MEKONG DELTA CULTURE TOUR
Updated 6 May 2021: Culture tour is no longer available due to Covid-19's travel restrictions. We will shortly make a refund to culture tour registrations.
Registration Deadline: 10 May 2021
We might cancel the culture tour depending on the Covid-19 situations. We are closely following Covid-19 guidelines issued by the local authority, and right now the culture tour participation is still possible. In the registration form, please also provide us with your bank account information for the refund in case of Covid-19.
Overview
Program
After the pick-up at HCMC Open University, the program will start with a visit of Cai Be floating market. Visit the local workshop to see how rice paper, coconut candy, and pop-rice are produced. Enjoy some sweets with a cup of hot tea.
Then, the rowing boat will take you deeper into the countryside on smaller canals to enjoy the peaceful time. Back to our boat to go across one of the longest rivers in the world, Mekong River, to come to An Bình Island. Travel on a sampan to Ut Trinh home and have a lunch.
After lunch, we’ll bike for a leisure on village paths to see the local daily life: orchard, school, church, pagoda, traditional houses and maybe the ancestral ways to pick up fruits in Mekong Delta.
Visit the brick kilns where you can see how the local people create beautiful potteries from clay.
The cruise will end at Vinh Long city and drop you off at HCMC Open University.
Included: Breakfast, boats, coconut drink, fruits (on boat, at orchard), bike, rowboat, pop-rice, coconut candy, traditional music + tea, lunch, excellent local guide (English).
Price: 500,000VND
Bank payment information
Agribank information: Agribank – Chi nhánh Trung tâm Sài Gòn
Account name: Trường Đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
Account number: 1900 201 031 556
Content: OpenTESOL2021 - Full Name - Number of people - Culture tour [OpenTESOL2021 - Nguyen A - 1 - Culture tour]
Dong A Bank information: Ngân hàng TMCP Đông Á - CN Đinh Tiên Hoàng
Account name: Trường Đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
Account number: 000687210001
Content: OpenTESOL2021 - Full Name - Number of people - Culture tour [OpenTESOL2021 - Nguyen A - 1 - Culture tour]
Registration Deadline: 10 May 2021
We might cancel the culture tour depending on the Covid-19 situations. We are closely following Covid-19 guidelines issued by the local authority, and right now the culture tour participation is still possible. In the registration form, please also provide us with your bank account information for the refund in case of Covid-19.
Overview
- Date: Sunday, 23 May 2021
- Start time: 6h45
- Finish time: 17h
- Gathering point: HCMC Open University 97 Võ Văn Tần St., District 3, HCMC Open University
- Dress code: anything that makes you feel comfortable, sun scream, mosquito repellent (just in case)
Program
After the pick-up at HCMC Open University, the program will start with a visit of Cai Be floating market. Visit the local workshop to see how rice paper, coconut candy, and pop-rice are produced. Enjoy some sweets with a cup of hot tea.
Then, the rowing boat will take you deeper into the countryside on smaller canals to enjoy the peaceful time. Back to our boat to go across one of the longest rivers in the world, Mekong River, to come to An Bình Island. Travel on a sampan to Ut Trinh home and have a lunch.
After lunch, we’ll bike for a leisure on village paths to see the local daily life: orchard, school, church, pagoda, traditional houses and maybe the ancestral ways to pick up fruits in Mekong Delta.
Visit the brick kilns where you can see how the local people create beautiful potteries from clay.
The cruise will end at Vinh Long city and drop you off at HCMC Open University.
Included: Breakfast, boats, coconut drink, fruits (on boat, at orchard), bike, rowboat, pop-rice, coconut candy, traditional music + tea, lunch, excellent local guide (English).
Price: 500,000VND
Bank payment information
Agribank information: Agribank – Chi nhánh Trung tâm Sài Gòn
Account name: Trường Đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
Account number: 1900 201 031 556
Content: OpenTESOL2021 - Full Name - Number of people - Culture tour [OpenTESOL2021 - Nguyen A - 1 - Culture tour]
Dong A Bank information: Ngân hàng TMCP Đông Á - CN Đinh Tiên Hoàng
Account name: Trường Đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
Account number: 000687210001
Content: OpenTESOL2021 - Full Name - Number of people - Culture tour [OpenTESOL2021 - Nguyen A - 1 - Culture tour]
