Cần Thơ City Travel Guide

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Cái Răng Floating Market

Cái Răng Floating Market is the largest wholesale floating market in the Mekong Delta - recognised as national intangible cultural heritage in 2016 and listed by Rough Guides among the world's 10 most impressive markets. Hundreds of wooden boats gather at dawn to trade fruit and produce on the Cần Thơ River, 6km south of the city centre.

Year-round

Local Food You Must Try

Vịt nấu chao

Duck simmered in fermented tofu (chao) with lemongrass and coconut water - the chao gives the broth a creamy, funky depth unique to the Mekong Delta, eaten with fresh rice noodles and water spinach

Nem nướng

Grilled pork paste skewers with a slightly sweet, charcoal-smoky flavour - served with rice paper, fresh herbs, green banana, and a thick hoisin-peanut dipping sauce at lively open-air restaurants

Chuối nếp nướng

Ripe banana wrapped in glutinous rice and grilled over charcoal until caramelised - drizzled with thick coconut cream and toasted sesame, a beloved Mekong Delta street dessert eaten warm at night markets

Bánh tét lá cẩm

Cylindrical sticky rice cake coloured deep purple with magenta plant leaves, filled with mung bean and fatty pork - a Cần Thơ Tết specialty as beautiful to look at as it is to eat

Lẩu cá kèo

Mudskipper hotpot simmered in sour tamarind broth with young rice paddy herbs - a quintessential Mekong Delta dish that Cần Thơ has perfected

Bánh xèo miền Tây

Sizzling crispy rice crepes stuffed with shrimp, pork, and bean sprouts - larger and crispier than the central coast version, wrapped in mustard leaf and dipped in sweet fish sauce

Bánh cống

Deep-fried savoury cups made from rice flour and mung bean, topped with a whole prawn - a Khmer-origin street snack that Cần Thơ has made its own signature