Mekong Delta - ideal travel destination

With its interlacing canals, immense rice fields and fruit-laden orchards, the Mekong Delta is a favourite destination for both domestic and foreign visitors.

A mandarin orange orchard in Lai Vung, Dong Thap. The region is the country’s largest fruit growing area with fruits such as rambutan, mango, durian, longan, guava, orange and plum (Source: VNA)

Cai Rang floating market in Can Tho, a big fruit market in the Mekong delta region.(Source: VNA)

Fruit is a specialty of the Mekong delta (Source: VNA)

Foreign visitors on a green tour in Tien Giang (Source: VNA)

Playing with a python, a scary but exciting experience on a Mekong delta tour (Source: VNA)

Visitors to Ben Tre can enjoy and learn how steamed rice pancakes are made (Source: VNA)

Crossing the river using a pulley system is an amazing experience (Source: VNA)

Foreigners learn how to make Vietnamese fried spring rolls as part of a Ben Tre orchard tour (Source: VNA)

Enjoying Don ca tai tu (music of amateurs), a beautiful cultural trait of people
in the southwestern region.(Source: VNA)

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