Mekong Delta - wikipedia Mekong Delta This article is about the geographical region. For the German heavy metal band, see Mekong Delta ( band ). Region in Vietnam Mekong Delta Đồng bằng Sông Cửu Long Đồng Bằng Sông Mê Kông Region Rice paddy in the Mekong Delta. Nickname ( s ) : `` Nine Dragon river delta '', `` The West '' Provincial map Coordinates : 10 ° 02 ′ N 105 ° 47 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 10.033 ° N 105.783 ° E ﻿ / 10.033 ; 105.783 Country Vietnam Area Total 40,576.6 km ( 15,666.7 sq mi ) Elevation 0 m ( 0 ft ) Population ( 2014 ) Total 17,512,900 Density 430 / km ( 1,100 / sq mi ) Time zone ICT ( UTC + 07 : 00 ) The Mekong Delta ( Vietnamese : Đồng bằng Sông Cửu Long, `` Nine Dragon river delta '' or simply Vietnamese : Đồng Bằng Sông Mê Kông, `` Mekong river delta '' ), also known as the Western Region ( Vietnamese : Miền Tây ) or the 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 southwestern Vietnam of over 40,500 square kilometres ( 15,600 sq mi ). The size of the area covered by water depends on the season. The region comprises 12 provinces : Long An, Đồng Tháp, Tiền Giang, An Giang, Bến Tre, Vĩnh Long, Trà Vinh, Hậu Giang, Kiên Giang, Sóc Trăng, Bạc Liêu, and Cà Mau, along with the province - level municipality of Cần Thơ. The Mekong Delta has been dubbed as a `` biological treasure trove ''. Over 1,000 animal species were recorded between 1997 and 2007 and new species of plants, fish, lizards, and mammals have been discovered in previously unexplored areas, including the Laotian rock rat, thought to be extinct. Contents 1 History 1.1 Khmer Empire 1.2 Kingdom of Cambodia 1.3 Vietnam 2 Geography 2.1 Climate change concerns 3 Demographics 3.1 Provinces 4 Economy 4.1 Agriculture 4.2 Fishery 4.3 Industry and FDI 5 Infrastructure 6 Culture 6.1 Literature and movies 7 See also 8 Notes and references 9 Further reading 10 External links History A statue of Visnu found at Óc Eo ( 6 -- 7th century AD ). The Mekong Delta was likely inhabited long since prehistory ; the empires of Funan and Chenla maintained a presence in the Mekong Delta for centuries. Archaeological discoveries at Óc Eo and other Funanese sites show that the area was an important part of the Funan kingdom, bustling with trading ports and canals as early as in the first century AD and extensive human settlement in the region may have gone back as far as the 4th century BC. Angkor Borei is a site in the Mekong Delta that existed between 400 BC - 500 AD. This site had extensive maritime trade networks throughout Southeast Asia and with India, and is believed to have possibly been the ancient capital to the Kingdom of Funan. Khmer Empire See also : Khmer Empire The region was known as Khmer Krom ( lower Khmer, or lower Cambodia ) to the Khmer Empire, which likely maintained settlements there centuries before its rise in the 11th and 12th centuries. The kingdom of Champa, though mainly based along the coast of modern Central Vietnam, is known to have expanded west into the Mekong Delta, seizing control of Prey Nokor ( the precursor to modern - day Ho Chi Minh City ) by the end of the 13th century. Author Nghia M. Vo suggests that a Cham presence may indeed have existed in the area prior to Khmer occupation. Kingdom of Cambodia See also : Dark ages of Cambodia Beginning in the 1620s, Cambodian king Chey Chettha II ( 1618 -- 1628 ) allowed the Vietnamese to settle in the area, and to set up a custom house at Prey Nokor, which they colloquially referred to as Sài Gòn. The increasing waves of Vietnamese settlers which followed overwhelmed the kingdom -- weakened as it was due to war with Thailand -- and slowly Vietnamized the area. During the late 17th century, Mạc Cửu, a Chinese anti-Qing general, began to expand Vietnamese and Chinese settlements deeper into Cambodian lands, and in 1691, Prey Nokor was occupied by the Vietnamese. Vietnam