From the upper Mekong River, lady carp fish follow the alluvial flow downstream to the southwest of Vietnam, growing along their journey and becoming a famed delicacy unique to the flood season. (Photo: VNA)
Border residents in An Giang province set up fishing gear to catch young lady carp fish on flooded fields. (Photo: VNA)
During the flood season, lady carp fish appear in great numbers in the natural waterways. (Photo: VNA)
Border residents in An Giang province head out at dawn to catch young lady carp fish (Photo: VNA)
The flood season brings an abundance of shrimp and fish, especially lady carp fish, providing locals with extra income to support their livelihoods. (Photo: VNA)
Border residents in An Giang province catching young lady carp fish on flooded fields. (Photo: VNA)
Young lady carp fish are kept in mesh bags or plastic containers with aeration pumps to ensure freshness. (Photo: VNA)
Traders wait right in the fields to buy freshly caught lady carp fish. (Photo: VNA)
Bustling season of linh fish harvesting in Mekong Delta
Every year around the seventh lunar month, the Mekong River carries alluvial silt downstream into Vietnam’s southwestern provinces, bringing with it an abundance of shrimp and fish. This is also the time when people in the Mekong Delta, especially those living in the upstream border provinces of An Giang and Dong Thap, eagerly begin harvesting young linh fish (lady carp fish) – a renowned seasonal specialty found only in the southwestern region.
