Most visitors to Ho Chi Minh City do the Mekong Delta as a day trip. They board a minibus at 7 am, travel two hours south, spend three hours on a boat, see a floating market and a coconut candy stall, and return to the city by late afternoon. It is a perfectly good day out. What it is not — and cannot be — is the Mekong Delta. We spent four days on the delta with...
Are you planning a visit to Vietnam’s Can Tho? Great choice, especially if you are visiting the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. Can Tho, known as the rice basket of Vietnam, is located 170 km from Ho Chi Minh City and is the largest city in the Mekong Delta Region. Can Tho is a bustling city located on the Hau River, which is a tributary of the mighty Mekong River...