Vietnams Geographic Charceristics

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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

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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

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