Growing up in California, it was a refreshing rarity when we happened to get some rainfall a few times a year. But now that I live in Vietnam, I'm surprised when it doesn't rain. I've been very interested to learn about how people have adapted to a place where it rains every day.
This environment is special because of the immense amount of rain that falls in the region. Unlike most climates in the world that have four distinct seasons between spring, summer, fall and winter, Southern Vietnam only has two seasons: dry and wet. The wet season runs from about May to November and the dry season occurs from December to April.
When it rains, plants thrive, so agriculture does really well here. There’s greenery everywhere, sprouting up through cracks in the sidewalk or even off the sides of buildings. There’s thus no shortage of crops in the region, making farming the largest industry in the Mekong Delta.
