Quê Hương: An Giang
An Giang An Giang is the sixth place I visited, a town located in the deep south of Vietnam, also known as the Mekong Delta. If I were to describe what it’s like, it looks like what most people think of when they think of Vietnam: a rural area full of rice fields, tropical forests, rivers, mangroves, and tube houses. An Giang lies near the border of Cambodia, and it’s actually my mother’s homeland. She hadn’t been there in decades, so it was a very personal place for her. In An Giang, we visited a village called Chi Lăng, where my mom used to live. It’s a very interesting place because it’s so ...