Stir-fried gecko
On the plain of Long Xuyen quadrangle, adjacent with Kien Giang – Ha Tien sea and forest as well as Dong Thap province, there are many famous sites which have many geckos and small snakes. Perhaps a tough dish for many others, but the stir-fried gecko with little or no water is a popular dish to local people. They often gather to catch geckos. When there are enough geckos for this people, geckos’ heads are cut off, and the left bodies are embedded into boiling water. After that, people
Grilled larva
“Đuông” are the larva of beetles, often live in the inside top soft part of areca species trees. They can be found in Mekong Delta, especially in Ben Tre province. This kind of larva is keen on eating the cotyledons inside the top of coconut tree. There is a legend that this Southern grilled larva was tribute to Nguyen Dynasty under Tu Du Queen Mother and Nam Phuong Queen. Every year, after mating season, the beetles choose a healthy coconut tree, pierce a hole and lay eggs. Larvae
Kien Giang province to open sea tourism to Thailand, Cambodia
Le Minh Hoang, director of the provincial Department of Culture, Tourism and Sports, said Kien Giang and Thailand had agreed on opening the sea route to Cambodia. Therefore, the meeting was only attended by representatives of Thailand and Vietnam on Monday. The sea route when in place will be attractive to international visitors, especially European travelers. Vietnam will also benefit from the route as many foreign visitors traveling to Thailand and Cambodia want to go to Phu Quoc Island
Coconut wine in Mekong delta
Vietnam is rice civilization, so almost all traditional Vietnamese wine is made from rice, maize, cassava, etc. Each of which gives rise to a type of wine, from tangy to taste sweet and spicy, men say the same feeling when drinking a “hớp” alcohol completely different non-duplicate. Coming to Ben Tre, you could taste the famous wine that could be recommended by anyone is coconut wine. To get elected ordinary coconut wine, sweet, gentle nature sketches, such as air conditioning year
An Giang offers culture and crafts with tourism
The An Giang Province on the west of the Mekong Delta attracts more than five million domestic and international holidaymakers annually, making it the key tourist destination in the region. To be able to attract more visitors, An Giang Province has developed several traditional handicraft villages and linked them with tourism. So far these villages have proved to be very effective. An Giang Province has developed 34 traditional handicraft villages to date, many of which were founded a long,
Tinh Bien ox wins An Giang province race
The 21st Bay Nui ( in Tri Ton District, An Giang Province) Open Ox Race wrapped up last week. The event, which marks the traditional festival Sene Dol-ta of Khmer people in the locality, was won by ox couples numbered 13 of Tran Van Cac living in Vinh Trung Commune of Tinh Bien District who netted the first prize worth VND25 million and the An Giang Television trophy. Second and third prizes worth VND20 million and VND15 million went to oxen number 44 of Nguyen Van Bup in Luong Phi Commune of
Visitors still flock to Delta
The ongoing economic crisis in the world, but it has not hit the Mekong Delta's tourism sector too hard, Sai Gon Giai Phong (Sai Gon Liberation) newspaper has reported. The paper attributed this mainly to the "Four Countries-One Destination" tourism co-operation programme between Vietnam and its three Indo-China neighbours to foster the Mekong Economic Corridor. According to the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta Tourism Association, the region has welcomed 12.8 million visitors this year, a 6
Discuss about restoring floating market in Mekong Delta
The floating markets in the Mekong Delta have existed for hundreds of years and are not merely a place for buying and selling of farm produce but have over time become quintessentially a cultural and economic traditional heritage of people in South Vietnam. Nga Bay Floating Market, also known as Phung Hiep floating market, is the biggest floating market in the Mekong Delta. It is called ‘floating market’ because of its mobility on the river. On a vast and boundless water surface,
People living in the Mekong Delta thrive on the flood season
Mekong Delta residents wait for the flood season every year, as they thrive from sales of various hand-crafted goods and huge hauls of fish and other aquatic animals. However, weather experts and elderly farmers predict that this year the flooding season will not raise water levels very high, thus sending a gloom across villages that specialize in making hand-made items. In Long An, Tien Giang, Vinh Long and Kien Giang Provinces, authorities and people are prepared for rising
Travel Companies join hands to sell tours in flooding season
This is the first time travel companies have joined hands to offer this special kind of tour to foreign tourists. The two firms will jointly develop and market tours during the flooding season in Dong Thap Province, beginning in October, as a typical product of the Mekong Delta. Doan Thi Thanh Tra, marketing manager of Saigontourist, said her company began to promote flooding season tours last year. Brochures about this kind of tour have been sent to foreign partners of
