Beijing’s formidable influence has traction because no country or authority officially controls the historic waterway.

During the historic flood of 2000 in the Mekong Delta, President Luong led a field inspection ... highly technical and specific questions - not just about hydrology, but also topography and geology.

Before the 2024 dry season hit, Võ Văn Kêu thought his rambutan orchard in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta was safe – at least for another year. Severe drought has become a grim fixture in this fertile ...

Climate vulnerability threatens the future of the Mekong Delta, leading to increased floods, droughts and challenges in farming. Migration from the delta to cities is increasing as residents seek ...

The Mekong Delta is a tangled landscape. Rivers, streams and channels snare, branch, cross, and entwine like the gnarled knots of tree limbs and roots. Human communities in the region encounter ...

Credit: Quinn Goranson Subscribe for ads-free reading In the delta region of South Vietnam, where the Mekong River flows into the South China Sea, locals fear that their mother is dying.

HANOI-Vietnam’s Mekong Delta may run out of sand by 2035, an expert warned on Thursday, as sand mining and dams strip the “rice bowl” region, putting people, crops and the economy at risk.

HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnam's Mekong Delta may run out of sand by 2035, a leading expert warned Thursday, as sand-mining and dams strip the "rice bowl" region, putting people, crops and the economy at ...

The unlevelled topography of the expanded fields creates physical barriers ... With approximately 24 million tons of rice straw produced annually in the Mekong Delta, alternative rice straw management ...

He scoops from the channel to water his orchard in the heart of the Mekong Delta. The grove has been reincarnated from its past life as a rice paddy, one that his family began tilling before the ...