AN GIANG PROVINCE Square: 3536,8 km 2 Population: 2149,5 thousands people (2010) City: Long Xuyen City. Town: Chau Doc. Districts: An Phu, Tan Chau, Phu Tan, Chau Phu, Tinh Bien, Tri Ton, Cho Moi, Chau Thanh, Thoai Son.
South of Long Xuyen is one of the Mekong Delta’s best stork sanctuaries, the Bang Lang Stork Garden, with thousands of birds wheeling, swooping and squabbling over nesting places at dusk. Turn up an hour before sunset to witness the memorable sight.
Ton Duc Thang, (born Aug. 19, 1888, Long Xuyen province, Vietnam—died March 30, 1980, Hanoi), Communist leader who succeeded Ho Chi Minh as president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1969 and from 1976 was president of the reunited Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
AN GIANG PROVINCE Square: 3536,8 km 2 Population: 2149,5 thousands people (2010) City: Long Xuyen City. Town: Chau Doc. Districts: An Phu, Tan Chau, Phu Tan, Chau Phu, Tinh Bien, Tri Ton, Cho Moi, Chau Thanh, Thoai Son.
Long Xuyên is a very developed city in merchandising (mainly in rice trading) and processing fish industry (such as basa fish) with more than six plants and 10,000 workers. Education. Long Xuyên is home to An Giang University and the Long Xuyên Teacher's Training College. An Giang University is the second largest university in the Mekong Delta.