See also : Nguyễn lords, Nam tiến, French Indochina, First Indochina War, Vietnam War, and Cambodian -- Vietnamese War In 1698, the Nguyễn lords of Huế sent Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh, a Vietnamese noble, to the area to establish Vietnamese administrative structures in the area. This act formally detached the Mekong Delta from Cambodia, placing the region firmly under Vietnamese administrative control. The Khmers were cut off from access to the South China Sea, and trade through the area was possible only with Vietnamese permission. During the Tây Sơn wars and the subsequent Nguyễn Dynasty, Vietnam 's boundaries were pushed as far as the Cape Cà Mau. In 1802 Nguyễn Ánh crowned himself emperor Gia Long and unified all the territories comprising modern Vietnam, including the Mekong Delta. Upon the conclusion of the Cochinchina Campaign in the 1860s, the area became Cochinchina, France 's first colony in Vietnam, and later, part of French Indochina. Beginning during the French colonial period, the French patrolled and fought on the waterways of the Mekong Delta region with their Divisions navales d'assaut ( Dinassaut ), a tactic which lasted throughout the First Indochina War, and was later employed by the US Navy Mobile Riverine Force. During the Vietnam War -- also referred to as the Second Indochina War -- the Delta region saw savage fighting between Viet Cong ( NLF ) guerrillas and units of the United States Navy 's swift boats and hovercrafts ( PACVs ). Following independence from France, the Mekong Delta was part of the Republic of Vietnam and eventually the country of Vietnam. In the 1970s, the Khmer Rouge regime attacked Vietnam in an attempt to reconquer the Delta region. This campaign precipitated the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia and subsequent downfall of the Khmer Rouge. Geography Mekong River Delta from space, February 1996, oriented with south on the top. The Mekong Delta, as a region, lies immediately to the west of Ho Chi Minh City ( also called Saigon by locals ), roughly forming a triangle stretching from Mỹ Tho in the east to Châu Đốc and Hà Tiên in the northwest, down to Cà Mau at the southernmost tip of Vietnam, and including the island of Phú Quốc. The Mekong Delta region of Vietnam displays a variety of physical landscapes, but is dominated by flat flood plains in the south, with a few hills in the north and west. This diversity of terrain was largely the product of tectonic uplift and folding brought about by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates about 50 million years ago. The soil of the lower Delta consists mainly of sediment from the Mekong and its tributaries, deposited over thousands of years as the river changed its course due to the flatness of the low - lying terrain. The present Mekong Delta system has two major distributary channels, both discharging directly into the East Sea. The Holocene history of the Mekong Delta shows delta progradation of about 200 km during the last 6 kyr. During the Middle Holocene the Mekong River was discharging waters into both the East Sea and the Gulf of Thailand. The water entering the Gulf of Thailand was flowing via a palaeochannel located within the western part of the delta ; north of the Camau Peninsula. Upper Pleistocene prodeltaic and delta front sediments interpreted as the deposits of the palaeo - Mekong River where reported from central basin of the Gulf of Thailand The Mekong Delta is the region with the smallest forest area in Vietnam. 