The tomb and memorial site of Phan Van Tri is about 16 km from the center of Can Tho city. To get there, you follow Nguyen Van Cu street to the foot of Tra Nieng bridge in Phong Dien district, then turn onto the asphalt road along Tra Rieng canal. The tomb and memorial site of Phan Van Tri covers an area of 2,060 m2, including the following constructions: a memorial hall, a gallery house, a tomb site, stone steles that record his famous poems), a lotus pond, ornamental plants, and so on. The tomb and memorial site of Phan Van Tri has become a popular destination for sightseeing, studying, organizing traditional activities, and cultural exchanges of local people as well as tourists.

Every year, on the death anniversary of Bachelor Phan Van Tri (June 22nd), the local authorities and people in Phong Dien district hold a very solemn memorial ceremony in the tomb and memorial site of Phan Van Tri with many interesting events such as an art show, a painting contest, a book exhibition, a calligraphy demonstration, a souvenir, and local specialties display, etc. For the people of Phong Dien district as well as the people of Can Tho city, Bachelor Phan Van Tri's death anniversary has become an annual festival. In 1991, the tomb and memorial site of Phan Van Tri was classified as a National historical relic site by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism.

Phan Van Tri, a patriotic poet, was born in 1830 in Hung Thanh hamlet, Giong Trom district, Ben Tre province, in a family that is deeply affected by Confucian ethics and patriotism. In 1849, he passed his bachelor’s degree, but he did not become a mandarin, because he soon realized the injustice of the society at that time. In 1868, he returned to Nhon Ai village, Phong Dien district in Can Tho province. He became attached to this place and considered Phong Dien as his second homeland. He enjoys his life by teaching, writing poems, and helping people around with his medical knowledge. Phan Van Tri’s poetry expresses the national spirit, patriotism, and love for the people, praising the spirit of patriotic scholars, the beauty of the homeland, etc.

On Lunar May 16th, Canh Tuat  (Dog year) (June 22nd, 1910), Bachelor Phan Van Tri passed away in a simple thatch-roofed house, which has now been renovated to become a national historical relic site -  the tomb and memorial site of Phan Van Tri (located at Nhon Loc 1A hamlet, Phong Dien town, Phong Dien district, Can Tho city).