What resources are most common in the Mekong Delta region?
Cash crops for export contribute significantly to the regional economy, with the greatest focus on coconuts, tobacco, sugarcane and cocoa. There are more than 315,000 hectares of coconut plantations, with Ben Tre coconut candy known around the world.
Why is Mekong important to Vietnam?
The Mekong River has a rich agricultural history in Vietnam and Asia in general. It’s the 12th longest river in the world and winds itself around six countries. It has been an important area for producing much of the country’s food crops; even today it provides more than one-third of Vietnam’s food.
How dirty is the Mekong Delta?
The Mekong is one of the most polluted rivers in the world, transporting an estimated 40 thousand tonnes of plastic into the world’s oceans each year.
What type of delta is the Mekong Delta?
tide-dominated delta
The present Mekong Delta is classified as a tide-dominated delta, but close to a wave-dominated delta, in the triangular deltaic depositional classification system.
Can Tho city GDP?
Growing economy The region’s per capita gross domestic product reached US$2,700 per year, with Can Tho, the region’s economic hub, having the highest at US$3,500.
What natural resources does Cambodia have?
Cambodia’s key natural resources include gemstones, gas, oil, phosphates, manganese, iron ore and timber. In 2010, the country’s industrial mineral sector produced an increasing amount of crushed stone and sand and gravel.
How much money does the Mekong River make?
VIETNAM – Fisheries in the Mekong River can bring in around $17 billion a year, making up about 3 per cent of the GDP of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, said the Mekong River Commission (MRC). The figures were based on the report that 4.4 million tons of aquatic products are caught from the river every year.
Why is the Mekong Delta important?
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).
Why is the Mekong polluted?
The pollution is due in part to the expansion of rice fields from 3.2 million hectares in 1995 to 3.9 million hectares this year and the increased use of fertilizers and pesticides. Another reason is pond expansion to grow pangasius (basa and tra).
Is the Mekong Delta an industrialized region?
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.
Who was the first ruler of the Mekong Delta?
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.
Why is the Mekong Delta vulnerable to floods?
Being a low-lying coastal region, the Mekong Delta is particularly susceptible to floods resulting from rises in sea level due to climate change.
What kind of animals live in the Mekong Delta?
The Mekong Delta has been dubbed 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.