FERRIES IN THE SOUTHERN FROM THE LATE 19th CENTURY TO THE EARLY 20th CENTURY

Abstract

The Southern region of Vietnam has a dense system of rivers, during the exploitation process, the French colonialists took full advantage of this feature by upgrading the waterway and road transport infrastructure. Because of this, riverboats have been converted into “bac” or ferries with higher efficiency. For more than a century, ferries have played an important role in serving people’s lives and at the same time creating the characteristics of the Southern river cultural region.