The Mekong Delta has been dubbed as a "biological treasure trove". Over 1,000 animal species were recorded between 1997 and 2007 and new species of plants, fish, lizards, and mammals has been discovered in previously unexplored areas...
In the Khmer spirit, the Buddha blesses and protects them, so they donated time, money and effort to construct pagodas in their hamlets. There are over one million Khmer people living in South Vietnam where about 600 Khmer pagodas were built
For over 100 years, Sa Dec Flower Village located near the Tien River has been well known as the land of thousands of varieties of exotic flowers and strange plants.
Cai Rang Floating Market in Can Tho city is one of the three biggest in the Mekong Delta. The shops and stalls at the market are boats of different sizes.
It is a very pretty little provincial capital. A hodgepodge of colonial shopfronts face onto broad, tree-lined streets clustered around a fine little market and while very few people speak English, there is certainly no shortage of smiles - Tra Vinh may be well off the tourist trail, but it is an amazingly friendly place
