Visiting Can Tho
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Ancient beauty at Binh Thuy Communal House
Coming to Can Tho City, a quiet area that tourists should not ignore is Binh Thuy Communal House, known in the past as Long Tuyen Communal House.
Ancient beauty at Binh Thuy Communal House Located in Binh Thuy Ward, about five
kilometers from the center of Can Tho, the site is not as famous as other sites
in the city such as Binh Thuy Old House, Cai Rang Floating Market, However, the communal house, which has existed for over two centuries, will bring another side of Can Tho’s history with its fine architecture and antiques. Built in the 19th century, the Communal House was named Bon Canh Thanh Hoang on November 9th 1893 by King Tu Duc. Later the Communal House was dedicated to national heroes including Dinh Cong Trang, Nguyen Trung Truc, Bui Huu Nghia and Vo Huy Tap. It was completely renovated in 1910. If you are an architecture enthusiast, you will recognize that the communal house’s architecture is different from communal houses in the north. The front and the back buildings are square, and its side has six rows of columns, and all the columns’ bases are extra-wide, making these buildings more stable. The roofs of the two front buildings were built overlapping each other. The main temple at the rear has three roofs. The top of the roof is covered with statues of people, lions and fish. In the front of the building, there are cement columns. Inside the ancestor-worshipping house, there are altars dedicated to worship the animal gods. It is considered a valuable monument of art and architectural style in the newly-expanded south western area. Although it was built at the beginning of the 20th century, its architecture has many traditional characteristics with carved and engraved wooden boards. Bas-reliefs, lacquered boards and paralleled sentences or royal costumes and old paintings is an interesting area for art lovers. Another impressive thing is the attendance of ong tu (the guard) of the house. He is very old with white hair and slowcoach gait. He will accompany you around the house and show you where to take the best photographs. Some giant trees in the spacious yard shading the house make it more ancient and peaceful. The house is also a venue for traditional
ceremonies and festivals.
Source: The Saigon Times |
Visiting Can Tho
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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.
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An interesting three-day-two-night trip to enjoy in the Western region
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The most 12 famous and attractive tourism sites in Can Tho
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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.
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Guava Salad, a delicious dish in Tan Loc island
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Cai Rang Floating Market
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Ninh Kieu Pedestrian Bridge
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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).
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Thoi Nhut Flower Village
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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.
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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.
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Phong Dien Floating Market
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Fruit orchards in Can Tho
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Star apple season has returned in Phong Dien
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Lumos Coffee & Cake
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Highlands Garden Café
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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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V18 Club
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Them Xua coffee bar
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Muong Thanh Bar Club
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