An Giang opens first ‘agriculture tour’ for foreign tourists

     The Mekong Delta province of An Giang Sunday opened its “Agriculture Tour” program after two years of preparation.
The first thirty international tourists are participating in the tour that will have them stay with local farmers trained to ensure a comfortable stay for foreign guests.
The 2007-2009 project, which costs 300,000 euros (US$396,000) and is funded by the Dutch agency Agriterra via Vietnam Farmers’ Union, is expected to benefit Long Xuyen Town’s My Hoa Hung Commune and Tinh Bien District’s mountainous ethnic commune of Van Giao.
The tour – which can be from one to three days - picks tourists at the Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City and takes them to Long Xuyen to visit six places including floral cloth making villages of the Cham and Khmer people and the Pol Pot war crimes relic. The tour costs between VND300,000-500,000 ($17-28) per person depending on its duration.