Cảm nhận của mình về Cần Thơ — Transcript

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1. 0:00Hello, welcome back to the channel,
2. 0:02everyone. Can you guess where I am?
3. 0:04I’ll just tell you: I’m in Can Tho.
4. 0:07I’ve been down here visiting for
5. 0:09several dozen days now. During this
6. 0:14time, I’ve been running back and
7. 0:16forth, exploring the city, everyone.
8. 0:21It’s been a very new experience for
9. 0:23me. And there is one thing that made me
10. 0:28have to speak up and film this video
11. 0:30today: my god, why are the roads in Can
12. 0:32Tho so bad and terrible? Especially the
13. 0:38part where I enter the city, coming
14. 0:40from my hometown to Can Tho along the
15. 0:42road called National Route 91B. Just
16. 0:48about ten kilometers before reaching
17. 0:49the city, I already see digging
18. 0:51everywhere, guys. Yeah, digging, like
19. 0:54excavators and backhoes, they’re just
20. 0:56digging it all up. Since I’ve been
21. 1:01traveling from my home to Can Tho from
22. 1:02June until now, I’ve gone back and
23. 1:04forth many times, but I notice they
24. 1:06just dig it up and leave it there, they
25. 1:07don’t fill it back in. And all the
26. 1:13way into the city center, at the
27. 1:14intersection between 3 Thang 2 Street
28. 1:16and Nguyen Van Linh Street, if you’re
29. 1:18coming from any direction and want to
30. 1:20get to the center, you’re definitely
31. 1:21going to have to pass through that spot
32. 1:23. That area is basically the face of
33. 1:27the city, everyone. But guys, I really
34. 1:31don't understand why they keep digging
35. 1:33things up in Can Tho and then just
36. 1:34leave them there without finishing.
37. 1:39They bring in excavators, backhoes,
38. 1:41pipes, and all sorts of construction
39. 1:43materials, just piling them up
40. 1:45everywhere. That intersection has so
41. 1:50many large stores, like Mobile World or
42. 1:52electronics shops, it’s a very major
43. 1:55intersection. And they just dig it up
44. 2:00and leave it exactly like that. Just
45. 2:06the other day, I was online checking
46. 2:07out reviews around Can Tho, and I
47. 2:09happened to stumble upon a post from a
48. 2:11girl who said that last year, as a
49. 2:13freshman entering Can Tho University,
50. 2:15she was new to the city, but now that
51. 2:16she’s in her second year, that
52. 2:18construction site is still exactly the
53. 2:20same, nothing has changed; they just
54. 2:22dug it up and left it sitting there
55. 2:24like that. And it's not just that one
56. 2:29single intersection of 3/2 Street and
57. 2:31Nguyen Van Linh Street, either. Pretty
58. 2:34much everywhere I go throughout Can Tho
59. 2:36city, I constantly see this situation
60. 2:38where they dig things up and leave them
61. 2:40be, or sometimes they dig them up to
62. 2:42install sidewalk railings. They just
63. 2:45pile up these bulky, uneven concrete
64. 2:47blocks everywhere. As for the inside,
65. 2:49they haven't laid any bricks, they
66. 2:51haven't poured any cement, they haven't
67. 2:52done anything at all; they just leave
68. 2:54it in a mess like that. And I've
69. 2:56noticed so many streets are just like
70. 2:58that, you guys. I remember back in high
71. 3:00school, around 2017 or 2018, I visited
72. 3:02Can Tho, and this is the first time
73. 3:04I've returned since then. That’s
74. 3:06because I never really had any reason
75. 3:08to come back to this city. But coming
76. 3:14here today to visit my friend, I can
77. 3:16see that Can Tho has improved in some
78. 3:18ways, showing signs of modernization,
79. 3:20with many famous brands arriving to
80. 3:22develop the F&B scene, which seems to
81. 3:24be building Can Tho into a very
82. 3:26bustling place. However, personally,
83. 3:32from the perspective of someone from
84. 3:34Long Xuyen like me, I feel that Can Tho
85. 3:36isn't any different from Long Xuyen.
86. 3:38And Long Xuyen isn't really any
87. 3:39different from Can Tho, either. Even
88. 3:41though when people mention tourism in
89. 3:43the Mekong Delta or think of the region
90. 3:44, they immediately think of Can Tho.
91. 3:46Because Can Tho is the big brother of
92. 3:48the Mekong Delta, right? But when it
93. 3:51comes to the roads and the overall
94. 3:52aesthetics and such, I honestly think
95. 3:54Long Xuyen is better, guys. Because
96. 3:59when talking about the pace of street
97. 4:01repairs and road construction, I find
98. 4:03that if you compare the speed, Long
99. 4:04Xuyen is faster. Of course, there are
100. 4:09some things in Long Xuyen that might be
101. 4:11slow, but they aren't as slow as in Can
102. 4:13Tho. They just keep digging things up
103. 4:15and leaving them there, and I’m left
104. 4:17wondering who to even ask about it. I
105. 4:20think Can Tho is a very beautiful place
106. 4:22, but it’s only beautiful in certain
107. 4:24sections. It's like it only has certain
108. 4:28patches here and there; it’s not an
109. 4:29entire area that’s beautiful.
