Can Tho becomes the ninth Sister City

On Tuesday January 20th Riverside and Can Tho became officially sister cities. Can Tho is Riverside's ninth sister city. Vietnamese officials, who visited Riverside for this occasion, said that the number nine is a lucky number in their culture, and they pointed out how Can Tho who is 8,279 miles away from Riverside became the ninth sister city of Riverside and had its signpost together with all the other cities at Ninth Street downtown.