The Mekong - Mekong River

• Located in East Asia and Southeast Asia

• China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia,
and Vietnam.
• Length: 4,350km

• → The longest river in Southeast Asia

• → The 12th longest river in the World
 1. Geography

• The tributary network is very complex.

• The largest concentrated ecological region in the
Asian continent.
• At the end of the life the Mekong was flowing into the
East Sea
 2. History

1956 1995 1996

Explored by Established the China and Myanmar

Antonio de Faria Mekong River became the
Commission (MRC) "dialogue partners"
 3. Politics

Mekong Committee - 1955 Cambodia, Laos Thailand, and Vietnam formed

The Mekong River Commission - 1995

MRC "dialogue partners“ - 1996  China and Myanmar

 4. PEOPLE

Mekong Delta is a land of many ethnic Sales

groups, which mostly are Kinh (90%),
Khmer, Chinese and Cham.

Kinh Khmer Cham Chinese

● These groups live in harmony to help each
other and develop all aspects of life including
economics, culture, society, etc...

● People in this place are very honest and

warm-hearted.

● To these people, helping each other to

overcome difficulty is the most important thing
in their emotional life.
5. Culture
● In fact, some of Kinh people follow Buddhism while a large number of them do not follow
any religions.

● Buddhism is almost the unique religion of Khmer and this makes a great effects on many
aspects of their life.

● For them, a pagoda is the face of society and a religious and cultural centre of their
community

● In addition, the Chinese and Cham people also have their own unique and typical cultures
Buddhism
6. SOCIETY
● People here often live in traditional villages
● In Kinh families, men and women are equal to each other. They often share everything
equally.

● On the other hand, families of ethnic groups (Cham, Chinese, and Khmer) often follow
patriarchy but a few of them still remain matriarchy.
 7. Economy
• The river's resources bring great significance to
the economy, society, and the environment
(water, fisheries, hydroelectricity, and traffic
tourism)

• A large amount of alluvium has brought many

benefits to agricultural activities.
 8. Tourism & Festivals

Mekong Delta river trip by speed boats Luxury Mekong river ships
 8. Tourism & Festival

Water and Moon Festival

Boats race