Kien An Cung
Kien An Cung (Vietnamese: Kiến An Cung) or Kien An Temple is an ancient temple dating back nearly a hundred years. The unique architecture, bearing the Chinese style, has created a feature of a Chinese temple in the Mekong Delta. History of Kien An temple Kien An Cung was built in 1924 and completed in […]
Sa Dec Flower Gardens
Sa Dec flower gardens (Vietnamese: vườn hoa Sa Đéc) are 03km from Sa Dec city centre, and cover an area of 313ha, with around 2,000 households living. The flower gardens have two sides adjacent to the Tiền and Sa Đéc rivers, which are convenient for transportation by water and by road. These gardens were established […]
Go Thap relic site
Go Thap relic site (Vietnames: Khu di tích Gò Tháp) was discovered and announced by French archaeologists around the end of the 19th century, with the name Prasat Pream Loven (Pagoda of five compartments). Through many excavations, research and validation Go Thap relic area contains many cultural relics of the ancient Funan kingdom which existed […]
Nguyen Sinh Sac Relic Site
Nguyen Sinh Sac (Vietnamese: Nguyễn Sinh Sắc) was the father of President Ho Chi Minh. He was a magistrate until he was demoted for abuse of power after a landlord whom he had ordered to be beaten died shortly after receiving a caning. After being dismissed, he went to the South and lived in Hoa An […]
Tortoise Islet
Tortoise Islet (Vietnamese Cồn Quy; cồn means islet, Quy mean the Tortoise) is one of four islets located on the Mỹ Tho River (a section of the Tiền River) which is named after the concept of the “Four Spirits” that bring good luck and happiness: Dragon, Unicorn, Tortoise, and Phoenix. The Tortoise and Phoenix islets […]
Cai Mon Village
Cai Mon village (Vietnamese: làng Cái Mơn) lies along two banks of Cái River, Vĩnh Thành commune, Chợ Lách District, Bến Tre Province, is the famous for its tradition of growing flowers and shaping ornamental plants of various kinds from the Mekong Delta, the North or from Thailand. Furthermore, this is one of the largest […]
Ton Thanh Pagoda
Ton Thanh Pagoda is the oldest pagoda in Long An with an ancient and unique architectural style. This famous pagoda also exists through many immortal sentences and poems, has been preserved in history books for many generations. For these reason, it attracts not only many Buddhists come to pray but also tourists. General information about […]
Rach Cat Fort
Rach Cat Fort (Vietnamese: pháo đài Rạch Cát, pháo đài means fort, in Long An Province, is a military fort with unique architecture following the model of French, which is surrounded by high walls and has platforms for mounting cannons. The building truly became an untouchable fort of the French colonists in Indochina. From being […]
Hundred Columns House
Long An is not only famous for water tourism sites, it also has many long-standing historical sites. The most famous one is a Hundred columns house, depicting the quintessence of carving technique and harmony in design, classified as a National Historic-Cultural Relic. How an Hundred Columns House is unique? The owner of the house was […]
Mekong Delta history of formation and development
The Mekong Delta is also known as the Western Region or South-western region, is the region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong River approaches and empties into the sea through a network of distributaries. The Mekong delta region encompasses a large portion of southwestern Vietnam, consists of 12 provinces in total: Long An, Đồng Tháp, […]