Novel Who made a mistake Author Tuan Anh in 1926 describes a house in Cho Don area (the area around the crossroads of Vo Van Tan – Cach Mang Thang Tam) as follows: “Like the other house in Cho Don, in the showroom cleaning and decorating. On the wall, there are locket-elk qualifications, and the ground is lined with a beautiful cotton carpet. That house divided into three rooms, in the bedroom with iron beds, velvet mattresses, embroidered pillows, silk (sheets). “Next to the dining room, in the middle of the table, there was a long table covered with pure white carpet. On either side of the wall there were two glass cabinets, one containing all kinds of western wine, the glass and dishes were all silver inlaid crystals. Eat. Any canned food, everything has “. “In the living room is full of embroidered chickens and chairs. In addition to the entrance door, there is a small chair for an ivory pair, the middle table has a copper vase with many kinds of delicate flowers, and the two sides of the cliff are stone-shaped, bronze, The statues of artifacts are considered very beautiful ”. This house with such dense furnishings, must be of the upper class, powerful or large merchant. Furniture influences the Western style of display, but is still oriental, sophisticated with cotton rugs, velvet mattresses, silk, silver-inlaid crystal cups. 1950s living room, furnished in antique style. Documentary photo of TG More pure, the residence of a writer, around the early 1930s on Espagne Street (now Le Thanh Ton). Here is the layout of the room: “Classic lamp (electric) lighting. The room was very neatly tidied, the two sides had a rocking chair, and one side had a typewriter. Outside, there is a polished ebony bench and a very beautiful pedicure chair. Standing (inside) inside, looking at the left wall is a picture of Saint Gandhi, the right hand side has a picture of Ton Dat Tien, in the middle is hanging a very large graphic and picture of Phan Tay Ho ”. To a girl’s house, not hers, but a gift from her lover, lying on Mac Mahon Street (now Nam Ky Khoi Nghia): “That house has two (two floors), divided into living room, bedroom, The dining room was very distinctive. In front of the house is a small, spilled yard, with a very beautiful cotton tub and some very beautiful ornamental pots. Behind the house is a garden, strangely cool … The grass is planted like a mattress, under the tree is a bench. Department of that house, the capital of a professor went to the West to sell for sixty thousand dong ”. To the house of a gangster girl on La Grande de la Liraye street (now Dien Bien Phu): “The house is very beautiful, with a bed of chickens, there are many Chinese paintings … The house passed another house. . Two or three little girls and an old woman gathered to pack her clothes, and brought water to wash her face. Also elegant, not so hustle and flashy. That is the home decoration scene before 1945 in Saigon by writer Buu Dinh described in the novel Fall Moon Fragment published in the newspaper Tan Van women number 83 in 1931.

According to Soc Trang Newspaper, the name of Soc Trang province has been recorded in books such as Khâm Định Đại Nam Congress, Directory Nam Kỳ, or research books by Vuong Hong Sen, Son Nam, Le. Huong, Hua Hoanh … Accordingly, the name Soc Trang is translated into Khmer is “Srok Khleang”. In which, “Srok” means “land”, “realm”, “Khleang” is “warehouse”, “barn”, which contains a lot of gold and silver of the king. Srok Khleang means the king’s gold and silver storehouse. Under the reign of King Minh Mang, Soc Trang was renamed Nguyet Giang province. Soc Trang Province is located downstream of the Hau River, where the Hau River flows into the East Sea at two estuaries of Dinh An and Tran De. Soc Trang province covers an area of ​​more than 3,000 km2 and a population of more than 1.1 million people. The population and area are both sixth in the Mekong Delta region. Soc Trang province currently has 11 administrative units at district level, of which 2 towns are Vinh Chau and Nga Nam. The capital of this province is Soc Trang city. Soc Trang province is bordered by Hau Giang province in the North, Bac Lieu province in the southwest, the Northeast bordering Tra Vinh and Vinh Long, the East and Southeast bordering the East Sea. In Soc Trang there is a Khmer ethnic museum, located in the city of Soc Trang. This is one of Soc Trang tourist attractions that attracts tourists. Tan Long stork garden located in Long Binh commune, Nga Nam town is one of the largest bird sanctuaries in the West. This place has a rare species of heron, the number in the garden is only a few hundred. Coming to Tan Long stork garden, in addition to seeing many rare and precious birds and storks, visitors can also enjoy specialties such as pancakes, noodle soup. Doi Pagoda is located about 2 km from the center of Soc Trang city. This is an ancient temple with a unique architecture in Soc Trang, built 400 years ago, now retaining a lot of precious treasures. On February 12, 1999, the Ministry of Culture and Information (now the Ministry of Culture – Sports – Tourism) issued Decision No. 05/1999 / QD-BVHTT recognizing Doi Pagoda as a national artistic relic.