Analysis of flood and drought variability in the Mekong River Delta in the last 20 years

Abstract

The Mekong River Delta in Vietnam is the region receiving the whole Mekong River's water before flowing into the East Sea. Climatically, this area has only two distinct seasons: the rainy season and the dry season. The last months of these two seasons are the extreme events of river hydrology: floods and drought occurred. These meteorological and hydrological features greatly affect not only agriculture and aquaculture cultivation, but also the residential habits throughout the delta.