The Mekong Delta faces a slow-burning crisis as salinity spreads inland, damaging crops and eroding Vietnam’s food-production base. Fragmented policy responses lack a clear understanding of what ...

While air and ground battles dominated headlines, a hidden naval war raged across Vietnam’s rivers. Armored boats, river patrols, and amphibious assaults fought the Viet Cong deep in the delta’s ...

Mekong Delta, Vietnam, July 1967: An underwater pothole gives a hapless GI an unexpected dunking as a buddy grins at his discomfort. Looking for Stars and Stripes’ coverage of the Vietnam War?

The Mekong Delta of Vietnam ranks among the world’s three most climate-vulnerable regions. Known as Southeast Asia’s “rice basket,” the region is home to 18 million people, produces half of Vietnam’s ...