December 30, 2011
 Bún nÆ°á»c kèn (rice vermicelli and curried fish soup) is one of the most popular dishes in the Mekong Delta Coming to Mekong Delta in the south in Vietnam, visitors will recognize the river region’s culture deepened into every breath of locals, who are humble and honest. The cuisine is also as humble as [...]
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October 22, 2011
A photo taken on October 18 shows houses submerged by flood waters in Tan Hoa District, Quang Binh Province Devastating floods in Vietnam’s central and southern regions have killed at least 59 people and forced thousands of people to flee their homes, the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control reported Wednesday. Seasonal flooding [...]
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October 7, 2011
The rainy season fills the Mekong Delta with one of the world’s tastiest, and smallest fish When cá linh comes to Saigon, cooks often combine the fish with coconut milk for stewing Every autumn, the Mekong Delta flood season inundates lower-delta farmers with cá linh, or mud carp fish, tasty little freshwater treats that [...]
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October 7, 2011
Doctors have yet to identify what prompted a rapid-aging process in 23-year-old woman who now looks 70 Nguyen Thi Phuong (L), 26, looks about 50 years her senior due to a strange rapid-aging affliction that began in 2008 Nguyen Thanh Tuyen’s love for his wife never faded as he watched her youthful beauty crumble [...]
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October 7, 2011
This picture, taken on October 5, shows a Vietnamese farmer showing a damaged sheaf of rice at his flooded rice field in Vinh Dien Commune, Giang Thanh District, Kien Giang Province of Vietnam's Mekong Delta. Massive floods have ravaged vast swathes of Asia’s rice bowl, threatening to further drive up food prices and adding to [...]
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August 7, 2011
Farmers in the Mekong Delta, a region highly vulnerable to climate change impacts A Finland-sponsored project launched Thursday will help deal with climate change impacts in Mekong Delta provinces, news website VnExpress said Friday.  Finland ambassador Pekka Hyvõnen said the embassy will donate nearly 161,000 euros (US$228,000) for the two-year project.  The funds [...]
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August 6, 2011
A picture taken in 2010 shows a man walking near the spilled crude oil on the shores and in the waters of the Niger Delta swamps of Bodo, a village in the famous Nigerian oil-producing Ogoniland. Nigeria’s government and oil giant Shell Friday came under heavy pressure following the release of a landmark UN report [...]
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July 30, 2011
Huynh Thanh Thang, deputy head of judicial office in Chau Thanh District, the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang, at the police station in Can Tho City Tuesday A judicial official was taken into three-day custody Wednesday in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho for allegedly stealing the gun of a police officer the [...]
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July 10, 2011
Industry stakeholders grapple with falling production, higher costs and low prices Farmers harvest tra fish in the Mekong Delta. A shortage of the fish is expected to recur next month. As many as 147 firms have stopped seafood processing and export to pursue other kinds of business since the beginning of this year, pushed [...]
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July 7, 2011
The Red River Delta has critical levels of toxic arsenic experts said at a Wednesday conference in Hanoi. Â Research presented at the conference showed arsenic poisoning from naturally occurring arsenic compounds in underground water in many places around the country, especially the Red River Delta provinces of Ha Nam, Hung Yen, Nam Dinh, [...]
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