Located 260 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City, Ba Dong Beach stretches nearly 50 kilometers over three communes in southern Tra Vinh Province’s Duyen Hai District.

Originally developed by French colonialists in the early 20th century as a resort for local officials to relax and spend their weekends, the beach remains an off-the-beaten path gem to visit in the Mekong Delta.

Upon arriving at the oceanic site, tourists will surely be taken by surprise by the breath of salty sea air that is so distinctive to the sweet scents of fruits that pervade the delta’s environs.

The coastline of Ba Dong Beach, approximately 55 kilometers from provincial capital city of Tra Vinh, unfurls along 10 kilometers of pristine white sand.

A light wind invigorates beachgoers with its fresh and clear breezes.

The beach is dotted with bungalows and cots ranging in prices, which offer tourists a chance to lay back and unwind to the rhythmic sound of undulating waves.

On its shore, visitors can fly kites, play sports, meander among numerous sand dunes, or race motorbikes for exciting thrills.

When famished from the physical activities, visitors can indulge in a range of culinary delights offered right on the beachside.

Ba Dong Beach hosts numerous seafood restaurants specializing in typical southwestern Vietnamese cuisine fished directly from the ocean.

Specialties include crab sauce eaten with bananas, carambola, girdle cakes and rice rolls and boiled meat.

Active tourists can choose to stroll to several churches built by the French, like Giong Rum and Phuoc Hao, situated near the beach.

Other interesting places to explore include a light-house, shrimp lakes and small islets.

As night falls, visitors can rest in “underground houses” built during the war to shelter from military shelling.

These quiet abodes are nested under the shade of lush trees.

Unfortunately, wars have destroyed most of the road system to Ba Dong Beach, making it a difficult location to discover.

Tra Vinh Province authorities are currently evaluating plans to rebuild the road system and renovate Ba Dong seaside resort to turn it into a more accessible tourist site.

Long Khanh mangrove forest

Just seven kilometers away from Ba Dong Beach rests an imposing man-grove forest.

To visit this site, tourists have to take a boat ride along a river covered by coconut trees.

Upon reaching the forest, you can wade in streams bare-footed to catch fish, shrimps, crabs, and clams, or explore the ecosystem of plants and birds unique to a mangrove forest near the sea.

Grilling fresh seafood sprinkled with chili salt to be eaten under the forest’s cool canopy is a delightful experience to be capped off with a swig of the local specialty alcohol called Xuan Thanh wine.

Reported by Hoang Bao

Source : thanhniennews.com

Located 260 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City, Ba Dong Beach stretches nearly 50 kilometers over three communes in southern Tra Vinh Province’s Duyen Hai District.

Originally developed by French colonialists in the early 20th century as a resort for local officials to relax and spend their weekends, the beach remains an off-the-beaten path gem to visit in the Mekong Delta.

Upon arriving at the oceanic site, tourists will surely be taken by surprise by the breath of salty sea air that is so distinctive to the sweet scents of fruits that pervade the delta’s environs.

The coastline of Ba Dong Beach, approximately 55 kilometers from provincial capital city of Tra Vinh, unfurls along 10 kilometers of pristine white sand.

A light wind invigorates beachgoers with its fresh and clear breezes.

The beach is dotted with bungalows and cots ranging in prices, which offer tourists a chance to lay back and unwind to the rhythmic sound of undulating waves.

On its shore, visitors can fly kites, play sports, meander among numerous sand dunes, or race motorbikes for exciting thrills.

When famished from the physical activities, visitors can indulge in a range of culinary delights offered right on the beachside.

Ba Dong Beach hosts numerous seafood restaurants specializing in typical southwestern Vietnamese cuisine fished directly from the ocean.

Specialties include crab sauce eaten with bananas, carambola, girdle cakes and rice rolls and boiled meat.

Active tourists can choose to stroll to several churches built by the French, like Giong Rum and Phuoc Hao, situated near the beach.

Other interesting places to explore include a light-house, shrimp lakes and small islets.

As night falls, visitors can rest in “underground houses” built during the war to shelter from military shelling.

These quiet abodes are nested under the shade of lush trees.

Unfortunately, wars have destroyed most of the road system to Ba Dong Beach, making it a difficult location to discover.

Tra Vinh Province authorities are currently evaluating plans to rebuild the road system and renovate Ba Dong seaside resort to turn it into a more accessible tourist site.

Long Khanh mangrove forest

Just seven kilometers away from Ba Dong Beach rests an imposing man-grove forest.

To visit this site, tourists have to take a boat ride along a river covered by coconut trees.

Upon reaching the forest, you can wade in streams bare-footed to catch fish, shrimps, crabs, and clams, or explore the ecosystem of plants and birds unique to a mangrove forest near the sea.

Grilling fresh seafood sprinkled with chili salt to be eaten under the forest’s cool canopy is a delightful experience to be capped off with a swig of the local specialty alcohol called Xuan Thanh wine.

Reported by Hoang Bao
Source : thanhniennews.com