Following a sharp decline in rice export prices, paddy prices in the Mekong Delta have also plummeted drastically.

The Mekong Delta's agriculture faces severe saline intrusion due to climate change, threatening rice production and farmers' ...

Vietnam is the world's third-largest rice exporter, and the staple importance to Vietnamese culture is palpable in the Mekong Delta ... from floor to ceiling with sacks of rice.

Unbalanced by abundance, a tractor in the Mekong Delta threatens to dump its load of rice. The warm, humid delta, fertilized by river sediment, has allowed Vietnam to become a major rice exporter.