300,000 hectares ( 740,000 acres ) or 7.7 % of the total area are forested as of 2011. The only provinces with large forests are Cà Mau Province and Kiên Giang Province, together accounting for two thirds of the region 's forest area, while forests cover less than 5 % of the area of all of the other eight provinces and cities. Climate change concerns Being a low - lying coastal region, the Mekong Delta is particularly susceptible to floods resulting from rises in sea level due to climate change. The Climate Change Research Institute at Cần Thơ University, in studying the possible consequences of climate change, has predicted that, besides suffering from drought brought on by seasonal decrease in rainfall, many provinces in the Mekong Delta will be flooded by the year 2030. The most serious cases are predicted to be the provinces of Bến Tre and Long An, of which 51 % and 49 %, respectively, are expected to be flooded if sea levels rise by one meter. Another problem caused by climate change is the increasing soil salinity near the coasts. Bến Tre Province is planning to reforest coastal regions to counter this trend. The duration of inundation at an important road in the city of Can Tho is expected to continue to rise from the current total of 72 inundated days per year to 270 days by 2030 and 365 days by 2050. This is attributed to the combined influence of sea - level rise and land subsidence. Several projects and initiatives on local, regional and state levels work to counter this trend and safe the Mekong Delta. One programme for integrated coastal management, for instance, is supported by Germany and Australia. Demographics Mekong Delta The inhabitants of the Mekong Delta region are predominantly ethnic Viet. The region, formerly part of the Khmer Empire, is also home to the largest population of Khmers outside of the modern borders of Cambodia. The Khmer minority population live primarily in the Trà Vinh, Sóc Trăng, and Muslim Chăm in Tan Chau, An Giang provinces. There are also sizeable Hoa ( ethnic Chinese ) populations in the Kiên Giang, and Trà Vinh provinces. The region had a population of 17.33 million people in 2011. The population of the Mekong Delta has been growing relatively slowly in recent years, mainly due to out - migration. The region 's population only increased by 471,600 people between 2005 and 2011, while 166,400 people migrated out in 2011 alone. Together with the central coast regions, it has one of the slowest growing populations in country. Population growth rates have been between 0.3 % and 0.5 % between 2008 and 2011, while they have been over 2 % in the neighbouring southeastern region. Net migration has been negative in all of these years. The region also has a relatively low fertility rate, at 1.8 children per woman in 2010 and 2011, down from 2.0 in 2005. Provinces Province - Level Division Capital Area Population ( Census April 1, 2009 ) Population density ( km2 ) ( mile2 ) ( persons / km2 ) ( persons / mile2 ) An Giang Long Xuyên 3,536.8 1,365.6 2,142,709 625.0 1,619 Bạc Liêu Bạc Liêu 2,584.1 997.7 856,518 317.4 822 Bến Tre Bến Tre 2,360.2 911.3 1,255,946 573.4 1,485 Cà Mau Cà Mau 5,331.7 2,058.6 1,206,938 231.1 599 Đồng Tháp Cao Lãnh 3,376.4 1,303.6 1,666,467 494.0 1,279 Hậu Giang Vị Thanh 1,601.1 618.2 757,300 497.7 1,289 Kiên Giang Rạch Giá 6,348.3 2,451.1 1,688,248 265.4 687 Long An Tân An 4,493.8 1,735.1 1,436,066 316.7 820 Sóc Trăng Sóc Trăng 3,312.3 1,278.9 1,292,853 385.3 998 Tiền Giang Mỹ Tho 2,484.2 959.2 1,672,271 691.3 1,790 Trà Vinh Trà Vinh 2,295.1 886.1 1,003,012 451.7 1,170 Vĩnh Long Vĩnh Long 1,479.1 571.1 1,024,707 714.6 1,851 Cần Thơ ( municipality ) 1,401.6 541.2 1,188,435 813.3 2,106 Economy Floating market of Cần Thơ The Mekong Delta is by far Vietnam 's most productive region in agriculture and aquaculture, while its role in industry and foreign direct investment is much smaller. Agriculture 2.6 million ha in the Mekong Delta are used for agriculture, which is one fourth of Vietnam 's total. Due to its mostly flat terrain and few forested areas ( except for Cà Mau Province ), almost two thirds ( 64.5 % ) of the region 's land can be used for agriculture. The share of agricultural land exceeds 80 % in Cần Thơ and neighbouring