110. 4:32That’s just the way I perceive it.
111. 4:35When you go a little bit away from the
112. 4:37center, you’ll see the difference
113. 4:38immediately. I’m not a local of Can
114. 4:41Tho, so I’m just sharing my own
115. 4:43personal perspectives and opinions
116. 4:45about Can Tho province. If anyone finds
117. 4:49that what I’ve said is a bit
118. 4:50exaggerated or incorrect, please feel
119. 4:52free to comment in a civilized way to
120. 4:54offer suggestions or corrections. Now,
121. 4:59the second thing I want to talk about
122. 5:01in this video is the tourist area at
123. 5:03Ninh Kieu Wharf, everyone. I remember
124. 5:08back in June, when I returned to Can
125. 5:09Tho for the first time in many years, I
126. 5:11was in the very excited mood of a
127. 5:13tourist. I mean, I was a tourist after
128. 5:16all. I had a friend down here, so I
129. 5:18asked them to take me to Ninh Kieu
130. 5:20Wharf since it had been such a long
131. 5:22time since I’d been back. They said
132. 5:25something to me right away that really
133. 5:27left an impression on me. They said "
134. 5:29There's nothing at Ninh Kieu Wharf,"
135. 5:31and I was like "What? When people think
136. 5:34of Can Tho, they have to go to Ninh
137. 5:36Kieu Wharf." I thought it would have
138. 5:38been invested in for professional
139. 5:40tourism or had something truly
140. 5:41beautiful. But after so many years,
141. 5:44when I returned to Ninh Kieu Wharf, I
142. 5:46found it was exactly the same, everyone
143. 5:48. There was no difference at all.
144. 5:49That’s just my personal feeling. The
145. 5:51way tourism is handled in Can Tho isn't
146. 5:53very professional yet. It’s like
147. 5:57it’s still too local, and there’s
148. 5:59something about it that isn’t really
149. 6:00smooth yet, everyone. Last night I went
150. 6:04down to Ninh Kieu Wharf to hang out,
151. 6:06and one thing really struck me: Why is
152. 6:10it so dark, everyone? I went down there
153. 6:13and was completely surprised. I think a
154. 6:18city landmark like this should be
155. 6:20carefully maintained and well-invested
156. 6:22in, especially since I see many
157. 6:23tourists from other regions and plenty
158. 6:25of Western visitors here too. But when
159. 6:32I went down to Ninh Kieu Wharf
160. 6:34yesterday—it was Monday, the start of
161. 6:36the week, so it was a bit quiet—but
162. 6:38could we please have some lights? There
163. 6:42were no lights, everyone; it was pitch
164. 6:44black. Yet when I looked up, I saw so
165. 6:47many light bulbs meant for illumination
166. 6:49. The parks and the areas for walking
167. 6:52toward the footbridge—I don’t know
168. 6:53if they didn’t turn the lights on,
169. 6:55forgot to, or if the wires were cut. It
170. 6:58was completely dark. The only lights
171. 7:01came from the cruise boats. Only the
172. 7:04places where people were singing and
173. 7:05eating had lights. But the entire
174. 7:07square area leading up to the
175. 7:09footbridge had no power at all. The
176. 7:12only lights were on the footbridge, and
177. 7:14those were just color-changing lights,
178. 7:15not actual streetlights for people to
179. 7:17walk by. Then I pulled into a parking
180. 7:20spot at the foot of the bridge, looked
181. 7:22up, and thought, "My goodness, why is
182. 7:24it so dark?" It was as deserted as an
183. 7:26abandoned temple; I couldn't believe it
184. 7:28was a famous tourist spot. Standing
185. 7:31there looking up at the footbridge at
186. 7:33Ninh Kieu Wharf, I kept thinking back
187. 7:35to the images of Nha Trang, everyone. I
188. 7:40thought, "My goodness, why is Nha Trang
189. 7:42able to manage tourism so smoothly and
190. 7:44effectively?" From the food and dining
191. 7:50services, the local shops, to the
192. 7:52hotels, taxi services, and even walking
193. 7:54along Tran Phu beach. Everything there
194. 7:59is so smooth and absolutely perfect. I
195. 8:05think if there's any place that others
196. 8:07should follow in terms of how they
197. 8:08handle tourism, I believe Nha Trang
198. 8:10should be the leader in the tourism
199. 8:11industry. I haven't been to Da Nang yet
200. 8:15. I haven't been to Da Nang, so I
201. 8:16cannot make a comparison. I've only
202. 8:18been to Nha Trang. So I think if you
203. 8:20compare Can Tho with Nha Trang, that's
204. 8:22a really lopsided comparison, everyone.
