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Location: The tower is situated in Vinh
Hung Commune, Vinh Loi District, about 20km from Bac Lieu Town, Bac Lieu
Province.
Characteristics: The tower is the only structure in style of Angkor of
Khmer people preserved in the Mekong Delta.
Vinh Hung Tower was found in 1911 and listed as one of the historical sites in
the South. Vinh Hung Tower is also known as Luc Hien or Bhah Dhat Tower. In the
20th century, archeologists found a stele engraved with Sanskrit in a pagoda
next to the tower. The tower is built of bricks, which are so tight that we
cannot see mortar between bricks. It is 8.9 meter high. Its base is rectangular
with a side of 5.6 meters and the other of 6.9 meters. There are hand of a deity
made of bronze, a lower part of bronze statue, a stone statue of the goddess,
head of Buddha statue and many worshipping objects. Monks in the tower pagoda
chant twice a day at 4 am and 4 pm. Every year, local residents organize an
anniversary on the 15th day of the first lunar month at the tower. A large
number of Buddhists inside and outside Bac Lieu Province pilgrimage to the
pagoda to pray for good things.
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