page_title: Cần Thơ
section_title: Tourism
hierarchical_section_title: Cần Thơ / Tourism
caption_attribution_description: English: The entrance of Can Tho University in Can Tho, Vietnam, 2012
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.
context_section_description: The Mekong Delta is considered to be the "rice basket of Vietnam", contributing more than half of the nation's rice production. People say of Cần Thơ:
  Cần Thơ gạo trắng nước trong, / Ai đi đến đó lòng không muốn về.
  ("Cần thơ's rice is white, its water clear. / Everyone who visit there, does not want to leave.")
  Cần Thơ (shared with Hau Giang) is famous for its floating markets, where people sell and buy things on the river, as well as the bird gardens and the port of Ninh Kiều. The city offers a wide range of tropical fruits such as pomelo, longan, jackfruit, mango, guava, banana, rambutan, mangosteen, dragon fruit and durian. The Cần Thơ City Museum has exhibits on the city's history.
  Tourist attractions
  Cần Thơ Bridge
  Thiền viện Trúc Lâm Phương Nam (Buddhist temple)
  Nam Nhã Pagoda
  Bình Thủy Temple
  The historic Bình Thủy house (nhà cổ Bình Thủy, 1870): a mix of French and Asian architecture
  Ninh Kiều Quay
  Cần Thơ pedestrian bridge
  Cái Răng Floating Market & Phong Điền Floating Market
  Bằng Lăng Stork Sanctuary (Thốt Nốt district)
  Canal tour
  Cần Thơ Cathedral
  Ông Chinese Pagoda
  Pitu Khôsa Răngsây Khmer Pagoda
  Quang Đức Pagoda
  Long Quang Pagoda
  Phật Học Pagoda
  Mỹ Khánh tourist village
  Cần Thơ seminary
caption: Cần Thơ University
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