Announcement of Office Relocation

We are pleased to announce that we will be moving into new office from May 25th, 2013.
The new office premise is located in the address as follows:
Office-Name: Ben Tre Tourist Information Promotion Center

• Old address: No. 45 Dong Khoi Street, Ward 3, Ben Tre City, Ben Tre Province
• New address: The 2nd floor, 108/1,  30/4 Street, Ward 4, Ben Tre City, Ben Tre Province
• Tel: 075. 8511 480 - Fax: 075. 38 38 813

Please, contact us any time!
Best regards!

To Ben Tre for using Specialty “Coconut”

From the coconut Ben Tre people processed into various specialties such as: coconut milk boiled shrimp, coconut milk fried shrimp, coconut banana stew, coconut candy, recently, more interesting dishes have been commented by visitors: Real characteristic of the coconut country, which is “coconut” – a specialty won Silver Medal at the Southern Land fair held by Saigon Tourist, 1999.

“Coconut rice” means Rice is cooked with coconut milk in a coconut. This is the dish from Mrs. Ho Thu Bach, formerly Director of Ben Tre floating Restaurants, the current work at the Ham Luong hotel, came up with the idea from the Central Highlands Lam rice (rice cooked in bamboo tubes). Coconut for cooking must be selected from drinking coconut like: Siamese coconut, small coconut, pineapple coconut … coconut in medium age; young fruit or strong enough non-sweet milk quality, non-aromatic.

The Rice used to cook must be smelled good and soft, washed clean, in a basket to drain. Coconut used as a “cooker” with an opening at the tail to pour out some milk, then put the rice into the coconut, so the rice and coconut milk get balance, the rice is just cooked, dry, plastic. After putting the rice in to the coconut milk, cover it tight put it into, for a pot of little water for distillation. Coconut meal, you must use a small spoon and chew slowly you, will enjoy the sweet taste and scent of coconut milk absorbed into the grains of rice. Coconut rice should be eaten while it’s still hot with coconut fried shrimp. It would be better.

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When having the opportunity to reach Ben Tre coconut country, would you please visit Ben Tre floating Restaurant or Ham Luong hotel restaurant (Ben Tre City) to enjoy the delicious taste of coconut rice. And at other destinations like Phung Islet, Qui Islet, … you also enjoy this coconut rice dish.

Translated from Lu The Nha

Water River Cruising – Garden Area Ben Tre City Coastal Region

Ben Tre, a land famous for vast green coconut forest still remains two popular song.

“Ben Tre with freshwater and much of coconut

The fields and gardens are fertile, the sea is an excess of fish and shrimp”

From Ho Chi Minh City along the high speed Highway to Ben Tre. It only takes about 1 hour 30 minutes.

Ben Tre city is a young, romantic and peaceful city … Coming to Ben Tre, you will visit the city to gaze at the historic cultural architectural monuments such as: “Dong Khoi Monument”, “Tran Van On Monument”, Ben Tre Museum, “Victory Monument in the river”, An Hoi common house architecture, Phu Tu common house and Bach Mai secular trees over 300 years old, Vien Giac, Vien Minh Pagoda, Cao Dai see and Nguyen Ngoc Tuong original, Ben Tre Church, watching Truc Giang Lake, Hung Vuong street on the edge of the Ben Tre river … Especially to discovery, experience river water – the garden areas of Ben Tre city belong to My Thanh An, Nhon Thanh, Phu Nhuan villages …

Dong Khoi Monument

Ben Tre Church

Departure from Hung Vuong tourist pier by the Ben Tre River side, the sightseeing boat calls at the brick kilns located along the Ben Tre River, visiting the base of coconut to see peeling coconut, breaking coconut for water, coconut meat, … Enjoying coconut jam, banana candy; coconut candy, coconut wine … walking on the coconut bridge, visiting the mat craft village, journeying with the bikes or sitting on the motor-carf looking at country road scenery, orchards, or going boating, rowing along the small canal.

Enjoying Siamese coconut milk picked in the garden as well as garden fruits like, grape fruit of green skin, longan, An Phuoc plum, rambutan and small banana; Drinking honey tea, listening to music and exchanging amateurish folk song.

Lunch right in the garden with the dishes like: shaggily fried Spadefish with rice-paper cake rolling with fragrant herbs, spring rolls, free-range chicken soup with banana flower salad, coconut milk boiled shrimp, plain rice with fish sour soup, belly-fish. Coconut fried tiny shrimp, tilapia, snake headed fish. Mudfish cooked in the bowl. Coconut sprout salad and other attractive dishes. Tourist can register at Hai Ho homestay green Siamese coconut – Phu Nhuan commune.

At the end of the trip, saying goodbye to natural scenic waterways at the garden area – Seeing you back to explore something more excellent in the green trees, sweet fruit area.