In the Mekong Delta, a push to grow food with saltwater

The story

Source: UN News · NewTimes editorial text based on the source feed.

For generations, farming in Viet Nam’s Mekong Delta has depended on a delicate bargain.

The river flooded, retreated and flooded again, carrying freshwater and sediment across a flat landscape whose vast fields helped turn the country into one of the world’s leading rice exporters.