Despite the weather conditions, tourists continue to stroll along both banks of the Hoai River in Hoi An, take photographs and explore the flooded streets. Some have rolled up their trousers and waded through the water to continue sightseeing and capture unusual moments of their visits.
Tan Hoa commune in Minh Hoa district, the central province of Quang Binh, battered by a cocktail of natural disasters every year, has risen from immense hardships to become an excellent tourism village. Most recently, it has been named among the Best Tourism Villages 2023 by the World Tourism Organsiation (UNWTO).
The eighth to tenth month of the lunar calendar are that busiest time of the year for fishermen in various upstream localities in the southern province of Dong Thap like Hong Ngu, Tan Hong districts and Hong Ngu city, as the arrival of the flooding season brings along fish.
Photographer Huynh Phuc Hau grew up in Chau Doc city, An Giang province. He has taken many photos of the Mekong Delta province in the flooding seasons. The following photo collection was conducted in many years, introducing the public to the vast fields in Chau Doc city and Tinh Bien district in An Giang province.
In anticipation of this year’s flood and storm season, farmers living in flood-prone area have been relocated to a higher area in Cat Nhon commune, Phu Cat district, the south-central coastal province of Binh Dinh.
Real estate developer Novaland is working with the People’s Committee of Hong Ngu district in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap to build seven new bridges.
