Area: 4,495.0 sq. km. Population: 1,484.7 thousand habitants (2015). Capital: Tan An City. Town: Kien Tuong. Districts (13): Ben Luc, Can Duoc, Can Giuoc, Chau Thanh, Duc Hoa, Duc Hue, Moc Hoa, Tan Thanh, Tan Tru, Thanh Hoa, Thu Thua, Vinh Hung, Tan Hung. Ethnic groups: Viet (Kinh), Khmer, Tay, Hoa...
◊ GEOGRAPHY
Located on the Mekong Delta, Long An is surrounded by Tay Ninh Province and Cambodia on the north, Ho Chi Minh City on east, Tien Giang Province on the south and Dong Thap Province on the west. Long An is divided into smaller areas by a complex network of rives and canals. Silt from Vam Co Dong and Vam Co Tay rives has raised the level of the field of Long An. This silt makes a good condition for agriculture. The terrain is quite flat except some hills and mounds on the north. The western area belongs to the Plain of Reeds. Climate: Long An is on tropical monsoon climate. The rain season lasts from May to October and the dry season lasts from November to April next year. Average annual temperature is 27.4oC. Average annual rainfall is 1,620mm. ◊ TOURISM Visitors are attracted to Long An by value of Oc Eo culture that develops on the Mekong Delta from 1st BC to 6th century BC. 12,000 objects of 20 prehistoric monuments and 100 Oc Eo culture relics have been found. Beside these, Long An preserves valuable sites including House with Hundred Columns, Rach Coc Fort, Ton Thanh Pagoda. In Dong Thap Muoi Eco-tourist Site, tourists can discover many special flora and fauna and try typical dishes of the South.
Hundred-column house (Long An Province)
◊ TRANSPORTATION
Long An is 47km from Ho Chi Minh City. Long An has National Road N°. 1 crossing Tan An City, N°. 62 linking to Binh Hiep Border Gate to Cambodia, N°. 50 from My Tho (Tien Giang) to Ho Chi Minh City via Can Duoc.
Bus: Long An Bus Station (113 National Road N°. 1, Tan An City) are daily buses to Ho Chi Minh City and some provinces in the South region.
Long An
Add: 43-45 Nguyen An Ninh, Ward 1, Tan An City
Tel: (84-272) 2460 667
Add: Tan Long, Thanh Phu, Ben Luc
Tel: (84-272) 0916 659 606
Add: Ward 1, Long Hau 1, Long Hau Commune , Can Giuoc Dist.
Tel: (84-272) 3873 4928
Add: Long Hau 1, Long Hau, Can Giuoc Dist.
Add: Duc Hoa Đong, Đuc Hoa Dist.
Tel: (84-272) 01203 921 293
Add: 236 National Highway 1A, Ward 5, Tan An City
Tel: (84-272) 3 525828
Add: 7A Vo Cong Ton St., Tan An City
Tel: (84-272) 3826 439
Add: 61 Nguyen Hue St., Tan An City
Tel: (84-272) 3551 032/3551 033
Add: 139 Nguyen Thai Binh St., Tan An City
Tel: (84-272) 3821 779
Add: 178E/2 Nguyen Thi Tho, Duc Hoa Dist.
Tel: (84-272) 3817 477
Add: 33 Ho Van Long St., Ward 2, Tan An City
Tel: (84-272) 3550 439
Add: 67 Huynh Van Tao St., Ward 3, Tan An City
Tel: (84-272) 3839 037
Add: 736, Hamlet 5, Duc Hoa Dist.
Tel: (84-272) 3766 766
Add: 90 National Highway 62, Ward 2, Tan An City
Tel: (84-272) 3829 759
Add: 464 Hung Vuong St., Ward 3, Tan An City
Tel: (84-272) 3822 980
Add: 263-265 Nguyen Huu Tho St., Ben Luc Townlet
Tel: (84-272) 3655 455
Add: 135 Nguyen Van Tuoi, Ben Luc Townlet
Tel: (84-272) 3631 923
Add: National Highway 50, Tan Xuan Hamlet, Can Giuoc Dist.
Tel: (84-272) 3741 654
Add: 219-221-223 Nguyen An Ninh St., Tan An City
Tel: (84-272) 3839 467
Add: 119 Hung Vuong St., Ward 2, Tan An City
Tel: (84-272) 3522 299
Add: 346 National Highway 1A, Tan An City
Tel: (84-272) 3826 659
Add: 51 Nguyen Van Tao St, Tan An City
Tel: (84-272) 3521 888
Add: 39 National Highway 62, Tan An City
Tel: (84-272) 3827 438
Add: 298 National Highway 1A, Ben Luc Dist.
Tel: (84-272) 3632 258/ 0977 695 575