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Cần Thơ
Location of Cần Thơ Province
Provinces of Vietnam
Administration
People's Council Chair
People's Committee Chair Võ Thanh Tòng
Geography
Capital
Region Mekong River Delta
Area 1,389.60 km²
Demographics
Population
 • Density		 1,121,000(2004)
807/km²
Ethnicities Viet, Khmer Krom, Hoa, Cham
Calling code 71
ISO 3166-2 48
Website www.cantho.gov.vn/wps/portal/en
Logo of Cần Thơ

Cần Thơ pronunciation (help·info) is a city in Vietnam.

Cần Thơ, with an estimated population of 1,121,000 (2004), is the biggest city in the Mekong Delta. The city is located on the south bank of Hậu Giang, the bigger branch of Mekong River. It is approximately 160 kilometres from Hồ Chí Minh City, the biggest city of Vietnam. Cần Thơ’s climate is tropical and monsoonal with two seasons: rainy (May to November) and dry (December to April). Average annual humidity is 83 percent, rainfall 1,635 mm, and temperature 27 °C.

Administratively, Cần Thơ City constitutes an independent municipality at the same level as Vietnam's provinces. 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 City is divided into eight districts:

  • Ninh Kieu
  • Binh Thuy
  • Cai Rang
  • O Mon
  • Phong Dien
  • Co Do
  • Vinh Thanh
  • Thot Not


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

The Mekong Delta is considered to be the ‘rice basket’ of Vietnam, contributing more than 50% of the nation’s rice production. The city is famous with tourists for its ‘green tours’ to the rural areas. Guests can enjoy local fruit specialities such as pomelo, longan, jackfruit, mango, mandarin oranges, and durian.

Academic institutions in the city are Cần Thơ University, with its well-known College of Agriculture, and Cuulong Delta Rice Research Institute.

After 120 years of development, the city now is the delta’s most important centre of economics, culture, science and technology. It has an airport, a large freshwater port and two industrial parks. With its stable infrastructure, the city is calling for and expecting larger foreign investment.

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Vietnam		 Flag of Vietnam
Regions of Vietnam
Northwest | Northeast | Red River Delta | North Central Coast | South Central Coast | Central Highlands | Southeast | Mekong River Delta
Province-level cities
Cần Thơ | Đà Nẵng | Hải Phòng | Hà Nội | Hồ Chí Minh City
Provinces
An Giang | Bắc Giang | Bắc Cạn | Bạc Liêu | Bắc Ninh | Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu | Bến Tre | Bình Định | Bình Dương | Bình Phước | Bình Thuận | Cà Mau | Cao Bằng | Đắk Lắk | Đắk Nông | Điện Biên | Đồng Nai | Đồng Tháp | Gia Lai | Hà Giang | Hải Dương | Hà Nam | Hà Tây | Hà Tĩnh | Hòa Bình | Hậu Giang | Hưng Yên | Khánh Hòa | Kiên Giang | Kon Tum | Lai Châu | Lâm Đồng | Lạng Sơn | Lào Cai | Long An | Nam Định | Nghệ An | Ninh Bình | Ninh Thuận | Phú Thọ | Phú Yên | Quảng Bình | Quảng Nam | Quảng Ngãi | Quảng Ninh | Quảng Trị | Sóc Trăng | Sơn La | Tây Ninh | Thái Bình | Thái Nguyên | Thanh Hóa | Thừa Thiên-Huế | Tiền Giang | Trà Vinh | Tuyên Quang | Vĩnh Long | Vĩnh Phúc | Yên Bái


Coordinates: 10°02′N 105°47′E

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