Discovering Cai Be

Presenter: Nguyen Thi My Linh Class: Tien Giang English training - 2012 Supervisor: Nguyen Van Tam, M.A

Discovering Cai Be
Geography informations for Cai Be Cai Bes ancient houses

Discovering Cai be

Cai Be floating market

Tropical fruits in Cai Be

Handicraft villages
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Discovering Cai Be
Geography informations for Cai Be
Ci B is a river-land mixed town in
Viet Nam. It is a district of Tien Giang province, the Mekong Delta region of Viet Nam Cai Be is located in the north shore of My Thuan brigde, the gateway to the city of Vinh Long and the Mekong Delta. As of 2003, the district had a population of 290.457 The district s capital lies at Cai Be and it covers an area of 421 km 3

Discovering Cai Be
Cai Bes ancient houses
Mr.Ba Duc's house

Mr.Kiets house

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Mr.Kiets house: (1924, Phu Hoa Village, Dong Hoa Hiep, Cai Be District, Tien Giang Province).
It is inherited by Mr, Tran Van Binh
It was built on the area of 1000m2, right in the middle of an orchard of 1,8ha at Phu Hoa hamlet, Dong Hoa Hiep commune, Cai Be, Tien Giang province

It comprises of 5 compartments disposed in Dinh letter, with structure of 100 columns of precious wood
Up to the Japanese specialists, that house was built 150 years ago, with the traditional Southern structure. 5

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Mr.Ba Duc's house

It was built in 1938 in An Loi Village, Dong Hoa Hiep Commune

The house was designed in the combination of Westen and Easten architecture

The house is located in the area of 2 hectares and surrounded by the bonsai garden and fruit orchards.

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Cai Be floating market

Some people come to Cai Be floating market,which is located at Ca Be river, to buy the products from the merchants and bring back to the markets in the mainland for selling to the customers.

Approximately 400 to 500 boats filled with fruits, vegetables, and other products are anchored along the banks of the river, from 5 a.m to 5 p.m every day.

Each boat has one bamboo stick on the front which is used to hang the product of the boat. This is a kind of advertising 9 to show what do the boat sell inside

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Tropical fruits in Cai Be

Grapefruit in Co co

Hoa Loc mango

Cai Be angerine
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Tropical fruits in Cai Be
Longan Rambutan

Durian

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Handicraft Villages Local people make many
kinds of the pop-corn paper rice, dehydrated longan, weaving water coconut leaf .. to meet the demand of customers. The pop-corn village in Cai Be with many famous brands as: Ngoc Loi, Cai Be, Cuu Long... had satisfied the people all over region and nationwide

Making pop-corn

Making paper rice

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Handicraft villages

Dehydrated longan

Making the brick

Weaving water coconut leaf
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