Showing posts with label Mekong Delta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mekong Delta. Show all posts

Friday, April 12, 2024

VIETNAM: Life on the Mekong Delta

The Mekong River is one of the longest rivers in the world running through six different countries in Southeast Asia. 

It originates at the Tibetan Plateau and flows nearly 3000 km in a south eastern direction.

The Mekong River unravels into nine rivers which creates the fertile Delta before it empties into the South China Sea.

The Mekong Delta is situated in Cambodia and southwestern Vietnam.

In Vietnam the Mekong delta is intensively developed for agriculture. The area is one of the most productive and intensively cultivated areas in Asia.

It is called “the ‘rice bowl of Vietnam.