Mũi Cà Mau - the southernmost point of Vietnam

On the Cà Mau cape
The words mean "The national
 trig point GPS 0001"

26 September 2009 - After traveling for 2 hours by plane from Hanoi to Cần Thơ, 4 hours by bus from Cần Thơ - Sóc Trăng - Bạc Liêu - Cà Mau and then 2 hours by water taxi, I reached the Cà Mau cape (Mũi Cà Mau), which is the southernmost point of Vietnam. This is one of my dreams that came true. As some of you have not been to Vietnam, let me explain a little bit about Vietnam. The country looks like an "S" shape. It borders with China in the north, Laos and Cambodia in the west and has a long coastline (3260km). The northernmost point of Vietnam is the Nho Quế river which runs between steep mountains. The other side of the river is China and on our side, there is Xéo Lủng village where about 100 H'mong ethnic people are living. Only soldiers in charge of border guarding make patrol in this area and it often takes them one or two days to go along the border line. We travelers are not allowed to reach this sensitive area. The national trig point that we can visit is placed at Lũng Cú near this area (see the link below).

The southernmost point of Vietnam is the Cà Mau cape. Every year the cape naturally extends about 80-100m into the sea through deposits of sand. Our guide joked that the northernmost point of Vietnam looked like a conical hat, while the southernmost point looked like a big toe.