The Ben Tre Province is nicknamed by the Vietnamese as the "Land of Coconut" (Xu Dua).

Coconut candy was originally associated with Mo Cay, a township within the Bến Tre province.

The mixture is then heated to a very high temperature in large woks over fires generated by the burning of coconut shells.

The final step sees the candy strings cut into rectangular lozenges, then wrapped and packaged.

Ben Tre currently has over one hundred coconut candy manufacturers, making up thirty percent of local enterprises.