city and has a history of more than half a century. The village usually becomes vibrant and bustling in many days before Tet holidays.

Com Ruou (Fermented Glutinous Rice Balls) village in Thot Not

After crossing Thot Not Bridge, we turn left and go for about 6 kilometer to get to Trung Thanh Commune. In this place, almost all local people can show us how to go to the village producing fermented glutinous rice balls. Following the instructions of the indigenous people, we go more than a kilometer to Ba Dang Rivulet, along which there are 80-90 households making fermented glutinous rice balls. This area is in Thanh Phuoc and Thanh Phuoc 2 Village of the edge of Thot Not District (Can Tho City). Mrs. Huynh Thi Diem, Vice Chairwoman of Trung Thanh Women's Association, says, "Here, two out of every three households make Com Ruou as a way to earn their living.

Visit the isle

About 40 km away from the center of Can Tho City, Tan Loc Isle (Tan Loc Ward, Thot Not District) attracts tourists with green orchards laden with fruits, ancient houses and friendly, rustic lifestyle of South-western people. Visit the island, visitors will have interesting experiences of the "sweet island" which is on track to develop tourism.

Phong Dien Floating Market

Phong Dien floating market is located on the Can Tho River, Phong Dien Town. The market is about 17 km from Can Tho City to the southeast.

Fruit orchards in Can Tho

Star apple season has returned in Phong Dien

Star apple is a specialty fruit in the South of Vietnam loved by almost everyone because of its delicious taste and lightly sweet flavor. Star apple season starts from December and lasts through Lunar New Year.

Lumos Coffee & Cake

Highlands Garden Café

Arousing the vitality of heritage in Can Tho

The People’s Committee of Can Tho city issued the Decision approving the project on Preserving and Promoting the value of intangible cultural heritage of Can Tho city to 2020. The two main points of the project are preserving and promoting the value of intangible cultural heritage to have practical effect which is suitable with the socio- economic development requirement of the city and have a connection with the Mekong Delta and the whole country. This is also a foundation for preserving and promoting the value of intangible cultural heritage of Can Tho city to 2020.

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