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Region: Mekong Delta> Province: Tra Vinh>Location: Tra Vinh

Tra Vinh sights and attractions

Chua Ong Met - Tra Vinh's central pagoda

Description
Set amongst a stand of eucalypts, this is a classic Khmer-style pagoda that wouldn't be at all out of place in any Khmer town. Note the Khmer script running along the base of the murals and the super-solid wooden columns holding the place up.

Chua Chim - Forest pagoda

Western edge of Tra Vinh town

Description
In the western outskirts of Tra Vinh, Chua Chim is set in a forest grove a world away from the hustle and bustle of Tra Vinh. Be sure to ask one of the monks to switch on the neon display at the main alter for a suitably dazzling view of Buddha. To reach the temple, head south, past the Cuu Long Hotel for about one kilometre till you reach a war cemetery on your right. Turn right immediately after the cemetery and just keep following the trail till you reach a fork at a small chedi, where you need to take a left -- continue on and you'll eventually reach the temple -- overall it is between one and two kilometres from the main road.

Chua Phuong - Pagoda in ruins

Southern end of Tra Vinh

Description
Set to the south of town, near the bus station, Chua Phuong sits in a large stand of forest and is worth visiting not so much for the new pagoda but for the ruined old pagoda which sits in the eastern part of the forest enclosure. It's little more than an overgrown pile of rubble, but it tickled our fancy. Rather amusingly, when we arrived the monks were hanging out with a bunch of spagetti-strap wearing girls -- who all scuttled off into the forest when we appeared!