As climate change threatens communities in the Mekong Delta, WWF is working to enhance resilience by supporting local farmers in adopting climate-adaptive crops and sustainable, eco-friendly practices.

Through the Elements of the Mekong Delta campaign, WWF is amplifying farmers’ voices and raising awareness of nature-based solution (NbS) products—such as rice, shrimp, crabs, lotus seeds, black apple snails, and freshwater prawns—that safeguard both livelihoods and ecosystems.

Despite significant progress, restoring the Mekong Delta remains an ongoing challenge that requires sustained commitment and collaboration.

By choosing sustainably sourced products, you contribute to empowering farmers, protecting their way of life, and preserving this vital ecosystem for the future generations.

Fishing in the core zone of U Minh Thượng National Park in Kiên Giang Province is strictly protected, but rising market demand often compels buffer zone farmers to harvest black apple snails there for their livelihoods. What if these farmers could be empowered to raise snails sustainably, preserving the crucial ecosystem?

Come with us to hear the farmers’ stories and explore the area. Then join us to see how Chef Trụ Lang can use these snails as a delicious ingredient alongside an ancient strain of rice cultivated in harmony with the Mekong’s natural flood cycles.

While aquaculture brings much-needed income to the Mekong Delta, the impact on the environment can be devastating. However, farmers in Cà Mau are employing methods of raising shrimps and crabs naturally in mangrove forests without additional feed or chemicals which helps ensure the long-term health of this vital ecosystem.

Join us in Cà Mau to learn more about how communities there responsibly navigate economic and environmental demands. Then watch Chef Anaïs Ca Dao van Manen use the shrimp as a refreshing ingredient alongside noodles produced using an ancient strain of rice that can be grown in ways that replenish the local soil and water.

Cà Mau is famous for its crabs and the mangrove forests in which they live. The ecosystem is essential for preventing erosion and protecting against storms, but it is threatened by population pressure, widespread deforestation and unsustainable intensive farming. WWF's nature-based solutions offer insight into how human livelihoods and nature can co-exist.

Farmers in Cà Mau explain how they are implementing these sustainable projects for the benefit of their communities and the surrounding ecosystem. Chef Nghiêm Minh Đức then makes a nostalgic soup dish using the crabs and floating rice noodles.

Confronting the many challenges the Mekong Delta is facing involves radical shifts to familiar agriculture and aquaculture habits. Changes such as transitioning some fields from conventional rice growing to fish raising for one season per year can have profound impacts on the long-term health of the environment and local livelihoods.

We travel to Long An to learn more about how WWF's nature-based solutions are empowering local farmers to deploy new methods that allow them to continue traditional lifestyles. Their harvests can then be used for dishes that exemplify Vietnamese cooking, as revealed by Chef Peter Cường Franklin.