Vietnam Travel - An Giang

An Giang is a province in western South, starting from Mekong River flows into the country was divided into pairs. An Giang province to the east border with Dong Thap province, southeast of the city borders. Can Tho, the southwestern borders Kien Giang Province, the west and northwest borders countries Cambodia.

Unlike other provinces in the Mekong Delta, next to areas with alluvium, An Giang, there is a small mountainous, 30km long, 13km wide. It is seven mountain ranges (that Son) in the district Tinh Bien, Tri Ton. Western provinces, running parallel to the border is Vinh Te canal, was connected in 1823 from Chau Doc to Ha Tien.

An Giang province is located in the tropical monsoon, the average temperature in 27 º C, high 35 º C - 36 º C to 4 - 5, the lowest from 20 º C - 21 º C to 12 months and 1 month. Average rainfall 1400 - 1500mm, has 2 distinct seasons: the rainy season from 5 months to 11 months of the dry season from 12 months to 4 years later.

Potential economic development and tourism

An Giang province is at the forefront of the national rice production (2 million tons), in addition to the rice planting corn, soy bean and breeding (of) fresh seafood such as fish, shrimp ... An Giang is famous for handicrafts such as traditional silk Tan Chau and Chau Doc m?m, for carpentry, souffle (Tan Phu), dry cows and other consumer goods. Especially job weaving craft long cells of Health and professional fish in specific areas of rivers. An Giang attracts Vietnam Travel visitors by famous festivals as a unique festival temple Ba Chua Xu, Chol Chnam Thmay etc.


An Giang is that many visitors to the festival as a unique festival temple Ba Chua Xu, Chol Chnam Thmay, Dolta and melon ... and Attractions: Sam mountain, Mrs. pending temple, Mount Cam system and caves Aquatic Center Son, Vu Anh Son, Son membership system, Dup Hill News anti-hero in the U.S. and many historical, architectural art other.

Transportation

An Giang has the traffic with Ca Mau, Ho Chi Minh City. Can Tho, Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh City, Rach Gia and other places in the Mekong Delta.

Long Xuyen City Cantho months 62km, 125km and My Tho city. Ho Chi Minh 190km. Chau Doc town hours Ha Tien 96km, 117km Can Tho, My Tho city and 179km. Ho Chi Minh 245km.

An Giang leaves you breathless

But this beautiful and imposing part of the That Son (Seven Mountains) range in Tinh Bien District is no longer off-limits. It has, in fact, become an ecotourism hotspot renowned for its lovely landscapes.

The Mitreya Buddha statue is located in Tinh Bien District, An Giang Province. The statue is 33.6m high and 30m wide.
Nui Cam has a subtropical climate with an average temperature of 25 degrees Celsius. It is at its most attractive in spring when the weather is cool and fresh, trees are verdant, and nature is bountiful.

Standing on Cam Mountain on cloudless days, one can get a panoramic view of the immense rice fields merging with the sea in Ha Tien on one side and the border with Cambodia on the other.

Cam Mountain is actually made up of five smaller peaks, Thien Tue, Bo Hong, Ong Buom, Dau and Ba, where plants and flowers grow around the year to make for a pretty and tranquil picture. Early in the morning, the tops of these peaks are usually covered in mist.

From the foot, one can take a 15- to 18-minute drive up a newly opened 8km road to the top of Thien Tue.

The more adventurous can also make a 4km hike up Bo Hong, which, at 710m above sea level, is called the roof of the Cuu Long (Mekong) River Delta.

An Giang sets future hopes on tourism in 2010

"An Giang has an advantage in tourism development over other provinces in the region, with a diversified terrain and 90km border with Cambodia," said the provincial Tourism Department director Bui Thi Hong Ha.

The province welcomed 3.84mil tourists last year, including 40,000 foreigners mainly from the US, France, Australia, Japan, China and Cambodia. It generated VND1.5tril ($94mil) from tourism revenue, a modest increase of 7%.

"Inadequate tourism infrastructure, insufficient accommodation facilities and poor tourism products are still major challenges facing An Giang in attracting visitors," Ha noted.

"We receive over three million visitors a year but most of them come on pilgrimage trips with only 350,000 or 10% of them staying in the province," she said.

The province hoped that future visitors would come to the province not just for pilgrimage trips but also to visit entertainment parks, adventure sport areas and tours linking to tourist attractions in border areas and abroad.

"The top tasks for us are developing more tourism facilities arid offering customers attractive tourist products so they stay longer in the province," Ha said, adding that the province wants to attract five million visitors a year, with 20% staying in the province by 2010.

The province decided to set aside VND1.93tril ($121mil) for its hospitality sector to create sufficient infrastructure, pursuant to its tourism action programme set for 2006-2010.

Class teaches Vietnamese to Khmer in An Giang

A class to teach Vietnamese language in Soc Tuc hamlet, Le Tri commune began 45 days ago and now has 20-25 students.

The makeshift class operates from Monday to Wednesday, but is sometimes extended until Saturday at the students’ request. Learners are of all ages, most of them women. The teachers are local soldiers and government employees.

Lieutenant-Colonel Tran Thai Hoa, deputy head of Team 31 of the An Giang Provincial Military Command, said the class is organized by his unit and the Soc Tuc hamlet authorities.

Agencies in Le Tri commune and Tri Ton district provide notebooks, boards and chalk for the class. During power outages, Team 31 provides generators to the class and covers the cost of generating power.

“There remain some difficulties, but we are very pleased to see the Khmer try to learn Vietnamese,” Lieutenant-Colonel Hoa said. Within a short time, many students could write and read simple words and sentences in Vietnamese, he said.

“Knowing that Soc Tuc are teaching Vietnamese free of charge, many Khmer in Sa Lon want to enjoy the same,” said Chau Kun, the head of Sa Lon hamlet, Luong Phi commune.

So a class was set up at Sa Lon pagoda with 30 learners. The teacher is Chau Nuone, who works without pay. Electricity for the class is provided by the pagoda.