Mekong Delta

The Mekong Delta (Vietnamese: Đồng bằng Sông Cửu Long or simply Vietnamese: Đồng Bằng Sông Mê Kông), also known as the Western Region (Vietnamese: Miền Tây) or South-western region (Vietnamese: Tây Nam Bộ), is the region in southwestern 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 south-western Vietnam of over . The size of the area covered by water depends on the season. Its wet coa…