Thanh Pho Can Tho Holiday Weather today
Date/time of update: November 21, 2024, 12:43 am, Timezone: GMT+7
Broken Clouds
Temperature: 27.01°C
Temperature feels like: 29.76°C
Minimum Temperature: 27.01°C
Maximum Temperature: 27.01°C
Atmospheric pressure: 1010hPa
Humidity:80%
Visibility: 10000m
Wind speed: 2.8m/sec
Wind Direction: 62 degrees
Cloudiness: 67%
Sunrise: 2024-11-20 10:54:13
Sunset: 2024-11-21 10:32:33
Can Tho is the capital city of the Mekong Delta in southern Vietnam, 170km from Saigon and 40km from Vinh Long City. Like other provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta, Can Tho offers an exotic lifestyle of the local communities on the water of the Mekong River, the evergreen orchards with seasonal fruits...
Can Tho is not off-the-tourist track, but the city doesn't really have many foreign travellers just yet. The city of Can Tho has luxurious hotels and resorts, some of which are riverside.
Cai Rang Floating Market, Can Tho, Vietnam
Visiting Can Tho, you can visit the orchards, the floating market of Cai Rang, the Old House of Binh Thuy...There is an alternative to stay with a local family while in Can Tho. Local food is excellent including fresh seafood and local-styled cuisine.
Places to visit in Can Tho Vietnam
1/ Cai Rang Floating Market
This is an exotic market available only in the Mekong Delta where people travel by waterways mostly. The market gathering is from 5:00 A.M through 10:00 A.M. The most colorful and exotic time is around May-July when there are several types of seasonal fruits.
A water melon boat at Cai Rang Floating Market, Can Tho, Vietnam.
2/ Ninh Kieu Night Market
The night market is by the riverside and is a good place to try local food for reasonable prices.
3/ Rice noodle workshop (Hu Tieu)
Learn about the process when rice paper and rice noodle are made by traditional methods. This type of rice noodle tastes distinctively of southern Vietnam style.
4/ Chua Ong
This is a Chinese styled temple for local Chinese community.
Dawn over Can Tho and the Mekong River
5/ Bang Lang Stork Sanctuary (in Thot Not District)
The stork sanctuary is 45km from Can Tho and the right moment to visit the site is in the late afternoon when hundreds of storks come back home to roost.
6/ Dao Ngot Cu Lao
This is an island near Can Tho City with lots of greenery and orchards for the visitors.
7/ Muoi Cuong Cacao Orchard
Learn about the process that chocolate is made, taste the sensational products!
8/ The Old House of Binh Thuy
Visit an amazing architecture which was built by a wealthy family and which has been used as a studio for several movies be it Vietnamese ones or French ones.
9/ Thien Vien Truc Lam (Medication Center)
The biggest functional place for medication in the Mekong Delta.
10/ Can Tho Museum
This is a good place to learn about Can Tho history, local communities…
11/ Other orchards and eco-tourist sites:
Hoa Sung,
My Khanh,
Con Au Island,
Con Son Island,
Chin Hong,
Le Loc
Rach Ke
Bao Gia Trang Vien
Ut Hien
Ong De
12/ Buddhism Study Pagoda
A quiet place amid chaotic traffic and a good place to learn about Buddhism.
13/ Munir Ansay, Pothi Somron
These are Khmer-styled pagodas for local Khmer communities.
14/Vuon Man Former Base
This was once the commander base for local military operations during the war.
15/ Flower Village of Ba Bo
16/ Binh Thuy Community House
This is an amazing place to learn about village life in the Mekong Delta.
17/ Nam Nha Pagoda
This is a religious as well as historical site.
18/ Quang Duc Pagoda
19/ Military Zone 9 Museum
Learn about a piece of the war history.
20/ Thoi Long Co Tu Pagoda
A lovely place with unique architecture
21/ Gia Gua Former Military Base
Visit and adore the amazing trees and learn about the war.
22/ Kham Lon Can Tho (Big Prison of Can Tho)
Visit this relic site and learn some piece of the revolutions in vietnam.
