The southern province of Dong Thap is famous for its fruit trees.
It is located in the depressed areas of the Mekong river basin and has fertile land and well-off villages in the vast Dong Thap Muoi (Plain of Reeds). It boasts a lot of specialties such as Chau Thanh longans, Hoa An plums, Cao Lanh mangos, Lai Vung mandarin oranges, Sa Dec shrimp-chips, Chau Thanh pottery, Lai Vung mandarin oranges, and Dinh Yen mats.
Dong Thap is also home to many cultural and historical sites and an attractive eco-tourist destination.
The 20ha Xeo Quyt revolutionary base lies in the middle of a flooded indigo forest more than 30km from Cao Lanh City. With many canals and reeds everywhere, the area used to serve as a base for the former Dong Thap provincial party committee during the war of resistance against the US. In the face of enemy attacks and severe B52 bombings, the base stood firm, until Victory Day on April 30, 1975.
Nowadays, the base’s fortifications, tunnels and secret hideouts have been restored for tours, and tourists now have the chance to place themselves in the former revolutionary base.
The Tram Chim National Park lies in Tam Nong district and has many different terrains, some similar to wetlands. The park has a wide range of water plants such as indigos, reeds, lotuses, water-lilies, and snakes, eels, tortoises, plus more than 50 species of fish.
The nature reserve has 198 species of water birds, which account for a quarter of the bird species that exist in Vietnam, including red-crowned cranes, pelicans and swallows.
Tourists to Dong Thap can also enjoy the traditional beauty of Vietnamese cultural life, shown in hundreds of temples, pagodas and festivals. The Kien An Cung pagoda, which has original architectural features, was ranked as a cultural and historical site.
