The Mekong Delta is a region in southwestern Vietnam that is part of the river delta of the Mekong and is named after it. The Mekong flows into one here Network of river arms connected by some canals to the South China Sea. The river delta covers an area of approximately 39,000 km² and the vegetation is low but lush and green. By the fertile alluvial soil is dense in intensive agriculture populated area possible, producing 16 million tons annually Rice in three crops. This is also why it becomes “the southern rice chamber Vietnam "called. Foods such as fish, tropical fruits, vegetables, sugar cane and coconuts are also produced. The mangrove swamps around the province of Cà Mau in the delta contrast with the fertile and densely populated area bordering to the north. The water landscape leads to the fact that most of the inhabitants live on the water and live. Every little hut here has access to a waterway, while a connection to a drivable road is far from being given everywhere. The delta area of the Mekong was only in the 18th and 19th centuries poorly populated because of large-scale epidemics. It belonged first to the Kingdom of the Khmer and was later annexed to Vietnam by the Vietnamese Lê dynasty and finally by the Nguyen dynasty. The large-scale rice cultivation only started in the French colonial period, whereby the acreage was increased by about ten times until 1930. During the Vietnam War, the Mekong Delta was one of the main locations for the fighting between the NLF guerrillas and the US armed forces.
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