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THE
NORTH
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CENTRAL
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THE
SOUTH |
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Ho
Chi
Minh
City
I
An
Giang
I
Ba
Ria-Vung
Tau
I
Bac
Lieu
I
Ben
Tre
I
Binh
Duong |
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Binh
Phuoc
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Ca
Mau
I
Can
Tho
City
I
Dong
Nai
I
Dong
Trap
I
Hau
Giang |
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Kien
Giang
I
Long
An
I
Soc
Trang
I
Tay
Ninh
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Tien
Giang
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Tra
Vinh
I
Vinh
Long
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Area: 2,295.1 sq. km
Population: 1,036.8 thousand habitants (2006)
Capital: Tra Vinh Town
Districts: Cang Long, Cau Ke, Tieu Can, Chau Thanh, Tra Cu, Cau Ngang, Duyen Hai.
Ethnic groups: Viet (Kinh), Khmer, Tay, Hoa...
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Geography
 Located on Mekong River Delta, Tra Vinh Province borders Ben Tre, Vinh Long provinces on the north, Soc Trang Province on the west, and East Sea on the east with 65km seaside.
Topography includes coastal plain, alluvial deposits, hundreds of mounds and sand caves, a complex network of rivers and canals.
Tra Vinh is on tropical monsoon region. The weather is hot around the year. The dry season lasts from December to April. The rainy season is between May and November. Annual average temperature is 26ºC. |
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Tourism
and
Economy
Surrounded
by
Tien
and
Hau
rives
and
long
coast,
Tra
Vinh's
economy
base
on
agriculture,
aquaculture,
fish
and
shrimp
breeding.
The
province
is
covered
by
verdant
plants
in
garden
village
along
bank
of
river.
Ba
Om
Pond
is
an
attraction
of
Tra
Vinh.
It
is
surrounded
by
hillocks
and
many
old
sao
and
dau
trees
with
odd
shape
of
roots.
In
the
afternoon,
flocks
of
birds
perch
on
the
trees
and
make
this
area
exciting
and
noisy.
There
are
140
pagodas
of
Khmer,
50
pagodas
of
Viet
(Kinh)
and
5
pagodas
of
Hoa.
The
famous
ones
include
Ang,
Sam-rong-ek,
Co,
Hang.
Co
Pagoda
is
home
of
thousands
of
birds
including
storks,
cong
coc
and
pigeons. |
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Transportation
Tra Vinh Town is 66km from Vinh Long, 205km from Ho Chi Minh City, 110km from Ben Tre, Mytho. There are National Highways No.53, 54, 60 linking the districts of Tra Vinh and neighbor provinces.
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