One day is enough for the hamlet itself. Walk the Ba Vát market in the morning, take a small boat along the canals and visit a coconut workshop. Add a second day to see Bến Tre city across the Hàm Luông Bridge or the gardens of Cái Mơn next door.

Both, depending on the map you hold. Tân Ngãi is a hamlet of Phước Mỹ Trung commune, once in Mỏ Cày Bắc district of Bến Tre province. In 2025 Bến Tre merged into Vĩnh Long province, so official addresses now read Vĩnh Long, while most people still call the area Bến Tre.

Ba Vát was a busy river port that grew up here from the late 17th century. Vietnamese, Chinese and Japanese merchants traded ceramics there, and it served as a district seat. Archaeologists later found ceramics and jars of old coins, and the name lives on in Ba Vát market.