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Cần Thơ is a major city located in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam. It serves as an important economic and cultural hub for the delta area, known for its rivers, agriculture, and trade activities.
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- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Cần Thơ
- Country
- Vietnam
- Located in
- Vietnam
- Contains
- Cái Răng
- Population
- 3207000
- Area
- 6361
- Elevation
- 0
- Body of water
- Bassac River
- Capital of
- Mekong Delta
- Shares border with
- Kiên Giang
- Official website
- cantho.gov.vn
- Image
- Can Tho City - Stadt aus Sicht vom Boot.jpg
- Dialing code
- 292
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- P12749
- Febres
- Commons category
- Can Tho
- Köppen climate classification
- tropical savanna climate
- topic's main category
- Category:Cần Thơ
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Cần Thơ
- inception
- 1789-00-00
- owner of
- Cần Thơ Stadium
- twinned administrative body
- Kaposvár
- language used
- Khmer
- native label
- Cần Thơ
- P8168
- Desigual
- urban population
- 882860
- rural population
- 369490
- postal code
- 94000–94999
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Cities
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Encyclopedic overview
Cần Thơ ( Vietnamese pronunciation: [kə̀n tʰə̄ː] ) is the third largest municipality in Vietnam and is in the Mekong Delta region. It is noted for its floating markets, Bánh tráng-making village, and rural canals. Cần Thơ has a population of around 4,199,824 as of 2024.
On June 12, 2025, the National Assembly passed Resolution No. 202/2025/QH15, which took effect the same day, merging Hậu Giang Province and Sóc Trăng Province into Cần Thơ municipality. Ninh Kiều, which has the Ninh Kiều port, is the former central district and the most populated of the former districts.
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