page_title: Cần Thơ
section_title: Twin towns and sister cities
hierarchical_section_title: Cần Thơ / Twin towns and sister cities
caption_attribution_description: English: Cantho, southern Vietnam, with Can Tho Bridge in the background to the right.
context_page_description: Cần Thơ is the fourth-largest city in Vietnam, and the largest city in the Mekong Delta.
  It is noted for its floating markets, rice paper-making village, and picturesque rural canals. It has a population of around 1,282,300 as of 2018, and is located on the south bank of the Hậu River, a distributary of the Mekong River. In 2007, about 50 people died when the Cần Thơ Bridge collapsed, causing Vietnam's worst engineering disaster. In 2011, Cần Thơ International Airport opened.
  The city is nicknamed the "western capital", and is located 169 kilometres from Hồ Chí Minh City.
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caption: Cần Thơ Bridge in the background
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