A four-day festival celebrating the culture and sports of the Khmer ethnic group is set to take place in Can Tho city, Can Tho province, on November 23. Topping the programme of events will be a show of traditional musical instruments, a photography exhibition and displays of traditional dress as well as traditional sports and [...]
The National Administration for Tourism and Can Tho Municipal People’s Committee have officially announced a programme of Mekong – Can Tho Travel Year 2008 with the “Mekong Waterways” as its theme. The programme is expected to contribute to linking tourism among Mekong delta provinces with great variety of cultural, tourism, sports and festival activities. The [...]
The 2008 National Tourism Year celebrations, themed “The Mekong Delta’s Waterways and Countryside,” will be held on Cai Khe Island, on the banks of the Hau River on February 21, 2008. The celebrations will mark Tet Nguyen Tieu (festival of the 15th day of the first lunar month), according to the director [...]
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has decided to choose the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho to host the National Tourism Year 2008. The National Tourism Year 2008, themed “Mekong River countryside”, will feature special festivals from cities and provinces in the region. The event will coincide with Can Tho’s 5th anniversary of [...]
Can Tho has been selected as the site for the ceremony of Vietnam Tourism Year in 2008, themed “Cuu Long with Gardens and Rivers – 2008.” According to Dinh Viet Khanh, Director of Can Tho Tourism Department, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) decided to choose Can Tho for the ceremony to advertise the [...]
Among the annual festivals of the Khmer ethnic minority in Southern Vietnam, Chol Chnam Thmay, Dolta and Ok Om Bok are the most important and Ok Om Bok, also called Phochia Praschanh som paes khee (Festival of Worshipping the Moon), is the most imposing. Ok Om Bok festival will take place in the Mekong Delta [...]
The Mekong Delta Fruit Festival 2008 is being held at My Khanh tourist village in Phong Dien district, Can Tho City from now until June 2. The fruit festival is one of the numerous activities held as part of the 2008 Mekong – Can Tho National Tourism Year. The festival includes 50 display booths and [...]
A four-day festival celebrating the culture and sports of the Khmer ethnic group is set to take place in Can Tho city, Can Tho province, on November 23. Topping the programme of events will be a show of traditional musical instruments, a photography exhibition and displays of traditional dress as well as traditional sports [...]
Can Tho bus station is only 1km outside the town centre yet we arrived from Chau Doc (3 hours for $5 via Long Xuyen) on a bus with no other passengers that went to another bus station some 6km from the centre. From here we took a Xe Loi (motorbike with trailor) back to the [...]