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?Cruising on the mighty Mekong River, one experience out of the many that you can look forward to is bird-watching. World Wildlife Fund has dubbed the Mekong Delta a ‘treasure trove’ of rare creatures teeming with numerous species of plants, lizards, fish, mammals and birds. Lying to the west of Saigon, the Mekong Delta stretches all the way to the Gulf of Thailand. Nine rivers flowing from six countries meet here, completing their journey of thousands of kilometers to the sea. For this reason, the Mekong Delta’s Vietnamese name is Ð?ng b?ng Sông C?u Long or Nine Dragon river delta. The Mekong Delta covers over 40,500 square kilometers of southwestern Vietnam and serves as its rice bowl. The highly fertile region feeds over 60 million people and is inhabited by approximately 20 million. And although it occupies only 10% of Vietnam’s total land mass, the Mekong Delta provides 60% of its fish and shrimps, and over a third of the country’s food crops.... read more