Vĩnh Long

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Vĩnh Long pronunciation (help·info) (Hán Tự: 永隆; literally "eternal prosperity") is a town in Vietnam. It is the capital of the Vĩnh Long Province in the Mekong Delta.

Fruitstalls along the street in Vĩnh Long market, selling ripe and green mangos, plums, and milk apples.

Vĩnh Long is on the Co Chien river, which branches out from the Mekong at the narrows of My Thuan about ten km upstream from Vinh Long, only to meet it later downstream. Across the Co Chien from Vinh Long are the An Binh and Binh Hoa Phuoc islands, some fifteen km across, with the main Mekong river on the other side. A number of canals run through Vĩnh Long, as well as the islands, with tall pedestrian/motorcycle bridges crossing them. Much transportation takes place by boat, so that parts of the town, and especially An Binh, become unreachable at low tide. A temple of literature is at the end of a old wet market along the canal Lavoo Nu.

Narrow bridge over canal in An Binh Island.

Vinh Long is about two hours from the large town of Can Tho in the adjacent Hau Giang Province, and about three hours from Saigon. The floating market town of Cai Be is on the other side of the An Binh island and is the frequent destination for tourist boats from Vinh Long.

Coordinates: 10°15′N, 105°58′E