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Mỹ Thuận Bridge
Cable-stayed bridge carrying Highway 1 over the Tien River in the Mekong Delta, opened in 2000.
50 km · about 60 min drive
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Mỹ Tho
Dong Thap, Vietnam · Asia
About Mỹ Tho
Mỹ Tho sits on the route: 10 minutes from Châu Thành, 50km from Mỹ Thuận Bridge.
Mỹ Tho is in Dong Thap, Vietnam, with about 270,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Châu Thành, about 7 km away.
Mỹ Tho () is a former provincial city in the Tiền Giang province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. It has a population of approximately 169,000 in 2006 and 220,000 in 2012. It is the regional center of economics, education and technology. The majority ethnic group is the Kinh; minority groups include the Hoa, theRead more
Cham and the Khmer people. Boat rides on the Mỹ Tho River are popular with tourists, and the city is known for hủ tiếu Mỹ Tho, a type of rice noodles soup.
Mỹ Tho ceased to exist as a municipal city on 1 July 2025, following the elimination of district level units in Vietnam.
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Within an hour or so of Mỹ Tho: Mỹ Thuận Bridge (50 km), War Remnants Museum (59 km), Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) (59 km).
Where is Mỹ Tho?
Mỹ Tho is in Dong Thap, Vietnam, about 7 km from Châu Thành.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 270,700
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Vietnam
- Region
- Dong Thap
- Timezone
- Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
- Coordinates
- 10.3600, 106.3600
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Worth the detour from Mỹ Tho
3 notable places within an hour's drive.
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War Remnants Museum
A deeply affecting museum in Ho Chi Minh City documenting the Vietnam War primarily from the Vietnamese perspective.
59 km · about 70 min drive
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Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
Vietnam's largest and most dynamic city with French colonial architecture, buzzing motorbike traffic, and vibrant street food culture.
59 km · about 70 min drive
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- 50 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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