205. 8:25Very lopsided. And I think Can Tho
206. 8:29needs to push for much more development
207. 8:31. Even though it's known as the "big
208. 8:34brother" of the Mekong Delta, I find
209. 8:36it's no different from my hometown,
210. 8:38Long Xuyen. It just has more large
211. 8:42organizations and major offices, like
212. 8:44VTV Can Tho or a bus station with more
213. 8:46routes. And it has Can Tho airport,
214. 8:51that's all. Besides those things, I
215. 8:53think my hometown Long Xuyen probably
216. 8:55doesn't lag behind Can Tho at all. But
217. 9:00one thing I really want Can Tho to
218. 9:01speed up and change immediately is the
219. 9:03roads, everyone. Because when tourists
220. 9:10from other places flock here, the first
221. 9:12thing that hits their eyes are the
222. 9:13roads and the urban landscape, which I
223. 9:15don't want to say looks terrible. But
224. 9:20when I experience driving on those
225. 9:22roads, I find it very frustrating and
226. 9:24annoying, everyone. So, one thing I
227. 9:28currently see that Can Tho needs to
228. 9:30address is the issue of road
229. 9:32infrastructure. As for the people here,
230. 9:37they are perfect, and I am a Westerner
231. 9:39myself. So when someone from one part
232. 9:42of the Mekong Delta moves to another,
233. 9:43it's pretty much the same thing,
234. 9:45everyone. I am very proud to be from
235. 9:47the Mekong Delta. And I really like Can
236. 9:49Tho. The second thing Can Tho needs to
237. 9:51improve is the tourist area at Ninh
238. 9:53Kieu Wharf, everyone. When I talk to
239. 9:59foreigners, they say that when they
240. 10:00want to travel to the Mekong Delta,
241. 10:02either they go to My Tho, or they go to
242. 10:04Ninh Kieu Wharf. Well, I haven’t been
243. 10:10to My Tho, so I don’t know how they
244. 10:12handle tourism there, but I think Can
245. 10:14Tho should really promote Ninh Kieu
246. 10:16Wharf more, everyone. Regarding the
247. 10:24lighting, the aesthetics, the urban
248. 10:25landscape, and the services, they
249. 10:27really need to improve and do better
250. 10:29marketing to help boost tourism in the
251. 10:31Mekong Delta. Every time I ask my
252. 10:38friends, "Hey, take me to Ninh Kieu
253. 10:40Wharf for a walk," they just give me
254. 10:42such a bored look. They even tell me, "
255. 10:44What is there to do in Can Tho?" Even
256. 10:48my aunt, when I invited her to go to
257. 10:50Ninh Kieu Wharf the other day, she just
258. 10:52said, "Why would I want to go down
259. 10:53there with you? It's flooded." Do you
260. 10:58guys know why? The high tide rises, the
261. 11:00water comes up, and the whole area is
262. 11:02flooded in the early morning; it
263. 11:04doesn't fully recede until about 8:00,
264. 11:069:00, or 10:00 AM. The roads are very
265. 11:09wet, and when I happened to pass by
266. 11:11around 9:00 or 10:00 the other day, I
267. 11:13found it to be quite smelly. So, since
268. 11:16it’s the rainy season now, I feel
269. 11:18like there are fewer tourists around. I
270. 11:23think it might be busier in other
271. 11:25seasons, but if possible, I think Can
272. 11:27Tho should invest more in the
273. 11:28appearance of Ninh Kieu Wharf to
274. 11:30attract more tourists, everyone. As a
275. 11:35traveler and a visitor from afar, these
276. 11:37are just my own observations and
277. 11:39reviews. Can Tho is a very dynamic and
278. 11:43youthful city. So many people come here
279. 11:45to study at Can Tho University, the
280. 11:47University of Medicine and Pharmacy,
281. 11:48Tay Do University, and Nam Can Tho
282. 11:50University. That’s why whenever I go
283. 11:51out on the streets, I see nothing but
284. 11:53students everywhere. It’s a very
285. 11:56dynamic, young city with that distinct
286. 11:58Western Vietnamese charm, and I really
287. 12:01love it. Everything I’ve mentioned in
288. 12:07today’s video reflects my personal
289. 12:09opinion, the perspective of a visitor
290. 12:10who has lived here for about a month,
291. 12:12so I’m sharing these insights. If
292. 12:18there is anything I said that was wrong
293. 12:20, incomplete, or lacking, I invite
294. 12:21everyone, especially the people of Can
295. 12:24Tho, to please leave a civilized
296. 12:25comment, share your feedback, and guide
297. 12:27me. Please don't bash me; I’d really
298. 12:30appreciate your kindness. Anyway, thank
299. 12:32you all for watching the video.