Mekong Delta

The so-called ‘rice bowl’ of Vietnam is carpeted in a staggering array of nature. People live, shop, work and travel on the mighty Mekong, which started its life as a trickle of glacial water 4,350km north in the Himalayas. Here much of the high-octane modernity of the rest of the world slips away, only to be replaced by the equally buzzing and much more natural rhythm of one of the most fert