Vast French vineyard in HCMC attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors

Suoi Tien Cultural Park's 5-hectare farm, which features French vines, massive watermelons, and numerous friendly animals, attracted 600,000 visitors in June-July.

The farm is part of Suoi Tien Cultural Park's "changing new clothes" development process. Located at No. 120 Hanoi Highway, Tan Phu ward, Thu Duc city, Ho Chi Minh City, it covers more than 5 hectares and has an investment capital of more than VND100 billion ($4.2 million).

The farm grows a variety of crops, including Mexican papayas, French grapes, Japanese pink grapes, Jade watermelons, and Japanese pink grapes.

One of the outstanding features of the farm is its vineyard. The vineyard has become a tourist attraction, and visitors can pick, buy and eat the fruit on the spot.

Suoi Tien Farm grows grape varieties originating from all around the world such as French Black Candy Grapes and Japanese Rose Grapes.

Grapes are sold for VND250,000 ($10.4) per kg.

The watermelon plantation fascinates tourists. Visitors are free to choose and purchase items on their own as gifts.

The watermelon area consists of more than 5,000 trees of all kinds, planted under shady rows of coconut trees.

Visitors enjoy fruits, including watermelons, in the garden.

Coconut trees provide shade at Suoi Tien Farm.

Suoi Tien Farm also features a sheep farm which is a popular tourist stop. There are many other friendly animals such as rabbits, deer, and ostriches.

According to Suoi Tien Farm, this farm tourism model attracted 600,000 tourists in June and July.

Nguyen Van My, board chairman of Lua Viet Tourism Company, said that because Vietnam is a country rich in agriculture, the tourism-agricultural model has great potential.

According to Tran The Dung, CEO of Vietluxtour, agriculture combined with tourism is a very promising business. However, this approach is more popular in the Mekong Delta region, where fruit is more abundant than in Ho Chi Minh City.