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Mekong Delta
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Cần Thơ
Can Tho City, Vietnam · Asia
About Cần Thơ
Cần Thơ is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Bình Minh, right by Mekong Delta.
Cần Thơ is in Can Tho City, Vietnam, with about 1.5 million people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Bình Minh, about 5 km away.
Cần Thơ (Vietnamese pronunciation: [kən˨˩ tʰɤ˧] ) is the third largest centrally-governed city in Vietnam and is in the Mekong Delta region. It is noted for its floating markets, Bánh tráng-making village, and rural canals. Cần Thơ has a population of around 4,199,824 as of 2024.
On June 12, 2025, the NationalRead more
Assembly passed Resolution No. 202/2025/QH15, which took effect the same day, merging Hậu Giang Province and Sóc Trăng Province into Cần Thơ municipality. Ninh Kiều, which has the Ninh Kiều port, is the former central district and the most populated of the former districts.
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Within an hour or so of Cần Thơ: Mekong Delta (0 km), Mỹ Thuận Bridge (30 km).
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Cần Thơ is in Can Tho City, Vietnam, about 5 km from Bình Minh.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 1,507,187
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Vietnam
- Region
- Can Tho City
- Timezone
- Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
- Coordinates
- 10.0371, 105.7883
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Worth the detour from Cần Thơ
2 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Mỹ Thuận Bridge
Cable-stayed bridge carrying Highway 1 over the Tien River in the Mekong Delta, opened in 2000.
30 km · about 35 min drive
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- 30 kmMỹ Thuận BridgeCable-stayed bridge carrying Highway 1 over the Tien River in the Mekong Delta, opened in 2000.
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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