Tag: mekong-delta
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- Getting to Côn Đảo: Ferries and Flights Compared
Ferry routes to Côn Đảo from Vũng Tàu and Trần Đề, flights from HCMC and Cần Thơ, and why sea conditions turn rough roughly October to March.
transport · Updated 2026-07-20 - Ok Om Bok (Khmer Moon Worshipping Festival)
The Mekong Delta's most distinctive cultural event — Khmer Theravada boat racing, lantern releases, and sticky-rice-cake moon offerings on the full moon of the 10th lunar month.
attractions · Updated 2026-07-05 - Bạc Liêu: The Cowboy and the Wind Farm
A small southern delta province with a folklore-famous 1930s landowner ('the Bạc Liêu Cowboy'), Vietnam's largest coastal wind farm, and a Khmer Theravada community.
regions · Updated 2026-07-05 - Bến Tre: The Coconut Kingdom
Coconut groves everywhere, quiet river homestays, and a softer Mekong delta experience than Mỹ Tho — Bến Tre is the delta's overnight destination of choice.
regions · Updated 2026-07-05 - Cà Mau: The Southernmost Point of Vietnam
Vietnam's southern tip — Đất Mũi cape, mangrove and peat-swamp national parks, and the deepest delta. A pilgrimage for Vietnamese, off the radar for most foreigners.
regions · Updated 2026-07-05 - Cần Thơ: Capital of the Mekong Delta
The Mekong Delta's largest city — 1.5 million people, the famous Cái Răng floating market, and the natural overnight base for any serious delta itinerary.
regions · Updated 2026-07-05 - Hậu Giang: The Quiet Delta Province
Vietnam's youngest Mekong province, split from Cần Thơ in 2004. Rice, catfish farming, sleepy river towns — and almost no tourist infrastructure.
regions · Updated 2026-07-05 - Kiên Giang Province (Beyond Phú Quốc)
Phú Quốc is the headline, but Kiên Giang province also includes Hà Tiên on the Cambodian border, the U Minh Thượng peat-swamp park, and Rạch Giá ferry terminal.
regions · Updated 2026-07-05 - Long An: The Mekong Delta's Gateway
The transitional province between HCMC and the Mekong proper — flat rice country, river towns, and a quieter alternative to Tiền Giang for delta access.
regions · Updated 2026-07-05 - The Mekong Delta: A Travel Hub Page
Twelve provinces, nine river mouths, 17 million people, and the largest rice-growing region in Southeast Asia. How to plan a 2-day, 3-day or 5-day Mekong trip.
regions · Updated 2026-07-05 - Southern Vietnam: HCMC, the Mekong Delta, and the Islands
Ho Chi Minh City, the rice-rich Mekong delta, Phú Quốc and Côn Đảo islands, and the hot, flat, year-round-warm south.
regions · Updated 2026-07-05 - Tiền Giang and Mỹ Tho: The Standard Mekong Day Trip
Mỹ Tho city is the closest Mekong Delta hub to HCMC — 90 minutes by road, with boat tours of the four islands (Phụng, Quy, Long, Tới) and coconut-candy workshops.
regions · Updated 2026-07-05 - Trà Vinh: Khmer Heartland of the Mekong
Vietnam's largest concentration of ethnic Khmer — over 140 Theravada Buddhist pagodas, the Khmer New Year and Ok Om Bok festivals, and a quiet coastal corner.
regions · Updated 2026-07-05 - Vĩnh Long: Mid-Delta Orchards and Homestays
A mid-Mekong province of small islands and dense orchards. Cái Bè floating market is fading, but riverside homestays among the bonsai growers remain a quiet highlight.
regions · Updated 2026-07-05 - Phu Quoc to the Mekong Delta: ferry, flight, road
How to connect Phu Quoc island with the Mekong Delta mainland by ferry, flight, or a road-plus-boat combination, with seasonal reliability notes.
transport · Updated 2026-06-30 - Tràm Chim National Park
Đồng Tháp Mường wetland reserve in the Mekong Delta, Ramsar site and one of the last refuges of the eastern sarus crane.
attractions · Updated 2026-06-30 - Mekong Delta street food: floating market, home kitchens
A tour of the Mekong Delta plate — hủ tiếu Sa Đéc, bún mắm, bánh xèo Châu Đốc, bánh cống, and the Cái Răng floating market that feeds them.
food · Updated 2026-06-30 - Agriculture and Coffee: Rice, Robusta, and the Mekong Delta
Vietnam is the world's #3 rice exporter and #2 coffee exporter. The country also has a serious climate problem in its delta.
economy · Updated 2026-06-30 - U Minh Thượng National Park
Kiên Giang's peat-swamp forest, a fragile relic ecosystem with otters, fishing cats, and excellent birding deep in the Mekong Delta.
attractions · Updated 2026-05-21