Bustling season of linh fish harvesting in Mekong Delta
Every year around the seventh lunar month, the Mekong River carries alluvial silt downstream into Vietnam’s southwestern provinces, bringing with it an abundance of shrimp and fish. This is also the time when people in the Mekong Delta, especially those living in the upstream border provinces of An Giang and Dong Thap, eagerly begin harvesting young linh fish (lady carp fish) – a renowned seasonal specialty found only in the southwestern region.