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Floating Fish Farms on the Mekong: Life on the River
A floating fish farm is a raft that carries a family home on its deck and fish cages in the river below. On the Hau River at Chau Doc, coloured raft houses rise and fall with the current while catfish break the surface when feed reaches the water. This is a working home and farm,…
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Brick Kiln Village of the Mekong Delta: Mang Thit’s Red Kingdom on the Co Chien River
Mang Thit is a brick kiln village in Vinh Long, 81 mi (130 km) south-west of Ho Chi Minh City. Domed kilns line about 19 mi (30 km) of the Co Chien River, and hundreds still fire river clay with rice husk. The river gives the clay and carries the finished bricks away. Follow the…
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The Lover House, Vietnam: Huỳnh Thủy Lê’s House in Sa Đéc
The Lover House in Vietnam is Huỳnh Thủy Lê Ancient House at 255A Nguyễn Huệ Street in Sa Đéc, Đồng Tháp Province. The merchant Huỳnh Cẩm Thuận built it in 1895, and his son’s affair with the schoolgirl Marguerite Duras inspired the novel L’Amant (The Lover). This is the real Huỳnh family home, not the…
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Cambodian Stilted and Floating Communities: Living With the Tonle Sap’s Rising and Falling Water
Stilted communities keep fixed houses on posts; floating communities build on rafts that rise with the water. Around Cambodia’s Tonle Sap lake, both answer to a lake that deepens from under 3 ft (1 m) to as much as 30 ft (9 m) every year. The Mekong drives the cycle: each wet season it pushes…
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Phnom Penh Royal and State Sanctuaries: A Visitor’s Guide
Phnom Penh’s royal and state sanctuaries link Cambodia’s throne to its faith: the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda on the riverfront, Wat Phnom on its hill, and the royal stupas of Oudong, about 25 miles (40 km) north-west. This guide defines each site, dates its main structures, explains the visitor rules, and sets out a…
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Mekong Delta Floating Market: Which Ones Still Trade (2026)
A Mekong Delta floating market is a river trading point where boats anchor and sell to one another and to visitors. Three still trade in 2026: Cai Rang, Phong Dien, and Long Xuyen. They wake before the sun, and the best arrival window runs from 5:30 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. This guide follows the water…