Best of the Mekong Delta and Phu Quoc, Vietnam: Cai Rang Floating Market, Can Tho, Tra Vinh Khmer, Vinh Long, My Tho, Phu Quoc Beaches & Vietnamese Rice Bowl, A 2026 First-Person Guide
Browse more guides: Vietnam travel | Asia destinations Best of the Mekong Delta and Phu Quoc, Vietnam: Cai Rang Floating Market, Can Tho, Tra Vinh Khmer, Vinh Long, My Tho, Phu Quoc Beaches & Vietnamese Rice Bowl, A 2026 First-Person Guide I came south from Ho Chi Minh City on the second of February 2026 in a battered grey minivan with seven other travellers, a sleeping driver swap at Tien Giang, and a thermos of iced milk coffee that the woman in the front seat kept refilling for everyone without being asked. The road from the city to My Tho is only seventy kilometres but the moment we crossed the Rach Mieu Bridge over the first arm of the Mekong I felt the air change from petrol fumes to wet rice paddies and overripe jackfruit. By the time we reached Can Tho four hours later the sun was setting over the Hau River, the water was the colour of milky tea, and a sampan rower was steering past Ninh Kieu Wharf with two baskets of pomelo balanced on her bow. Over the next twelve day...