Mekong Delta, February 2005. (c)www.thebigadventure.org.uk
The Mekong Delta is the region in Southeast Vietnam where the Mekong River approaches and empties into the sea through a network of distributaries. The Mekong delta region encompasses a large portion of southeastern Vietnam of 39,000 km² [1]. The area covered by water depends on the season. Download high resolution version (639x639, 109 KB)Mekong River Delta, Vietnam - February 1996 image description here File links The following pages link to this file: Mekong Mekong Delta Categories: NASA images ... Download high resolution version (639x639, 109 KB)Mekong River Delta, Vietnam - February 1996 image description here File links The following pages link to this file: Mekong Mekong Delta Categories: NASA images ... View of the Mekong before the sunset The Mekong is one of the worlds major rivers. ... A distributary is a river that branches off from a major river before it reaches the sea, particularly in a river delta. ...
During the Vietnam War, the Delta region saw fighting between Viet Congguerillas and units of the United States Navy operating in small river boats. The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN, or North Vietnam), allied with the National Liberation Front (NLF, or Viet Cong) against the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam), and its allies—notably the United States military in support of... A Viet Cong soldier, heavily guarded, awaits interrogation following capture in the attacks on Saigon during the festive Tet holiday period of 1968. ... Guerrilla (also called a partisan) is a term borrowed from Spanish (from guerra meaning war) used to describe small combat groups. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ...
The area is home to large numbers of rice cultivation fields and the surrounding farmlands are extremely fertile.
There had also been a German heavy metal band under name Mekong Delta. This article needs to be wikified. ...
These are male and female farmers who sing different types of songs in the pagodas, on the hills, and in the boats.
The festival celebrates the "Quan Ho" folk song which has become a part of the national culture and a typical folk song that is well loved in the Red River Delta region.
In the early morning of the 10th, the inhabitants of nine communes hold a long procession along the dyke of the Red River to Da Hoa Temple.
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