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Tra Vinh Travel
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Area:
2,215.1
sq. km
Population:
1,015,800
habitants (2004)
Capital: Tra Vinh Town
Districts: Cang Long, Cau Ke, Tieu Can, Chau
Thanh, Tra Cu, Cau Ngang, Duyen Hai.
Ethnic groups: Viet (Kinh), Khmer, Tay, Hoa...
Geography
Located on Mekong River Delta, Tra Vinh Province
borders Ben Tre, Vinh Long provinces on the
north, Soc Trang Province on the west, and East
Sea on the east with 65km seaside.
Topography includes coastal plain, alluvial
deposits, hundreds of mounds and sand caves, a
complex network of rivers and canals.
Tra Vinh is on tropical monsoon region. The
weather is hot around the year. The dry season
lasts from December to April. The rainy season
is between May and November. Annual average
temperature is 26ºC.
Tourism and Economy
Surrounded by Tien and Hau rives and long coast,
Tra Vinh’s economy base on agriculture,
aquaculture, fish and shrimp breeding. The
province is covered by verdant plants in garden
village along bank of river.
Ba Om Pond is an attraction of Tra Vinh. It is
surrounded by hillocks and many old sao
and dau trees with odd shape of roots. In
the afternoon, flocks of birds perch on the
trees and make this area exciting and noisy.
There are 140 pagodas of Khmer, 50 pagodas of
Viet (Kinh) and 5 pagodas of Hoa. The famous
ones include Ang, Sam-rong-ek, Co, Hang… Co
Pagoda is home of thousands of birds including
storks, cong coc and pigeons.
Transportation
Tra Vinh Town is 66km from Vinh Long, 205km from
Ho Chi Minh City, 110km from Ben Tre, Mytho.
There are National Highways No.53, 54, 60
linking the districts of Tra Vinh and neighbor
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