Natural resources: Ben Tre does not have advantaged natural conditions like other provinces in Mekong delta. Its area of alluvial soil is only 11,846 ha (5.1% total area) and is used for paddy cultivation. Other areas do not have much cultivation value. There is not many mineral resource, only sand and clay for building material production

Travel resources: Ben Tre is the home land of coconut and special fruits, decorative plants, bird gardens, ancient houses, and temples of historical persons in southern area. In 2006, the province has called on for investment in 5 tourism areas with total investment value up to dozen million UDS. They are tourist complex of Con Phung - Chau Thanh; Vam Ho - Ba Tri eco-garden; My Thanh An - Ben Tre recreation and ecological complex; Con Oc-Giong Trom, Con Noi-Mo Cay ecology tourist areas.

Traffic: Transportation infrastructure includes roadway and waterway. There are big rivers running to the South China Sea through major estuaries such as Cua Dai, Ba Lai, Ham Luong, Co Chien, running to Cambodia in the upper reaches. Ships and boats can easily go to Ho Chi Minh city and the west provinces from Ben Tre. In terms of road, there are important nationlalroad such as natrional road No 17, 57 and 26.

Power system: Local power system is connected to the national grid with over 300 km medium voltage cable. System of low voltage grid can be found in all communes

Water system: There are big water plants such as Sơn Đông with capacity of 24,000 m3/day and Ba Lai – ChâuThành with capacity of 25,000 m3/day.There are also several other small water plants in other towns and coastline communes.

Post and Telecommunication Systems: The local system is quite complete, allowing provincial, national and international communication with various types of services such as telephone, telegram, facsimile, email, etc. There are approx. 6,000-7,000 new lines installed every year to reach the number of 110,000 lines in 2010 with an average 6.3 telephone in 100 persons.