
The Red River Delta
(Vietnamese: Dong Bang Song Hong) is the flat plain formed by the Red River and
its distributaries joining in the Thai
Binh River
in northern Vietnam.
The delta measuring some 15,000 square km is well protected by a network of
dikes. It is an agriculturally rich area and densely populated. Most of the
land is devoted to rice cultivation.
Eight provinces
together with two municipalities, the capital Hanoi and the main port Hai Phong form the
delta.