The plans languished, the region descended into war, and in the 1990s ... called the Tonle San, or Sesan River. The Sesan originates in Vietnam and meets the Mekong about 30 miles downstream ...
River water should instead be full of silt. The Mekong, South-east Asia’s main artery, winds 4,900km through China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Its basin is dotted with 190 ...
China says it is leading regional efforts to crack down on online scamming operations and other transnational criminal ...
There is one thing that distinguishes 60-year-old Vo Van Van’s rice fields from a mosaic of thousands of other emerald fields across Long An province in southern Vietnam’s Mekong Delta ...
The salinity situation in the delta is closely tied to the tides from the upper Mekong River. Cities and provinces in the delta are urged to stay vigilant on meteorological conditions and remain ...
Bright blue and gleaming white, this beckoning pagoda of money dwarfed the rusting debris of a half-forgotten war. After inspecting ... a northern village on the Mekong River, fishermen stand ...
The region in southern Vietnam is steeped in cultural diversity, with highlights such as the Cham villages in An Giang Province and craft villages in Ben Tre Province, where traditions have been ...
Caught up in America’s war on Vietnam (Laos is the most bombed ... I head to the port and catch my first sight of the Mekong, southeast Asia’s greatest river, which also hurtles through ...
Like the American West in the 19th century, the Mekong Delta offered new opportunities for development and prosperity; settlers from the Red River Delta ... which ruled Vietnam into the 20th ...