Area: 2,359.8 sq. km. Population: 1,263.7 thousand habitants (2015). Capital: Ben Tre City. Districts (8): Chau Thanh, Cho Lach, Mo Cay, Giong Trom, Binh Dai, Ba Tri, Thanh Phu, Mo Cay Bac. Ethnic groups: Viet (Kinh), Khmer, Hoa, Tay
◊ 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 average annual temperature varies between 26 and 27oC. The average annual rainfall is 1,250mm - 1,500mm.
Phung Islet (Ben Tre Province)
◊ 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 16km from My Tho, and 86km from Ho Chi Minh City, accessible by Rach Mieu Bridge from My Tho (Tien Giang Province) and Co Chien Bridge from Tra Vinh.
Bus: There are regular buses to some destinations in the South and Central Highlands.
Boat: Ben Tre is accessible by ferry from My Tho. Tourist can visit somes attracted places in Ben Tre such as Phung Islet, Quy Islet, Oc Islet… by high-speech ship.
Ben Tre
Add: 708 Nguyen Van Tu St., Ben Tre City
Tel: (84-275) 3545 454
Add: 81A Highway 60, Mo Cay townlet
Tel: (84-275) 3660 356
Add: 200C Hung Vuong St., Ben Tre City
Tel: (84-275) 3560 560/ 3818 595
Add: 333A3, Zone 3, Dong Khoi Highway, Ben Tre City
Tel: (84-275) 3512 063
Add: 144 Hung Vuong St., Ben Tre City
Tel: (84-275) 3511 888
Add: 30 Zone 5, 19-5 St., Ba Tri Townlet
Tel: (84-275) 3762 662
Add: Phu Khuong Hamlet, Phu Tuc Commune, Chau Thanh Dist.
Tel: (84-275) 3618 618
Add: 8/2 Tran Quoc Tuan St., Ben Tre City
Tel: (84-275) 3825 332
Add: 166 Hung Vuong St., Ben Tre City
Tel: (84-275) 3822 408/3575 534
Add: 234-D8 Hung Vuong St, Ben Tre City
Tel: (84-275) 3512 050
Add: Tan Thach Commune, Chau Thanh Dist.
Tel: (84-275) 3822 198
Add: 106C Binh Thanh St., Ben Tre City
Tel: (84-275) 3823 679 / 01228805810
Add: 180A1 Dong Khoi Highway, Ben Tre City
Tel: (84-275) 3826 076
Add: 1B7 Doan Hoang Minh St., Ben Tre City
Tel: (84-275) 3814 366
Add: Hamlet Phu Ngai, Commune Phu An Hoa, Chau Thanh Dist.
Tel: (84-275) 3895 532
Add: 28 Hai Ba Trung St., Ben Tre City
Tel: (84-275) 3575 377
Add: 12 Hamlet 1, Tan Thach, Chau Thanh Dist.
Tel: (84-275) 3860 009
Add: 98 Nguyen Thi Dinh St., Ben Tre City
Tel: (84-275) 3828 623
Add: 426 C7, Zone 6, Ben Tre City
Tel: (84-275) 2210 937
Add: 323/1, 1 Hamlet, Son Dong Commune, Ben Tre City
Tel: (84-275) 0946 666 866 / 3833 351
Add: Hung Vuong Park, Ward 5, Ben Tre City
Tel: (84-275) 3822 492
Add: 58 - 60 Hung Vuong St., Ben Tre City
Tel: (84-275) 3822 416/ 3812 177
Add: 210B Dong Khoi Ave., Ben Tre City
Tel: (84-275) 3511 855/ 3211 878
Add: 40 Phan Ngoc Tong St., Ben Tre City
Tel: (84-275) 3822 873
Add: Tan Thach commune, Chau Thanh Dist.
Add: 26-27C Nguyen Dinh Chieu St, Ben Tre City
Tel: (84-275) 3575 759
Add: 16 Hai Ba Trung St., Ben Tre City
Tel: (84-275) 3822 501