Hậu Giang Province and is below 50 % only in Cà Mau Province ( 32 % ) and Bạc Liêu Province ( 42 % ). The region 's land used for growing cereals makes up 47 % of the national total, more than northern and central Vietnam combined. Most of this is used for rice cultivation. Rice output in 2011 was 23,186,000 t, 54.8 % of Vietnam 's total output. The strongest producers are Kiên Giang Province, An Giang Province, and Đồng Tháp Province, producing over 3 million tonnes each and almost 11 million tonnes together. Any two of these provinces produce more than the entire Red River Delta. Only three provinces produce less than 1 million tonnes of rice ( Bạc Liêu Province, Cà Mau Province, Bến Tre Province ). Fishery The Mekong Delta is also Vietnam 's most important fishing region. It has almost half of Vietnam 's capacity of offshore fishing vessels ( mostly in Kien Gian with almost 1 / 4, Bến Tre, Cà Mau, Tiền Giang, Bạc Liêu ). Fishery output was at 3.168 million tons ( 58.3 % of Vietnam ) and has experienced rapid growth from 1.84 mt in 2005. All of Vietnam 's largest fishery producers with over 300kt of output are in the Mekong Delta : Kiên Giang, Cà Mau, Đồng Tháp, An Giang, and Bến Tre. Despite the region 's large offshore fishing fleet, 2 / 3 ( 2.13 million tonnes out of Vietnam 's total of 2.93 ) of fishery output actually comes from aquaculture. December 2015, aquaculture production was estimated at 357 thousand tons, up 11 % compared to the same period last year, bringing the total aquaculture production 3516 thousand tons in 2015, up 3.0 % compared to the same period. Although aquaculture production has increased overall, aquaculture still faces many difficulties coming from export markets. Industry and FDI The Mekong Delta is not strongly industrialized, but is still the third out of seven regions in terms of industrial gross output. The region 's industry accounts for 10 % of Vietnam 's total as of 2011. Almost half of the region 's industrial production is concentrated in Cần Thơ, Long An Province and Cà Mau Province. Cần Thơ is the economic center of the region and more industrialized than the other provinces. Long An has been the only province of the region to attract part of the manufacturing booming around Ho Chi Minh City and is seen by other provinces as an example of successful FDI attraction. Cà Mau Province is home to a large industrial zone including power plants and a fertiliser factory. Accumulated foreign direct investment in the Mekong Delta until 2011 was $10.257 bn. It has been highly concentrated in a few provinces, led by Long An and Kiên Giang with over $3 bn each, Tiền Giang and Cần Thơ ( around 850m ), Cà Mau ( 780m ) and Hậu Giang ( 673m ), while the other provinces have received less than 200m each. In general, the performance of the region in attracting FDI is evaluated as unsatisfactory by local analysts and policymakers. Companies from Ho Chi Minh City have also invested heavily in the region. Their investment from 2000 to June 2011 accounted for 199 trillion VND ( almost $10 bn ). Infrastructure The construction of the Cần Thơ Bridge, a cable - stayed bridge over the largest distributary of the Mekong River, was completed on April 12, 2010, three years after a collapse that killed 54 and injured nearly 100 workers. The bridge replaces the ferry system that currently runs along National Route 1A, and links Vĩnh Long Province and Cần Thơ city. The cost of construction is estimated to be 4.842 trillion Vietnamese đồng ( approximately 342.6 million United States dollars ), making it the most expensive bridge in Vietnam. Culture Life in the Mekong Delta revolves much around the river, and many of the villages are often accessible by rivers and canals rather than by road. The region is home to cải lương, a form of Kinh / Vietnamese folk opera. Literature and movies Several movies have been filmed in the Mekong Delta and depict the culture of the region. They include The Buffalo Boy and The Floating Lives. In the movie Apocalypse Now, Lt. Col. Kilgore captures this location for the American soldiers to surf ( due to its 6 - foot peak ), justifying it with the famous line, `` Charlie do n't surf ''. Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, an author from Cà Mau Province, has written many popular books about life in the Mekong Delta such as : Ngọn đèn không tắt ( The Inextinguishable Light, 2000 ) Ông ngoại ( Grandpa, 2001 ) Biển người mênh mông ( The Ocean of People, 2003 ) Giao thừa ( New Year 's Eve, 2003 ) Nước chảy mây trôi ( Flowing Waters, Flying Clouds, 2004 ) Cánh đồng bất tận ( The Endless Field, 2005 ) See also Greater Mekong Sub-region Academic and Research Network GMS Environment Operations Center Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Notes and references Notes Jump up ^ `` At the height of the Khmer Empire 's economic and political strength, during the eleventh and twelfth centuries, its rulers established and fostered the growth of Prey Nokor (... ) It is possible that there already had been a settlement at this location in the Mekong marshes for some centuries, depending, as Prey Nokor did, on the handling of goods traded between the countries bordering the South China Sea and the interior provinces of the empire. '' Robert M. Salkin ; Trudy Ring ( 1996 ). Paul E. Schellinger ; Robert M. Salkin, eds. Asia and Oceania. International Dictionary of Historic Places. 5. Taylor & Francis. p. 353. ISBN 1 - 884964 - 04 - 4. Jump up ^ `` Such a trading center was bound to be one of the prizes in the struggle for power that developed in the thirteenth century between the declining Khmer Empire and the expanding kingdom of Champa, and by the end of that century the Cham people had seized control of the town. '' Robert M. Salkin ; Trudy Ring ( 1996 ). Paul E. Schellinger ; Robert M. Salkin, eds. Asia and Oceania. International Dictionary of Historic Places. 5. Taylor & Francis. p. 353. ISBN 1 - 884964 - 04 - 4. Jump up ^ `` Saigon began as the Cham village of Baigaur, then became the Khmer Prey Nokor before being taken over by the Vietnamese and renamed Gia Dinh Thanh and then Saigon. '' Nghia M. Vo ( 2009 ). The Viet Kieu in America : Personal Accounts of Postwar Immigrants from Vietnam. McFarland & Co. p. 218. References Jump up ^ Statistical Handbook of Vietnam 2014 Archived July 6, 2015, at the Wayback Machine., General Statistics Office Of Vietnam Jump up ^ Mekong Delta Archived 2012 - 09 - 21 at the Wayback Machine. on ARCBC ( ASEAN Regional Centre for Biodiversity Conservation ) site Jump up ^ Ashley Fantz, `` Mekong a ' treasure trove ' of 1,000 newly discovered species '', CNN. December 16, 2008. ^ Jump up to : Robert M. Salkin ; Trudy Ring ( 1996 ). Paul E. Schellinger ; Robert M. Salkin, eds. Asia and Oceania. International Dictionary of Historic Places. 5. Taylor & Francis. p. 353. ISBN 1 - 884964 - 04 - 4. Jump up ^ Stark, M., & Sovath, B. ( 2001 ). Recent research on emergent complexity in Cambodia 's Mekong. Bulletin of the Indo - Pacific Prehistory Association, 21 ( 5 ), 85 - 98. Jump up ^ Nghia M. Vo ; Chat V. Dang ; Hien V. Ho ( 2008 - 08 - 29 ). The Women of Vietnam. Saigon Arts, Culture & Education Institute Forum. Outskirts Press. ISBN 1 - 4327 - 2208 - 5. Jump up ^ The first settlers, `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2008 - 09 - 29. Retrieved 2008 - 09 - 25. Jump up ^ Robert M. Salkin ; Trudy Ring ( 1996 ). Paul E. Schellinger ; Robert M. Salkin, eds. Asia and Oceania. International Dictionary of Historic Places. 