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The
Mekong Delta (“Nine Dragon river delta”) 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 southeastern
Vietnam of 39,000 km²
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). The size of the area covered by water depends on the season.
Vietnam War
During French colonialism in
Cochinchina, the first nationalist revolt, in the name of the king, started in that Mekong delta and was followed by the
First Indochina War fought by the French with their “Dinassaut” on waterways and copied later by the US Navy Mobile Riverine Force.
During the
Vietnam War, the Delta region saw fighting between
NLF guerrillas and units of the
United States Navy's swift boats and
PACVs.
Economy
The area is home to large numbers of
rice fields. In 2004, in large part thanks to the Mekong Delta, Vietnam was the third largest exporter of rice globally after Thailand and India. In 2003, Vietnam was the world's second largest exporter of rice
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Additionally, the region is home to large exports of
basa fish,
tra fish and
shrimp, much of which is exported.
Demographics
The inhabitants of the Mekong Delta region are largely ethnic
Viet, with
Khmer minority populations living primarily in the
Trà Vinh,
Sóc Trăng, and
Muslim Chăm in Tan Chau, by
An Giang provinces. There are also sizeable
Hoa (ethnic Chinese) populations in the
Kiên Giang and
Trà Vinh provinces.
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