Cai Rang floating market

Only one-hour motored-boat ride from the Ninh Kieu Quay, the market is the nearest floating market from Can Tho (only 7km). Although the market is also accessible by road, it is far more interesting to reach by boat. Then visitors can be up-close to local boats and see farmers exchanging goods directly from boats. Visitors can buy fresh fruit and enjoy it on site.

Clay Pagoda
60km from Can Tho, the pagoda was built nearly 400 years ago. In 1928, Ngo Kim Tong, while renovating the pagoda had decided to use clay instead of bronze to make all the statues because, at that time the casting bronze statues was very expensive. The statues include a meticulously modeled status of Buddha sitting on a 1,000-petal lotus-each lotus petal supports a seated deity. The four-meter high Da Bao tower also attracts the attention of many visitors. The 13-storey tower has 208 deities standing in front of 208 doors. Besides, there are four pairs of giant candles that are 200kg of wax, 2.6m high and one-meter diameter.

In the early 17th century, Phu Quoc was a desolate area, where Vietnamese and Chinese immigrants earned their living from sea cucumbers. From 1782 to 1786, Phu Quoc became a stronghold of Lord Nguyen Anh, later Emperor Gia Long, in his confrontation with Tay Son forces.

In 1869, the French occupied it and set up rubber and coconut plantations in the island. From 1967 to 1972, a P.O.W detention camp of 40,000 inmates during the war covering on 400 hectares was built at An Thoi by the Saigon regime.

Three miles (5 km) southwest of Chau Doc is a rocky hill is literally honeycombed with sanctuaries, tombs, and temples. Most visitors come only to see Tay An Pagoda, Lady Chua Xu Temple, and the Tomb of Thoai Ngoc Hau, but walk right up to the top of the hill where you can get a good view of the surrounding countryside. From here you can appreciate that this is some of the most productive land in Vietnam.

Tam Nong Bird Park, located in Tam Nong district, in Dong Thap province, covers 8,000 ha and 53 km in paths.
In this park, visitors can observe red-headed cranes, one of 15 endangered species of cranes in the world. In fact, cranes have played an important role in history. Thousands of years BC, images of cranes were used in interior decoration in European aristocratic families. In the Orient, cranes were and are still worshipped as examples of faithfulness and national longevity. Different from any other species of birds in the area, cranes find their food only on land; they must therefore migrate to avoid the rainy season in Dong Thap Muoi. Cranes stay in Tam Nong Park from December to June.

The Mekong Delta, often referred to as Vietnam's rice basket, is the biggest rice-growing region in the country, the rich alluvial soils producing three harvests a year. Despite being a predominantly rural region, the Mekong Delta is one of the most densely populated areas in Vietnam and most of the land is under cultivation. Other delta products include coconut, sugar cane, fruit and fish.

The main towns of the delta are My Tho, Vinh Long, Can Tho and Chau Doc. Driving south from Ho Chi Minh City, My Tho is the first major Mekong Delta town you come to. Its proximity to Ho Chi Minh City has made My Tho the most popular destination for day-trippers to the delta looking for a taste of authentic delta life.  Here visitors can take a sampan along the waterways, visit tropical fruit orchards and try the local delicacy, Elephant's Ear Fish.

Xeo Quyt reminds visitors of the former vast cajuput forests in the Plains of Reeds and U Minh areas. Although being heavily devastated during the war, in 1975 by the end of the war, more than 100,000 ha of submerged forests remained, covering parts of Long An, An Giang, Kien Giang, Bac Lieu and Ca Mau provinces and producing a wonderful ecological system of the alluvial land at the Mekong River's estuary. The cajuput forests work as a great water reservoir to fight against salt water and acidity and regulate the humidity during the dry season.