Cai Rang Floating Market bustles with activity

by VTV410 July 2016 Last updated at 09:18 AM

VTV.vn - Can Tho City officially held the opening ceremony of the Cái Răng Floating Market Festival and recieved a certificate recognising the market as a national intangible cultural heritage on Saturday.

From early morning, hundreds of delegates and visitors were on a 6-kilometer journey to travel from Ninh Kieu wharf to the market by boat. Cai Rang Float Market Festival features a number of activities, such as a photo exhibition on ‘The Beauty of Cai Rang Floating Market’, a boat parade, a model boat display, a fruit carving contest, and “don ca tai tu” (a traditional south Vietnamese folk singing) contest.

In the first 6 months of 2016, Can Tho welcomed over 930 thousand arrivals, up 22% year on year. For most visitors, Cái Răng Floating Market is not to be missed.

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