Copernicus Sentinel-1 studies rice fields across Vietnam

Paris (ESA) Mar 27, 2020

The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over part of the Mekong Delta - a major rice-producing region in southwest Vietnam. In Vietnam, rice has been a strategic crop for national food security. Vietnam is the fifth largest producer of rice in the world, the majority of which is grown in the Mekong Delta - a vast flood plain and one of Asia's most fertile agricultural zones. Such