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The Mekong Delta is the region in southwestern Vietnam. The Mekong delta region
encompasses a large portion of southwesternVietnam of 39,000 square Kilometers. The size
of the area covered by water depends on the season.
The region has approximately 17.4 million people with 80% of thepopulation being farmers. With this percentage on the decline
Life in the Mekong Delta
river, and many of the vil
by rivers and canals rathepeoples major transport
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The soil around the Mekong delta is rich agriculture land which allows for the local people in the area to use for
farming land. The river has a rich biodiversity with hundreds of fish species which allows the locals to live off the
resources of the river. The earliest known settlements date to 2100 BC and the earliest recorded civilization was
1st century Indian-ised - Khmer culture of Funan, in the Mekong Delta.
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Public health- 100 goverhospitals including Cho r
which has 1400 beds an
dozen publicly owned m
Education- Saigon is hom
famous high schools, hig
grade 10 -12 , there are with 400,000 students co
the national university o
city with 50,000 student
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There are three main typ
Saigon. The new develop
market houses which are
the out skirts of the city. T
housing is built in the inn
usually a shop at the bottarea above. The slums are
of housing in Saigon and
rivers edge ,they are sma
roughly put together and
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Saigon is a terminal for
system .Scooters and m
Saigon's main private tr
, taxis are plentiful pub
many roots around the
only become a popular
transport in the last few
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The power lines in Saigon could be described as chaotic and
unreliable . The state of the tingled lines and cables look like a
disaster waiting to happen .
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bins
wou
picki
an ev
streedum
the d
there
wast
The water supply in Saigon was
not up to western standard.
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Most of the industry in Saig
corporations and brands w
Vietnam because of it chee
Vietnam was widely effectCambodia. Vietnam strugg
werent getting foreign eco
that the required. A lot of s
set up on the streets and a
to the tourists.
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The lack of bins in Viet
rubbish is a major issue
ways . Which mean tha
water ways polluted w
non organic substances