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Mekong delta
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Mekong delta is the southern most region of Vietnam. It was
formed by the sediment deposited by the Mekong river, the process which continue
today; silt deposited extend the shoreline at the mouth of the river as much as
79 meter per year. The river is so larger that it has two daily tides . At the
low tide season boat event could not move in the canal.
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The land of the Mekong Delta is renowned for it richness and almost haft of it
is under cultivation. The area is known as : “Vietnam” basket of rice”. The
Mekong Delta produce enough rice to feed the entire country
Other products from this region are: coconuts, sugar cane, fruits, fishes and
prawns. Also this is the primary rural area, it is one of the most densely
populated regions in Vietnam.
The Mekong river is one of the greatest River in the world. And its Delta is one
of the world”s largest.
The Mekong River originated from Tibetan plateau, flowing 4500 km through china,
Between Myanmar and Laos, Along
Laos and Thai border, and through
Cambodia and
Vietnam on It ways to East Sea of Vietnam. At Phnom Penh ( Cambodia) It splits
in to two braches: The Upper Mekong ( Also call the Bassac River, which flow via
Chau Doc, Long Xuyen and
Can Tho to the sea; and the Tien Giang (Upper River),
which split in to several branches at Vinh Long and empties it in to the sea at
five points. The numerous braches of the river explain the Vietnamese name for
The Mekong: Song Cuu Long ( River of nine dragons)
The water flow in to the Mekong river begin to rise at the end of May and
reaches to its highest point around September. its ranges from 1900 to 38000
cubic meter person second depend on the season.
The Major activities in the Mekong river is boating. Indeed, the only way you
are really to get closed to the Mekong River id to tour through the canal by
boat.
The typical tours to Mekong Delta could take you about 2 to 4 days depend on the
places you want to go.
Normally the tour will go to Can Tho where you can see the biggest
floating
market in Vietnam ( May be biggest one in the world) or Vinh long where you can
enjoy hone stay as well as tour to Cai Be floating market.
However, if you have such a short time it is still worth to take a day trip to
My Tho.
There is an option of taking a tour to Vinh Long, Can Tho and then to Chau Doc
to take the speed boat to Phnom Penh (Cambodia).
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