Mekong Delta River from above

Nga Nam Floating Market, Can Tho Bridge, Chau Doc floating fish village are lively and colorful through the camera of the engineer who loves photography.

Tran Minh Luong, is currently an electrical engineer in Can Tho – Mekong Delta. He has been passionate about photography for a long time and often travels to the Mekong delta provinces on weekends to explore and capture the beautiful sceneries.

Minh Luong is impressed with Dong Hai and Bac Lieu salt fields at dawn, with successive and stretching salt fields. Bac Lieu salt making is concentrated in two districts of Dong Hai and Hoa Binh, producing one crop a year, starting from December to April next year, before the rainy season begins.

During the journey to the Mekong delta, Minh Luong visited Nga Nam floating market, Soc Trang province. The photo was taken on the floating market, with the scene of bustling boats, buying and selling of goods and foods taking place on the river. This floating market is located in Nga Nam town, about 60 km from Soc Trang city. The market usually opens from 4 to 5 am, the most crowded usually at 6 am-7 pm.

The sunset on Can Tho bridge, one of the symbols of Tay Do (City in the west). Acrossing the Hau River, connecting the two banks of Can Tho - Vinh Long, this cable-stayed bridge was completed in 2010, with a length of 15.85 km, of which the main bridge is 2.75 km long.

The scene of Can Tho city is brilliant at night, with the highlight is the Ninh Kieu pedestrian bridge at Ninh Kieu wharf area. Ninh Kieu pedestrian bridge is 199 m long, 7.2 m wide and curved in the shape of an S, with the extended body of the bridge building two lotus petals. This is a tourist destination to serve the needs of taking photos and enjoying the fresh air of local people, domestic and foreign tourists.

Coming to Can Tho, visitors cannot ignore Phong Dien floating market, about 17 km southeast of the city center. This place sells a full range of agricultural products such as fruits, vegetables, and food. Although it is not as bustling as it is in the past, Phong Dien floating market still attracts many visitors. The above photo, titled "Early Market," helped author Minh Luong win a bronze medal at the 34th Mekong Delta Art Photo Festival in 2019.

Farmers rush to reap as high winds knocked down their ripe rice fields in March 2021. The photo was taken by the author during a wandering trip in Co Do district, Can Tho.

The power system connects to the O Mon Thermal Power Plant, Can Tho across the rice fields that are in the golden season.

Vam Cong Bridge in the dawn. This cable-stayed bridge was inaugurated in May 2019, with a length of 2.97 km, the bridge over the river is 870 m long and the path is 2 km long. The bridge connects the two banks of the Hau River between Thot Not District, Can Tho City and Lap Vo District, Dong Thap Province, contributing to complete the transport network in the Mekong Delta.

The raspberry chrysanthemum fields in Tan Khanh Dong commune, from Sa Dec to Cao Lanh, Dong Thap province. This is the place to focus on planting raspberry chrysanthemums, supplying for the market in the Mekong delta provinces on the occasion of Tet. This type of flower is preferred during Tet, because the bright yellow color and radiating shape of the flower symbolizes prosperity and reunion.

The floating fish village in Chau Doc, An Giang appears in the sunrise. From the center of Chau Doc city, upstream of Hau river, visitors will see Chau Doc floating fish village, the highlight is floating houses and fish cages nestled close together to form a "village" stretching several kilometers. This cage fishing village was built to raise a variety of fish from pangasius, halibut, snapper, grouper, and pomfret.

A small island corner of Nam Du archipelago, Kien Giang. Nam Du consists of 21 large and small islands, of which Nam Du island, also known as Cu Tron island or Big island is the largest island. Coming here, visitors can enjoy at Cay Men beach, a beautiful, unspoiled beach with coconut trees embracing the long coastline or join a snorkeling tour to see corals and explore the life of fishermen.

(Photo: Tran Minh Luong - @vnexpress.net)