DONG THAP

   

157 km from the southwest of Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Thap ia famous for the many nurseries' cultivating flowers and forests. It is also known for its fragrant rice.


Here you can visit Tam Nong Crane Ground in Tam Nong town; Tomb of Junior Doctor Nguyen Sinh Sac, father of  president Ho Chi Minh, a great Vietnamese national hero; Xeo Quyt (a base of Viet Cong during the war.) . Especially Tam Nong Crane Ground, the breeding ground of red-headed, bare-necked cranes, a rare, endangered species of land birds, they are very precious to Vietnamese as well as worldwide natural lovers. Cranes stay in Tam Nong Park from December to June;