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Geography
Ben
Tre is situated in Mekong Delta. It shares its
border with Tien Giang in the north, Vinh Long
in the west and south - west, and Tra Vinh in
the south. It has 60km seashore. The four main
rivers are Tien Giang, Ba Lai, Ham Luong, and Co
Chien. They create Bao, Minh, and An Hoa
islets.The topography is flat with sand dunes
and fields. Though rivers surrounding the
province, water transportation is very
available.
Climate: It is moon soon climate. The rainy
season lasts from May to October. The dry season
lasts from December to April next year. The
annual average temperature varies between 26 and
27�C. The annual average rainfall is 1,250mm -
1,500mm.
Tourism and Economy
Having complex network of rivers and canals, Ben
Tre has advantage to develop ecotourism with
many green fruit gardens. Ben Tre is the granary
of Mekong Delta. There are agriculture
productions such as rice, corn, pineapple,
custard-apple, star apple, durian, mango,
longan, and many more. Industrial trees are
tobacco, sugar-cane, and cotton. Especially, Ben
Tre is homeland of coconut. It is known with Ben
Tre coconut candy, My Long Cai Mon flower and
ornamental plant.
Ben Tre is well known as poet Nguyen Dinh
Chieu?s motherland. Other popular places are My
Hoa Bird Reserve, Con Phung (Hillock of the
Coconut Religion), Vam Ho Bird Sanctuary, Vien
Minh Pagoda.
Transportation
Ben Tre is 14km from Mytho, and 85km from Ho Chi
Minh City. National Highway No. 60 and 57 link
to Tra Vinh and Tien Giang provinces in turn.Ben
Tre is considered as island province accessible
by ferry from Mytho. Tourist can visit Ben Tre
by high-speech ship for 5 people. |
