Mekong River is one of the most popular tourist spots in Vietnam. Mekong River drains more than 810,000 square km of land, stretching from Plateau of Tibet to the South China Sea. It is called as Song Tien Giang by local Vietnam. Mekong River brings people to Mekong Delta which is called Dong Bang Song Me Kong by locals. Mekong Delta is part of southwestern Vietnam with a size of approximately 40,500 sq. km. This area is covered by water during the monsoon season.
It takes two hours journey by car to Mekong Delta from Ho Chi Minh City and twenty to thirty minutes boat rides crossing the Mekong river to islands in Mekong Delta. If you are taking a tourist boat ride with a tour guide, they will serve you with a coconut drink while you are on the boat tour. Agriculture and tourism are the main industries that contribute to the locals and economy in the Mekong Delta.
As you walked through the island in Mekong Delta, you will feel that you are so close to nature. It reminds me of my hometown in its 80’s or some village in rural areas in the North of Malaysia. The villager who owns the orchards or farms will welcome you as you arrived at the private jetty of their farm. The tour guide will normally bring you to the bee farm, fruits orchard, and coconut candies factory either by walking or taking a horse ride before you’re taken to a small jetty. Tourists will take a ride on a traditional rowing boat through the canal to the main jetty where tourists will take a motorboat to the mainland at the end of their tour journey through the Mekong Delta.
The river flows slowly to the sea
Feeding the hunger mouth with ease
Flowing to live others for free
To grow as mountain or just a pea
The river is a life
The life that never cry
Hoping never for low but always for high
The life of the river may not die
The mud is not dirty
For the life that hearty
Walk with pride and never feel pity
So that everyday life they can party