5. Taylor & Francis. p. 354. ISBN 1 - 884964 - 04 - 4. Jump up ^ Leulliot, Nowfel. `` Dinassaut : Riverine warfare in Indochina, 1945 - 1954 ''. Jump up ^ `` Physical and Geographical Features ''. Mekong River Awareness Kit. Convention on Biological Diversity. Archived from the original on 2009 - 08 - 08. Retrieved 2010 - 06 - 18. section = ignored ( help ) Jump up ^ `` Ta, T.K.O., Nguyen, V.L., Tateishi, M., Kobayashi, I., Tanabe, S., and Saito, Y., Holocene delta evolution and sediment discharge of the Mekong River, southern Vietnam. Quaternary Science Reviews 21, 1807 - 1819. ''. 2002. Jump up ^ Puchala, R. ( 2014 ), Morphology and origin of modern seabed features in the central basin of the Gulf of Thailand, doi : 10.13140 / RG. 2.1. 3891.0808 ^ Jump up to : General Statistics Office ( 2012 ) : Statistical Yearbook of Vietnam 2011. Statistical Publishing House, Hanoi Jump up ^ `` Mekong Delta : more flood and drought ''. VietnamNet Bridge. March 19, 2009. Jump up ^ `` Xây dựng rừng phòng hộ để thích ứng với biến đổi khí hậu ''. Saigon Times. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2013. Jump up ^ `` Sea - Level Rise and Land Subsidence : Impacts on Flood Projections for the Mekong Delta 's Largest City ''. MDPI. 2016 - 09 - 21. Retrieved 2016 - 11 - 07. Jump up ^ Severin Peters, Christian Henckes ( 18 March 2017 ). `` Saving the Mekong Delta ''. D + C, development and cooperation. Retrieved 19 April 2017. Jump up ^ `` Mekong Delta Tours - Official MeKong delta Travel ''. ^ Jump up to : `` Nâng nội lực, hút vốn FDI vào ĐBSCL ''. Saigon Times. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013. Jump up ^ `` Gas, fertiliser industrial zone opens in Ca Mau ''. Viet Nam News. 27 October 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013. Jump up ^ `` TPHCM đã đầu tư vào ĐBSCL gần 199.000 tỉ đồng ''. Saigon Times. 25 July 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2013. Jump up ^ `` SE Asia 's longest cable - stayed bridge underway in Can Tho ''. September 28, 2004. Archived from the original on September 1, 2007. Retrieved September 28, 2007. Further reading Kuenzer, C. and F. Renaud. `` 2012 : Climate Change and Environmental Change in River Deltas Globally '', In ( eds. ) : Renaud, F. and C. Kuenzer 2012 : The Mekong Delta System -- Interdisciplinary Analyses of a River Delta, Springer, ISBN 978 - 94 - 007 - 3961 - 1, DOI 10.1007 / 978 - 94 - 007 - 3962 - 8, pp. 7 -- 48 Renaud F. and C. Kuenzer. `` 2012 : Introduction ''. In ( eds. ) : Renaud, F. and C. Kuenzer 2012 : The Mekong Delta System - Interdisciplinary Analyses of a River Delta. Springer, ISBN 978 - 94 - 007 - 3961 - 1, DOI 10.1007 / 978 - 94 - 007 - 3962 - 8, pp. 3 -- 6. Moder, F., C. Kuenzer, Z. Xu, P. Leinenkugel, and Q. Bui Van. `` 2012 : IWRM for the Mekong Basin ''. In ( eds. ) : Renaud, F. and C. Kuenzer 2012 : The Mekong Delta System - Interdisciplinary Analyses of a River Delta. Springer, ISBN 978 - 94 - 007 - 3961 - 1, DOI 10.1007 / 978 - 94 - 007 - 3962 - 8, pp. 133 -- 166 Klinger, V., G. Wehrmann, and G. Gebhardt, and C. Kuenzer. `` 2012 : A Water related Web - based Information System for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong Delta ''. In ( eds. ) : Renaud, F. and C. Kuenzer, 2011 : The Mekong Delta System - Interdisciplinary Analyses of a River Delta. Springer, ISBN 978 - 94 - 007 - 3961 - 1, DOI 10.1007 / 978 - 94 - 007 - 3962 - 8, pp. 423 -- 444 Gebhardt, S., L.D. Nguyen, and C. Kuenzer. `` 2012 : Mangrove Ecosystems in the Mekong Delta. Overcoming Uncertainties in Inventory Mapping Using Satellite Remote Sensing Data ''. In ( eds. ) : Renaud, F. and C. Kuenzer, 2011 : The Mekong Delta System - Interdisciplinary Analyses of a River Delta. Springer, ISBN 978 - 94 - 007 - 3961 - 1, DOI 10.1007 / 978 - 94 - 007 - 3962 - 8, pp. 315 -- 330 Kuenzer, C., H. Guo, J. Huth, P. Leinenkugel, X. Li, and S. Dech, 2012 : Flood Mapping and Flood Dynamics of the Mekong Delta. ENVISAT - ASAR - WSM Based Time - Series Analyses. Remote Sens. 2013, 5, 687 - 715 ; doi : 10.3390 / rs5020687 Gebhardt, S., J. Huth, N. Lam Dao, A. Roth, and C. Kuenzer, `` 2012 : A comparison of TerraSAR - X Quadpol backscattering with RapidEye multispectral vegetation indices over rice fields in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam ''. In : International Journal of Remote Sensing. 