Major Cities Of The Delta - Mekong Travel Guide

With an increasing number of foreign tourists visiting HCM City, officials are boosting investment in tourism infrastructure facilities to meet the industry’s demand.

The capital of southern Bac Lieu province. Bac Lieu is 280km from HCMC. Of the 800, 000 people living in the province, about 8% are of Chinese or Cambodian origin

The picturesque little province of Ben Tre, just south of My Tho, consists of several large1 islands in the mouth of the Mekong River. The area gets few visitors because it's off the main highways. The provincial capital is also called...

My Tho, the quiet capital city of Tien Giang province, is the. closest city in tile Mekong Delta to HCMC, and visitors on whirlwind 10-day Vietnam tours come here tot day trips to catch a glimpse of the famous river.In order to visit floating markets, however, you'll need to continue on to Can Tho.

Chau Doc is the last town in Vietnam before entering Cambodia. The town is located on the right bank of Hau Giang, 5 km away from Sam mountain, the highest point on the Delta. This mountain gets the name from its shape of a king crab, which is "sam" in vietnamese.

Sa Dec used to be the capital of Dong Thap province, formerly inhabited by the ancient Phu Nam Kingdom and later the Chan Lap (Tchen La) civilization.In the 1700s, the area was exchanged with the Vietnamese for military aid

As the capital of An Giang province, Long Xuyen plays a very important role in the commerce of this region. Many of the produce grown in the vicinity are shipped here before being transported elsewhere

Can Tho is 170 km from Saigon. Since the beginning, Can Tho was already given the title Tay Do or Western Capital. It is also the meeting point of the various waterways of the Mekong Delta. Today, it has become an industrious city with big bottling companies and fish sauce factories. It is is home to 220, 000 inhabitants.