The Mekong region is known as Vietnam's biggest rice basket, with an output of up to 51% of the whole country, and boasts of rich aquatic resources such as shrimp and fish, and abundant tropical fruits such as citrus fruits, mangoes, coconuts, bananas and longan. Long regarded as the capital of the Mekong Delta, Can Tho is the second biggest fruit producing province in the delta, after Tien Giang Province.
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