A walk around Chau Doc Town in An Giang Province can transport visitors back to another century. ( A tourist views the sights of Chau Doc Town from a pedicab)Chau Doc is the second biggest town of the Mekong Delta’s An Giang Province after Long Xuyen. It was the province’s administrative and economic center under King Gia Long’s reign from 1802 to 1820. It was in this period that the French people based offices in Chau Doc to control Dong Xuyen, now called Long Xuyen, and Dong Thap Province’s Sa Dec Town.
It takes about five hours to travel by car from Ho Chi Minh City to Chau Doc, which is near the Vietnam-Cambodia border. All goods and travelers heading to Cambodia must pass through this town.
Chau Doc has many ancient buildings that have been certified as national cultural relics, such as Thoai Ngoc Hau Mausoleum, Bo De Dao Trang Pagoda, Tay An Pagoda and Ba Chua Xu Temple. There are many temples, pagodas and mausoleums in the town, as well as the charming Chau Doc Market and Chau Doc Theater, although some of the buildings can be a little difficult to find, hidden away behind modern buildings.
Visitors who want to see Chau Doc’s ancient architecture should go to the blocks of streets around Chau Doc Market, which has houses and buildings featuring French architecture. Though Chau Doc’s ancient constructions do not rival those of Hoi An and Hue in the central region, they are attractive and interesting.
Chau Doc is rather small but most tourists do not see all the best sights as they are scattered throughout the town. Visitors wandering through ancient streets in the
downtown area could feel as if nothing has changed over the past 100 years.
After walking around to see the ancient constructions of Chau Doc, visitors can drop in at Chau Doc Market to do some shopping.
Traders here say the market has been trading since the time of French rule. One of the most famous specialties on sale here is mam, fish fermented with salt. Many brands of mam are available, such as Ba Giao Thao, Ba Giao Khoe and Ut Canh.
Reported by Diem Thu
It takes about five hours to travel by car from Ho Chi Minh City to Chau Doc, which is near the Vietnam-Cambodia border. All goods and travelers heading to Cambodia must pass through this town.
Chau Doc has many ancient buildings that have been certified as national cultural relics, such as Thoai Ngoc Hau Mausoleum, Bo De Dao Trang Pagoda, Tay An Pagoda and Ba Chua Xu Temple. There are many temples, pagodas and mausoleums in the town, as well as the charming Chau Doc Market and Chau Doc Theater, although some of the buildings can be a little difficult to find, hidden away behind modern buildings.
Visitors who want to see Chau Doc’s ancient architecture should go to the blocks of streets around Chau Doc Market, which has houses and buildings featuring French architecture. Though Chau Doc’s ancient constructions do not rival those of Hoi An and Hue in the central region, they are attractive and interesting.
Chau Doc is rather small but most tourists do not see all the best sights as they are scattered throughout the town. Visitors wandering through ancient streets in the
downtown area could feel as if nothing has changed over the past 100 years.
After walking around to see the ancient constructions of Chau Doc, visitors can drop in at Chau Doc Market to do some shopping.
Traders here say the market has been trading since the time of French rule. One of the most famous specialties on sale here is mam, fish fermented with salt. Many brands of mam are available, such as Ba Giao Thao, Ba Giao Khoe and Ut Canh.
Reported by Diem Thu
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