33 ( 24 ) 2012, pp. 7644 -- 7661. Kuenzer, C., Guo, H., Leinenkugel, P., Huth, J., Li, X., and S. DecH, `` 2012 : Flood and inundation dynamics in the Mekong Delta : an ENVISAT ASAR - based time series analyses ''. In print at : Remote Sensing. Leinenkugel, P., Esch, T., And C. Kuenzer, `` 2011 : Settlement Detection and Impervious Surface Estimation in the Mekong Delta Using Optical and SAR Data ''. In : Remote Sensing of Environment 115 ( 12 ) 2011, pp. 3007 -- 3019. Renaud, F. and C. Kuenzer 2012 : The Mekong Delta System - Interdisciplinary Analyses of a River Delta, Springer, ISBN 978 - 94 - 007 - 3961 - 1, DOI 10.1007 / 978 - 94 - 007 - 3962 - 8, pp. 7 -- 48 External links The WISDOM Project, a Water related Information System for the Mekong Delta Image Google map of the Mekong Delta. Fruits found at Mekong Delta Climate change Mekong Delta Climate Change Forum 2009 Documents. International Centre for Environmental Management. Release of arsenic to deep groundwater in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam, linked to pumping - induced land subsidence. hide Subdivisions of Vietnam Regions Northwest Northeast Red River Delta North Central Coast South Central Coast Central Highlands Southeast Mekong Delta Municipalities Cần Thơ Đà Nẵng Hải Phòng Hà Nội Hồ Chí Minh City Provinces An Giang Bắc Giang Bắc Kạn Bạc Liêu Bắc Ninh Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu Bến Tre Bình Định Bình Dương Bình Phước Bình Thuận Cà Mau Cao Bằng Đắk Lắk Đắk Nông Điện Biên Đồng Nai Đồng Tháp Gia Lai Hà Giang Hà Nam Hà Tĩnh Hải Dương Hòa Bình Hậu Giang Hưng Yên Khánh Hòa Kiên Giang Kon Tum Lai Châu Lâm Đồng Lạng Sơn Lào Cai Long An Nam Định Nghệ An Ninh Bình Ninh Thuận Phú Thọ Phú Yên Quảng Bình Quảng Nam Quảng Ngãi Quảng Ninh Quảng Trị Sóc Trăng Sơn La Tây Ninh Thái Bình Thái Nguyên Thanh Hóa Thừa Thiên - Huế Tiền Giang Trà Vinh Tuyên Quang Vĩnh Long Vĩnh Phúc Yên Bái District level subdivisions Commune level subdivisions List of cities Coordinates : 10 ° 00 ′ 32 '' N 105 ° 49 ′ 26 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 10.009 ° N 105.824 ° E ﻿ / 10.009 ; 105.824 GND : 4376820 - 9 NARA : 10046596 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mekong_Delta&oldid=841156490 '' Categories : Mekong Delta Mekong River Saigon River River deltas of Asia Landforms of Vietnam Regions of Vietnam Biosphere reserves of Vietnam Landforms of the South China Sea Landforms of An Giang Province Landforms of Bac Lieu Province Landforms of Ben Tre Province Landforms of Ca Mau Province Landforms of Dong Thap Province Landforms of Hau Giang Province Landforms of Kien Giang Province Landforms of Long An Province Landforms of Soc Trang Province Landforms of Tiền Giang Province Landforms of Tra Vinh Province Landforms of Vinh Long Province Landforms of Cần Thơ Territorial disputes of Vietnam Territorial disputes of Cambodia Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links CS1 errors : chapter ignored Articles with short description Articles containing Vietnamese - language text Coordinates on Wikidata Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with NARA identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Azərbaycanca تۆرکجه বাংলা Български Català Deutsch Español Esperanto فارسی Føroyskt Français 한국어 हिन्दी Bahasa Indonesia Italiano Lietuvių Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Polski Português Русский سنڌي Suomi Svenska ไทย Türkçe Українська اردو Tiếng Việt 粵語 中文 24 more Edit links This page was last edited on 14 May 2018, at 10 : 24 ( UTC ). 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Question: where is the mekong river delta located in vietnam
Answer: southwestern Vietnam