Geography
 Ben Tre is situated in Mekong Delta. It shares its border with Tien
Giang in the north, Vinh Long in the west and south - west, and Tra
Vinh in the south. It has 60km seashore. The four main rivers are Tien
Giang, Ba Lai, Ham Luong, and Co Chien. They create Bao, Minh, and An
Hoa islets.The topography is flat with sand dunes and fields. Though
rivers surrounding the province, water transportation is very
available.
Climate: It is moon soon climate. The rainy season lasts from May to
October. The dry season lasts from December to April next year. The
annual average temperature varies between 26 and 27�C. The annual
average rainfall is 1,250mm - 1,500mm.
Tourism and Economy
 Having complex network of rivers and canals, Ben Tre has advantage
to develop ecotourism with many green fruit gardens. Ben Tre is the
granary of Mekong Delta. There are agriculture productions such as
rice, corn, pineapple, custard-apple, star apple, durian, mango,
longan, and many more. Industrial trees are tobacco, sugar-cane, and
cotton. Especially, Ben Tre is homeland of coconut. It is known with
Ben Tre coconut candy, My Long Cai Mon flower and ornamental plant.
Ben Tre is well known as poet Nguyen Dinh Chieu?s motherland. Other
popular places are My Hoa Bird Reserve, Con Phung (Hillock of the
Coconut Religion), Vam Ho Bird Sanctuary, Vien Minh Pagoda.
Transportation
Ben Tre is 14km from Mytho, and 85km from Ho Chi Minh City. National
Highway No. 60 and 57 link to Tra Vinh and Tien Giang provinces in
turn.Ben Tre is considered as island province accessible by ferry from
Mytho. Tourist can visit Ben Tre by high-speech ship for 5 people.
Source: vacationtravel.com.vn
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