2 Best Sights in Vietnam

One of nine mosques serving An Giang Province's Muslim population, Mubarak Mosque is a short ferry ride across the river from Chau Doc's passenger pier. First built in 1750, the mosque is the spiritual heart of the area's Cham community. Taking a ferry is a quintessential Mekong Delta experience, as is cycling the Mosque's surrounding streets to see the traditional Khmer-style wooden houses on stilts, which are slowly disappearing in favor of concrete.

Built in 1932 by Tamil Muslims, the Cholon Mosque now serves the city's Indonesian and Malaysian Muslim community. Notice how much simpler the mosque is than the pagodas in the area, which are characterized by exuberant ornamentation and bright colors.