Vietnam Vacations – Ben Tre

Lanscape Ben Tre
Ben Tre province is a source with the end of Cuu Long River, adjacent to the East Sea, has a long coastline of 60km. The northern border with Tien Giang Province, the west and southwest borders Vinh Long, southern Tra Vinh borders. Ben Tre town how city. Ho Chi Minh City 85km.

Topography here with flat, scattered with the sand alternatives to field gardens, forests are not large, four-rich water surrounded very convenient for transport as well as irrigation. Visit and get best best Vietnam Travel Deals from Viet Vision Travel.

Ben Tre has tropical monsoon: the rainy season from 5 months to 10 months remaining as the dry season. Average temperature in 26 º C – 27 º C. Average rainfall year since 1250 – 1.500mm.

Potential economic development and tourism
Dua Ben Tre
Ben Tre formed by 3 large Island: Island Privacy, hardworking and hardworking lao lao Minh Hoa An 4 by large rivers are Tien Giang, Ba Lai, Ham Luong, Co Fry divided. As a province with many rivers, canals, Ben Tre has convenient conditions to develop green tourism, because there are also features to keep your original mi?t garden, keep the environment clean in the green of the coconut garden , gardens, fruit trees large.

Ben Tre is the granary of the Mekong Delta with many animals and produce fruits: rice, maize, potatoes, pineapple, legs legs, network requirements, breast milk, after its own. Ben Tre with rich fishery types: minimum fish, the fish, rice, fish. Industrial plants have coconut, tobacco, sugarcane, cotton. Especially Ben Tre is the land of coconut (nearly 40,000 hectares of coconut plantation), famous specialties Ben Tre coconut candy, ricepaper U.S. Long Son souffle Doc. The village of items in supply to the market millions of seeds and fruit trees in the famous everywhere. Eco-tours in Ben Tre should be a great choice during your Vietnam Vacations.

Transportation
Waterway transport
Ben Tre way to My Tho city and 14km. Ho Chi Minh City 85km. Visitors can go from My Tho to Ben Tre province in the ferry.

Tourists to Ben Tre province can rent Speedboat 5, or the type of vessels with a lower speed and larger.

Saigon Co.op opens store in Ben Tre

The new store stocks more than 20,000 items and covers some 6,500 square meters at 26A Tran Quoc Tuan Street in Ben Tre town of the province.

Saigon Co.op and a venture between Saigon Co.op and Saigon Co.op Investment Development Joint Stock Co. (SCID) have invested VND60 billion in the two-story retail store. Saigon Co.op alone owns 60% of the store.

This is one of the four which Saigon Co.op plans to open this month. The other three are Co.opMart Buon Ma Thuot in the Central Highlands province of Daklak; and two in HCMC – Co.opMart Tuy Ly Vuong and Co.opMart Pham Van Hai, with each costing VND35 billion to VND60 billion.

Branching out to other parts of the country is aimed at preparing Saigon Co.op for the competition that will arise when Vietnam opens up the retail market to foreign companies in line with the World Trade Organization’s rules early next year, according to Saigon Co.op.

Saigon Co.op now has 30 outlets. In a business development strategy until 2015, it will raise the number of its Co.opMart supermarkets to 100, and will expand its operations to the property sector, such as operating shopping centers, and office and apartment buildings.

On the same day, the State-owned book distributor Fahasa opened a new bookstore inside the premises of Co.opMart Ben Tre, bring the total throughout the country to 36.

Bird flu recurs in southern Ben Tre province

Two weeks ago, bird flu was detected in a flock of 60 ducks raised by a farmer in Hoi An hamlet, Da Phuoc Hoi commune, Mo Cay district in southern Ben Tre province. Samples of these ducks tested positive for H5N1 virus. According to Mo Cay district’s veterinary agency, all these ducks were of unclear origin and were not vaccinated.

Da Phuoc Hoi commune sterilized and quarantined bird flu-affected areas and asked local people not to transport, slaughter and buy or sell poultry. Hoi An hamlet vaccinated more than 2,000 out of a total 4,500 fowls.

According to Nguyen Van Het, deputy chairman of Da Phuoc Hoi communal People’s Committee, about 12,000 fowls have been vaccinated. At present, the commune still needs an additional 4,500 doses of vaccine.

So far, the bird flu epidemic in Mo Cay district has been kept under control.

Ben Tre – homeland of the coconut tree

Tourists visiting this area, which is the home of the coconut tree, could tour islets such as Phung in the middle of Tien river, Oc (snail) in Hung Phong Commune, Giong Trom District and Tien in Tien Long Commune, Chau Thanh District to explore the coconut product making craft villages or enjoy the don ca tai tu (amateur music of southern Vietnam) and the local fruits.

In January, visitors will see the area’s first coconut festival in celebration of the 49th anniversary of the Ben Tre General Uprising (January 17, 1960), and the history and culture of the province, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

The event, taking place January 13 to 19, will feature a fair, an exhibition and contest on traditional crafts made from coconuts, Vietnam’s records meeting program, a food fest, folk games and sporting activities. The event will be a networking opportunity for companies in the industry.

Tran Duy Phuong, deputy director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Ben Tre, said that the festival promises to impress visitors and promote the socio-economic achievements of Ben Tre, which is famous for coconut trees and related commodities, in an effort to improve the lives of local coconut farmers and develop stability in the industry.