Ninh Kieu Quay in Can Tho

“Illustrious is Huế to own itself the dreamlike Perfume River or Hanoi has made its footsteps to history with the renowned Sword Lake. For the people who come from the beauty, the hustle and bustle of a big city like Cần Thơ, it would be a whole different kind of lofty sentiments every time they praise the name of the historic Ninh Kiều Ferry.
Ninh Kiều is beautiful. Even from its very first portray and formation in the nineteenth century, it has still been wallowing in the meretricious epic and poeticism. Worthy it is for a gaudy city, Ninh Kiều is known by little to have coincided with such a long period of history and the growth of Cần Thơ itself. After the first formation in French’s domination period, it came out in the name Quai deCommerce – the most crowded ferry of the city and kept going through another stage of history. Finally survived the resistance war to erase the trace of French colonialists, the ferry once again had its name changed to Lê Lợi in 1954. But not until the restore of this new city was the ferry named Ninh Kiều in 1958 to commemorate Lê Lợi’s great victory at the old Ninh Kiều Ferry of the North. Going through such a long way, Ninh Kiều seems to be a brother/a sister of Cần Thơ who shares with it both the hardships and joys. Though past is still past, its beauty once remained in those glorious days will always be remembered.” – Trang Nguyen

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Words by Trang Nguyen
Photos by Nhi Nguyen