People in most rural areas in Vietnam are farmers or fishermen whose life mainly depends on agriculture, livestock, and handicrafts, which are closely associated with natural conditions in places they’re living. In mountainous villages, locals do the cultivation on terraced fields and raise cattle. In the central highlands or desert areas in the South, people mainly make their living in volcanic soiled farms or feed big cattle like cows, sheep, goats, etc. for industrial production.

The locals in Mekong Delta - which is famous for floating markets - earn their living by fishing or raising cattle besides growing wet rice and tropical fruits. Mekong Delta residents also know how to make use of their homeland’s advantages to create additional handicrafts such as pottery, bricks. In the coastline areas, the local life mainly depends on catching seafood and growing aquaculture. Most adults, especially men in families, will go far offshore on wooden boats or modern steel ships, for weeks or even months, to catch fish and other kinds of seafood. Others live on land, grow aquaculture in their farms or make sea salt.

1. What does the life of Vietnamese farmers and fishermen mainly depend on?

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1. What kind of fields can be seen in mountainous villages?

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1. What is the Mekong Delta well-known for?

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1. Can Mekong Delta residents create pottery and bricks?

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1. In which area does the local life mainly depend on aquaculture and catching fish?

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