Two settlements a stone’s throw away from Chau Doc across the Hau Giang River are worth venturing out to, and most people visit both on a half-day tour. One is the cluster of fish-farm houses floating on the river next to Con Tien Island, above cages of catfish that are fed through a hatch in the floor. Fish farming is big business in the delta, and some of these cages can be over 1000 cubic metres in size. The other settlement is a Cham community in Chau Giang District, which you can visit independently via a ferry from a jetty south of the tourist jetty on Le Loi. Here you’ll discover kampung-style wooden houses, sarongs and white prayer caps that betray the influence of Islam, as do the twin domes and pretty white minaret of the Mubarak Mosque.
Attractions
My Tho
My Tho is the capital city of Tien Giang Province in the Mekong Delta. This center of Education, economics and technology has a population of around a quarter of a million. The majority of people here are ethnic Kinh. Many live in rickety stilt houses built into the My Tho River. It is a blaze […]
Irrawaddy Dolphins
Irrawaddy Dolphins about fifteen to twenty of these rare freshwater dolphins make their home on a beautiful stretch of the Mekong River near a small set of rapids. They make upward arches, breaking the surface of the water as they swim about the area. They are not jumpers like their sea-faring relatives and are quite […]
Lao – Thai Friendship Bridge
The First Thai-Laos Friendship Bridge spans the Mekong River and connects Thailand to Laos. It is probably one of the main ways though which people initially discover Nong Khai as hundreds of thousands of people come to Nong Khai to cross the bridge each year. In fact, Nong Khai is also the busiest border crossing […]
Bac Lieu Bird Sanctuary
The Bac Lieu Bird Sanctuary is the vestige of a forest which ran along the East Sea coast and came into existence over a century ago. The sanctuary is just around five kilometers from the town center. It covers some 107 hectares and lies within the remaining 385 hectares of forest area. The sanctuary is […]
Tay An Pagoda
Lying on one side of the Sam Mountain, Chau Doc Town, An Giang Province. Tay An is an ancient pagoda with a mixture of Vietnamese and Asian architectural styles. In the book “Dai Nam Nhat Thong Chi (Dai Nam’s history), there is a remark about the Tay An Co Tu Pagoda (Tay An) located on […]
Mac Cuu Family Tombs
The Mac Cuu Family Tombs are elaborately decorated with lions, dragons and phoenixes. If tourists in Vietnam travel want to discover the history of Ha Tien, Kien Giang province, visiting the Tombs is a right choice. The Mac Cuu Family Tombs are found near the town of Ha Tien, Kien Giang province. This family played […]
Xeo Quyt Forest
Xeo Quyt belongs to My Hiep commune and My Long commune, Cao Lanh district, Dong Thap province. It is a basement among residential place which is preserved formerly containing: underground house, store, secret tunnel…Visiting Xeo Quyt, tourists can view the scene of tough life in the defending America period. Estimated 30km far from Cao Lanh […]
Bat Pagoda
The most famous temple in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta is Doi (Bat) pagoda. This pagoda’s name is actually Mahatup or Ma Toc. But it is widely known as Doi pagoda, because the pagoda’s garden is the home to giant bats. Located on Le Hong Phong St., 2km from Soc Trang downtown, Doi pagoda is the most […]
Chua Xu Temple
Fifty metres west of Tay An, Chua Xu Temple honours Her Holiness Lady of the Country, a stone statue said to have been found on Sam’s slopes in the early nineteenth century, though the present building, with its four-tiered, glazed green-tile roof, dates only from 1972. Inside, the Lady sits in state in a marbled […]
Sam Mountain
Travelling almost 6km to the west of Chau Doc Town, An Giang Province, you will have a chance to view the 230m-high Sam Mountain with beautiful landscapes and many historic remains. Sam Mountain is the highest mountain in the Mekong Delta. On the way there, you can enjoy the sights of the two rice fields […]
Con Tien Island
Two settlements a stone’s throw away from Chau Doc across the Hau Giang River are worth venturing out to, and most people visit both on a half-day tour. One is the cluster of fish-farm houses floating on the river next to Con Tien Island, above cages of catfish that are fed through a hatch in […]
