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Cần Thơ

Cần Thơ is the third largest centrally-governed city in Vietnam and is in the Mekong Delta region.

Cần Thơ
Cần Thơ · Wikimedia Commons (see file page)
The place

Cần Thơ is the third largest centrally-governed city in Vietnam and is in the Mekong Delta region. It is noted for its floating markets, Bánh tráng-making village, and rural canals. Cần Thơ has a population of around 4,199,824 as of 2024.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Cần Thơ

7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Cần Thơ Bridge

    Cần Thơ Bridge, is a cable-stayed bridge over the Hậu River, the largest distributary of the Mekong River, in the city of Cần Thơ in southern Vietnam. The bridge is 2.75 kilometres long.

    3.2 km · bridge in Vietnam · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Roman Catholic Diocese of Can Tho

    The diocese of Cần Thơ is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam. The creation of the diocese in present form was declared November 24, 1960.

    700 m · diocese of the Catholic Church · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Can Tho University

    Can Tho University is a public research university in Can Tho, Vietnam. Established in 1966, it is a multidisciplinary university and a leading university in the Mekong Delta.

    1.7 km · university in Can Tho, Vietnam · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Cần Thơ Stadium

    Cần Thơ Stadium is a multi-use stadium located in Ninh Kiều District, Cần Thơ, Vietnam. Holding over 30,000 people, Cần Thơ is one of the largest stadiums in the country.

    1.8 km · Stadium in Cai Khe Ward, Can Tho City, Vietnam · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Hùng King Temple

    The Hùng King Temple is a facility to worship Hung King located in Can Tho, Vietnam. The temple has an area of more than 39,000 square meters, started construction in June 2019 and was inaugurated on April 6, 2022.

    6.8 km · Temple in Cần Thơ, Vietnam · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Cái Răng Floating Market

    Cái Răng Floating Market is a wholesale floating market specializing in the trade of vegetables and fruits on the Cần Thơ River, a distributary of Hậu River, and is a unique tourist attraction in the districts of Cái Răng and Ninh Kiều in Cần Thơ, Vietnam. With a history dating back to the early 20th century, the market emerged as a crucial trading hub.

    5.2 km · Floating market in Vietnam · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    collapse of Cần Thơ Bridge

    The collapse of Cần Thơ Bridge was a severe construction accident in southern Vietnam in September 2007. A 90-metre section of an approach ramp fell more than 30 metres, killing and injuring dozens of people.

    2.7 km · 2007 bridge collapse in Cần Thơ, Vietnam · Wikipedia

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Go there

Getting to Cần Thơ

Airports
Can Tho (VCA), 10 km · Tan Son Nhat (SGN), 129 km · Techo (KTI), 175 km
Stations
Can Tho International Airport, 9.7 km
  • Ho Chi Minh City → Cần Thơ
    127 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · ₫158,000–211,000
  • Phu Quoc Island → Cần Thơ
    195 km · quickest by road, 15h 30m · ₫266,000–355,000
  • Nha Trang/nha Trang aiurportCam Ranh → Cần Thơ
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Cần Thơ

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Cần Thơ. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThere are buses from all the big cities and minibuses from the smaller ones.
  • Get aroundThere are also ferries to surrounding areas here.
  • Go nextIf you are going by minibus and your destination is not directly on the route to Ho Chi Minh City they might just drop you off somewhere you have no intention of going.

From Wikivoyage: Can Tho, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    KampotKH

    12 ways of moving, 47 sources

    188 km
  2. 02
    Koh Rong and Koh Rong SanloemKH

    8 ways of moving, 30 sources

    289 km
  3. 03
    Siem ReapKH

    9 ways of moving, 28 sources

    425 km
  4. 04
    Ko ChangTH

    9 ways of moving, 30 sources

    434 km
  5. 05
    PoipetKH

    10 ways of moving, 12 sources

    534 km

If you know how people move in Cần Thơ – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

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