Thap Muoi PlainArticle Free Pass Thap Muoi Plain, also called
Plain of Reeds, Vietnamese Dong Thap Muoi, French Plaine des
Joncs, low, basinlike, alluvial swampy region, a northwestern
extension of the Mekong delta, in southern Vietnam and eastern
Cambodia. It is bounded on the southeast by the Tien Giang
River, the main channel of the Mekong River, and also drains to
a lesser extent into the parallel Vam Co Tay River, on the
northeast. The sparsely populated plain is essentially a vast
hollow below the level of the Mekong, and it has been partially
reclaimed by a levee and drainage system. In the 1950s the plain
was chosen for intensive agricultural development with
resettlement of refugees from the north, but the subsequent war
in Vietnam contributed to postponement of the project. The old
Mandarin Road from Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) to Phnom Penh
skirted the swamp on the north as does the more modern highway.
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