Dragon Millipede

The area around the Mekong Delta has been the scene of many of the wars that have been fought in Vietnam; the French fought here, the Americans did as well, and then there were ethnic civil conflicts that took place long before those wars existedContributor: Mitchell HendersonPublished: Dec 26, 2009  

The cost of Nam Roi grapefruit has taken a dive in recent days, leading many farmers in the Mekong Delta provinces of Vinh Long, Soc Trang, and Ben Tre to abandon their crops. Nguyen Thanh Duoc, secretary of the My Hoa Commune Party committee in Binh ...  

A United Nations Vietnam report says the country is planning for a one-meter rise in sea levels by 2100, which would inundate a total of 30,945 square kilometers of land nationwide, an area about the size of Belgium, without measures such as ...  

ANVIL CHORUS and MEKONG DELTA have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Headbangers Open Air festival, set to take place July 29-31, 2010 in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany.  

When the conversation is about the Mekong Delta, people immediately think of tropical rivers, interlacing canals, immense rice fields and the floating homes. A view of floating Market in Mekong river, An Giang province. Lazing on a small sampan, tourists can feel they are so tiny on the boundless river and under the shade of countless trees. [...]  

PRLog (Press Release) – Oct 19, 2009 – Stretching roughly 2,600 miles (4,184 kilometers) from Tibet to the South China Sea, the sinuous Mekong is the thread that connects Indochina's diverse cultures. It flows through six nations—China, Myanmar ...  

CAN THO — The Mekong-Japan Tourism and Cultural Festival will be held in Can Tho city later this year to promote the Mekong Delta’s image and to woo more visitors to the region, an official has said. Tran Tuan Anh, deputy chairman of the city ...  

PRLog (Press Release) – Nov 01, 2009 – The Mekong-Japan Tourism and Culture Festival will open in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on December 1, one day earlier than previously scheduled. The event will be attended by around 1,000 ...  

The cultures of the Mekong River will mix with the ancient arts of Japan at the Mekong-Japan Tourism and Cultural Festival in Can Tho this December. As part of the Mekong-Japan Exchange Year, which aims to increase cooperation between Cambodia, Laos ...