Annotated links for Mekong Delta travel
Directory · Updated 12 October 2026
The Mekong Delta, one checked link at a time
Mekong Links is a directory of sources for travel in the Mekong Delta: provincial portals after the 2025 merger, national parks and museums, festival notices, tour companies and transport operators. Every link carries a short note, a source type and the date we last opened it.
What the directory covers
Mekong Links collects the pages that hold the original information — the provincial tourism portal, the national park's own site, the festival notice, the boat operator's page — and says in a line or two what each one is good for.
Official sources
National tourism and immigration bodies, then the government and tourism portals of each new province. Open the list.
Parks, museums, festivals
Parks and museums with their own pages, and festivals and events with the notice that dates them.
Companies and operators
Tour companies grouped by what you need, A to Z, and bus, boat and air operators with their own websites.
How to read the labels
Each link carries one of four labels, telling you what kind of body published the page.
| Label | Who publishes it | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Official | A ministry, a provincial department, a park or museum board, UNESCO | Names, dates of decisions, festival schedules, opening notices |
| Company | A business that sells something: a tour, a cruise, a ticket | What is on sale now, departure days, what a trip includes |
| Press | A newspaper or broadcaster report | Figures and events with a date, when no official page carries them |
| Association | An industry body, such as a provincial tourism association | Member lists and trade events; not a regulator |
"Checked 12 Oct 2026" means we opened that link on that day and it showed what the note describes. "Did not load" means the page failed for our checker on that day. Several provincial .gov.vn portals timed out for our checker, which runs outside Vietnam; a failed load from abroad does not prove a portal has closed, so we keep important official links with that warning rather than drop them.
Five provinces where there used to be twelve
The National Assembly adopted Resolution 202/2025/QH15 on 12 June 2025. The new provincial governments began work on 1 July 2025, and the district level of government was abolished across the country on the same date. In the delta, twelve provinces and cities became five. Each new unit took the name of one of the old ones, so a familiar name can now cover a much larger area.
| New unit | Formed from | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can Tho city | Can Tho, Soc Trang, Hau Giang | 6,360.83 | 4,199,824 |
| An Giang | An Giang, Kien Giang | 9,888.91 | 4,952,238 |
| Vinh Long | Vinh Long, Ben Tre, Tra Vinh | 6,296.20 | 4,257,581 |
| Dong Thap | Dong Thap, Tien Giang | 5,938.64 | 4,370,046 |
| Ca Mau | Ca Mau, Bac Lieu | 7,942.39 | 2,606,672 |
Two further changes matter to delta travellers. Long An, the province between Ho Chi Minh City and the delta, is now part of Tay Ninh. Phu Quoc became a special zone (dac khu) of An Giang on 1 July 2025, together with the new special zones of Tho Chau and Kien Hai.
Sources: Dai bieu Nhan dan — Resolution 202/2025/QH15, full text, 12 Jun 2025; Sai Gon Giai Phong — Phu Quoc becomes a special zone, 1 Jul 2025 · checked .
Why the old names are still everywhere
Road signs, map apps and many tour itineraries still say "Ben Tre province" or "Cai Be district". Ben Tre, Soc Trang, My Tho, Sa Dec and Chau Doc are still the names of towns and wards; what has gone is their status as provinces or districts. We write the name you will see on a ticket, with the new province where it helps: "Tra Vinh (now Vinh Long province)".
What you will not find here
Mekong Links does not sell tours, tickets or rooms and does not take bookings. It does not give step-by-step routes between towns or timetables copied from operators — those change too often to repeat safely, so we link to the operator instead. It is not a food guide either. How the directory is put together, and how to report a dead link, is on the about page.
Common questions
Questions readers send
Is Mekong Links an official government site?
No. It is an independent information site that links to official sources and labels them, so you can tell a provincial department's page from a company's page or a newspaper report.
Which provinces are in the Mekong Delta now?
Since 1 July 2025 the delta has five provincial-level units: Can Tho city, An Giang, Vinh Long, Dong Thap and Ca Mau. Long An, often counted with the delta, is now part of Tay Ninh province.
Can I book a tour or a boat through this site?
No. The directory links to tour companies and transport operators; you book with them directly. The tour companies page explains how to check a company's licence before paying a deposit.
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Read next
Directory · Official
Official sources
National tourism and immigration bodies plus each new province's government and tourism portal, with check dates.
Directory · Companies
Tour companies
Tour companies with live Mekong Delta trip pages, grouped by need and listed A–Z, plus licence checks.
Directory · Nature and heritage
Parks and museums
National parks, Ramsar wetlands, relic sites and museums, each with its official page and check date.
Directory · Festivals
Festivals and events
Lunar and fixed-date festivals across the delta, each linked to the notice or report that dated it.
Directory · Transport
Transport operators
Bus, boat and air operators serving the delta, one line each, with official websites and check dates.
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