Ben Tre
Area:
2,321.6
sq. km
Population:
1,345,600 habitants (2004)
Capital: Ben Tre Town
Districts: Chau Thanh, Cho Lach, Mo Cay, Giong Trom, Binh Dai, Ba Tri, Thanh Phu.
Ethnic groups: Viet (Kinh), Khmer, Hoa, Tay
Ben Tre is situated in Mekong Delta. It shares its border with Tiengiang in the north, Vinhlong in the west and south - west, and Travinh in the south. It has 60km seashore. The four main rivers are Tiengiang, Ba Lai, Ham Luong, and Co Chien. They create Bao, Minh, and An Hoa islets.The topography is flat with sand dunes and fields. Though rivers surrounding the province, water transportation is very available.
Having complex
network of rivers and canals, Ben Tre has advantage to develop ecotourism with
many green fruit gardens. Ben Tre is the granary of Mekong Delta. There are
agriculture productions such as rice, corn, pineapple, custard-apple, star
apple, durian, mango, longan, and many more. Industrial trees are tobacco,
sugar-cane, and cotton. Especially, Ben Tre is homeland of coconut. It is known
with Ben Tre coconut candy, My Long Cai Mon flower and ornamental plant.
Bentre is well known as poet Nguyen Dinh Chieu’s motherland. Other popular
places are My Hoa Bird Reserve, Con Phung (Hillock of the Coconut Religion), Vam
Ho Bird Sanctuary, Vien Minh Pagoda.
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Source: Vietnam Administration of Tourism |