File: Defoliation agent spraying. jpg | A UH-1D helicopter from the 336th Aviation Company sprays a defoliation agent over farmland in the Mekong Delta

Khmer Krom or Southern Khmer is spoken by the indigenous Khmer population of the Mekong Delta, formerly controlled by the Khmer Empire but part of Vietnam since 1698.

Vietnam's settlement of the Mekong Delta led to its annexation of that area at the end of the 17th century.

To the southeast of this great basin is the Mekong Delta, which extends through Vietnam to the South China Sea.

To the southeast, the basin joins the Mekong Delta, which, extending into Vietnam, provides both water and land communications between the two countries.

File: Brick-kilns-mekong. jpg | Brick and roof tile making kilns on a branch of the Mekong in the Delta region of Vietnam.

* 1970 – Vietnam War: Vietnamization – The United States turns control of the Binh Thuy Air Base in the Mekong Delta over to South Vietnam.

* 1968 – Vietnam War: Operation Sealords – United States and South Vietnamese forces launch a new operation in the Mekong Delta.

The frontier with Cambodia, defined at the time of French annexation of the western part of the Mekong River Delta in 1867, remained essentially unchanged, according to Hanoi, until some unresolved border issues were finally settled in the 1982-85 period.

"), the coastal lowlands, and the Mekong River Delta in the south.

The Red River Delta ( also known as the Sông Hồng ), is a flat, triangular region of 15, 000 square kilometers, is smaller but more intensely developed and more densely populated than the Mekong River Delta.

It terminates in the Mekong River Delta north of Hồ Chí Minh City ( formerly Saigon ).

The narrow, flat coastal lowlands extend from south of the Red River Delta to the Mekong River basin.

The climate in the southern regions especially Ho Chi Minh City and surrounding Mekong Delta is predominantly Tropical savanna climate with high humidity and a distinct wet and dry season.

* October 8 – Vietnam War – Operation Sealords: United States and South Vietnamese forces launch a new operation in the Mekong Delta.

** Vietnam War – Vietnamization: The United States turns control of the air base in the Mekong Delta to South Vietnam.

* January 6 – Vietnam War: USMC and ARVN troops launch Operation Deckhouse Five in the Mekong River Delta.

** Vietnam War: U. S. and South Vietnamese forces engage Viet Cong troops in the Mekong Delta ( 235 of the 300-strong Viet Cong battalion are killed ).

As the war continued, the SEALs found themselves positioned in the Rung Sat Special Zone where they were to disrupt the enemy supply and troop movements and in the Mekong Delta to fulfill riverine operations, fighting on the inland waterways.

SEALs on patrol in the Mekong Delta

** Khmer Krom, Khmer people living in the Delta and the Lower Mekong area

At this time, Vietnam was only just beginning to occupy the Mekong Delta, former territory of the Indianized kingdom of Champa which they had defeated in 1471.

Ho's cadres tried to kill him while he was traveling to visit his elder brother Thục, bishop of the Vĩnh Long diocese in the Mekong Delta.

Diệm also contended with two religious sects, the Cao Đài and Hòa Hảo, who wielded private armies in the Mekong Delta, with the Cao Đài estimated to have 25, 000 men.

Communist guerrillas recently have been reported increasing their activities and the great flood of the Mekong River has interposed a new crisis.

The Mekong has thus not been an obstacle but a facilitator for communication, and the similarities between Laos and northeast Thai society — same people, same language — reflect the close contact that has existed across the river for centuries.

Although the Mekong was established as a border by French colonial forces, travel from one side to the other has been significantly limited only since the establishment of the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( LPDR, or Laos ) in 1975.

A significant amount of land in the Yellow River's source area has been designated as the Sanjiangyuan ("' Three Rivers ' Sources ") National Nature Reserve, to protect the source region of the Yellow River, the Yangtze, and the Mekong.

German Metal band Mekong Delta has an album titled The Music Of Erich Zann.

Recent historical research has shown that the Mongols, who destroyed Nanzhao in 1253 and made the area a province of their empire — naming it Yunnan — exercised a decisive political influence in the middle Mekong Valley for the better part of a century.

It has a population of about 80, 000, situated at the confluence of the Xe Don and Mekong Rivers.

Since 1975, Pakse has become an economic power and of regional importance within the region and the construction of a bridge over the Mekong ( built with Japanese aid ), allowing road traffic with Ubon Ratchathani in Thailand, has further integrated the city with neighbouring countries.

in the Mekong delta, but archeological research has shown that extensive human settlement in the region may have gone back as far as the 4th century B. C. E.

To date, Jollibee has more than 30 stores in Vietnam: in the cities of Ho Chi Minh, Hanoi, Da Nang, Nha Trang, in the provinces of Vinh Phuc, Dong Nai and all provinces in Mekong Delta Region.

Nowadays the site where Phra Loup Lek would submerge himself beneath the earth has been overtaken by the waters of the Mekong and washed away ( presumably leaving only the shrine rescued and preserved at the front of the vihara at today ’ s Wat Sri Mongkol South ( ว ั ดศร ี มงคลใต ้)).

However, the province has become much less isolated in recent years, with the upgrading of a major road up from the Mekong valley city of Pakse, plus two major road projects connecting Sekong to Vietnam to the east.

In the Mekong Delta of southern Vietnam, there is an interlacing drainage and irrigation canal system that has become the symbol of this area and impacts on the lifestyle of local people.

The Madison dance has become very popular in the Kingdom of Cambodia and Kampuchea Krom ( Mekong delta ).

In more recent years, Nong Khai has become a popular destination, with full Tourism Authority of Thailand: th: การท ่ องเท ี่ ยวแห ่ งประเทศไทย and local backing, during the Buddhist Lent festival when mysterious balls of light, or Naga fireballs, rise from the Mekong river.

Although the old French colonial quarter of the town, along the Mekong River-front, is depressed and crumbling, the town's proximity to Thailand's booming economy has brought about new commercial development in the northern part of the town, near both the river crossing and the bus terminal.

Groom has also produced and presented documentaries for BBC Radio Four, including: George Oliver: A Man For All Seasons, the story of a Bedfordshire Gamekeeper ; Peak Park Pressures-Britain's first national park ; and Ferry Across the Mekong: 2 thirty minute programmes ( Sony nominated ) in which he makes a return trip to Cambodia.