Cần Thơ 7.19

Can Tho,
Vietnam

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Cần Thơ Cần Thơ is a well known place listed as City in Can Tho ,

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Cần Thơ is the fourth-largest city in Vietnam, and the largest city in the Mekong Delta.It is noted for its floating market, rice paper-making village, and picturesque rural canals. It had a population of 1.2 million, and is located on the south bank of the Hau River, a distributary of the Mekong river. In 2007, about 50 people died when the Cần Thơ Bridge collapsed, causing Vietnam's worst engineering disaster. In 2011, Can Tho International Airport opened.The city is nicknamed the "western capital" (Tây Đô), and is located 169km from Ho Chi Minh City. Cần Thơ's climate is tropical and monsoonal with two seasons: rainy, from May to November; and dry, from December to April. Average annual humidity is 83%, rainfall 1635mm and temperature 27°C.Administrative systemThe city is an independent municipality at the same level as provinces of Vietnam. It was created in the beginning of 2004 by a split of the former Cần Thơ Province into two new administrative units: Cần Thơ City and Hậu Giang Province.Cần Thơ is subdivided into nine district-level sub-divisions: 5 urban districts: Bình Thủy Cái Răng Ninh Kiều Ô Môn Thốt Nốt 4 rural districts: Cờ Đỏ Phong Điền Thới Lai Vĩnh Thạnh