January 9, 2018 10.09pm AEDT Tonkinphotography / Shutterstock.com Authors Alex Chapman Research Fellow in Human Geography, University of Southampton Van Pham Dang Tri Head of the Department of Water Resources, Can Tho University The Vietnamese Mekong Delta is one of Earth’s most agriculturally productive regions and is of global importance for its exports of rice, shrimp, and fruit. The 18m inhabitants of this low-lying river