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City of Can Tho Thành phố Cần Thơ
Municipality
Cityscape of Cần Thơ
Nickname(s): "The capital of the West" (Tây Đô)
Can Tho city map
Coordinates: 10°02′N 105°47′E / 10.033°N 105.783°E / 10.033; 105.783
Country	Vietnam
Region	Mekong Delta
Founded	1789
Area[1]
• Total	1,408.9 km2 (544.0 sq mi)
Elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2018)[citation needed]
• Total	1,520,000
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Time zone	ICT (UTC+07:00)
Postal code	90xxxx
Area codes	292
Vehicle registration	65
GDP (nominal)	2013
- Total	3.6 billion USD
- Per capita	2,980 USD[2]
Climate	Aw
Website	cantho.gov.vn

Cần Thơ
"Cần Thơ" in chữ Hán (Chinese characters)
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet	Cần Thơ
Chữ Hán	芹苴

Cần Thơ (Standard Vietnamese: Vietnamese: [kə̂n tʰəː] ( listen), Southern accent: Vietnamese: [kʌŋ˨˩ tʰəː] ( listen)) is the fifth largest city in Vietnam, and the largest city in the Mekong Delta.^[3][4]

It is noted for its floating market, rice paper-making village, and picturesque rural canals.^[4] It had a population of 1.2 million as of 2011^[update], it has population of 1,520,000 until June 2018^{[citation needed]}, and is located on the south bank of the Hau 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.^[5] In 2011, Can Tho International Airport opened.^[6]

The city is nicknamed the "western capital" (Tây Đô), and is located 169 kilometres (105 miles) from Ho Chi Minh City.

Administrative system

The city is an independent municipality at the same level as provinces of Vietnam. It was created in the beginning of 2004 by a split of the former Cần Thơ Province into two new administrative units: Cần Thơ City and Hậu Giang Province.

Cần Thơ is subdivided into nine district-level sub-divisions:

• 5 urban districts:

• 4 rural districts:

They are further subdivided into five commune-level towns (or townlets), 36 communes, and 44 wards.

Ninh Kiều, which has the well-known port Ninh Kiều port, is the center district and also the most populated and wealthiest of these districts.^[7]

The city borders the provinces of An Giang, Hậu Giang, Kiên Giang, Vĩnh Long and Đồng Tháp.

Transportation

Cần Thơ Bridge

Cần Thơ is connected to the rest of the country by National Route 1A and Can Tho International Airport. The city's bridge which is now completed, is the longest cable-stayed bridge in south-east Asia. The six-lane Saigon–Cần Thơ Expressway is being built in parts^{[clarification needed]} from Hồ Chí Minh City to Mỹ Tho. The hydrofoil express boat links this city with Ho Chi Minh City.^{[citation needed]}. There are many vehicles here such as: taxi, grab bikes, buses, van, coaches and so on.

Tourism

Nam Nhã pagoda

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 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.^[8]

Tourist attractions

• Cần Thơ Bridge


• Thiền viện Trúc Lâm Phương Nam - Buddhist Temple


• Nam Nhã Pagoda


• Bình Thủy Temple


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  BInh Thuy Ancient House^[9]


• Ninh Kiều Quay


• Cần Thơ pedestrian bridge


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  Cái Răng Floating Market, Phong Điền Floating Market
  


• Bằng Lăng Stork Sanctuary (Thốt Nốt district)


• Canal Tour


• Cantho Cathedral


• Ông Chinese Pagoda


• Pitu Khôsa Răngsey Khmer Pagoda


• Quang Duc Pagoda


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  Long Quang Pagoda^{[citation needed]}


• Phat Hoc Pagoda^[10]


• My Khanh tourist village


• Can Tho seminary

Cần Thơ University

Education

Academic institutions in the city are Cần Thơ University, Cần Thơ Department of Education and Training, Cần Thơ University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tây Đô University, Nam Cần Thơ University, Cần Thơ College, College of Foreign Economic Relations – Cần Thơ Branch, Medical College, Can Tho Technical Economic College^[11] and Vocational College, with its well-known College of Agriculture and Mekong Delta Rice Research Institute, Cần Thơ University of Technology^{[citation needed]}

Climate

Cần Thơ's climate is tropical and monsoonal with two seasons: rainy, from May to November; and dry, from December to April. Average annual humidity is 83%, rainfall 1,635 mm (64 in) and temperature 27 °C (81 °F).

Economy

After 120 years of development, the city now^[when?] is the delta's most important center of economics, culture, science, and technology. It has a large freshwater port and two industrial parks.^{[citation needed]}

Cần Thơ panorama

Twin towns and sister cities

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  Nice, France


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  Shantou, China


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  Phnom Penh, Cambodia


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  Amol, Iran


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  Riverside, California


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  Jeollanamdo, Korea
  

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References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Can Tho.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Cần Thơ.

Coordinates: 10°02′N 105°47′E / 10.033°N 105.783°E / 10.033; 105.783