(Baonghean.vn) - After days of storms and rain, salt farmers in Quynh Luu took advantage of the sunshine to produce salt. With favorable weather, a good salt harvest and good prices, salt farmers were extremely excited.
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| The current hot weather is the best condition for people in the coastal communes of Quynh Luu to go to the fields to produce salt. Salt collection takes place in the late afternoon. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| Under the blazing afternoon sun, Mr. Bui Van Mai (79 years old in An Hoa commune) is urgently scraping salt to collect. With an area of 120 m2Today, he produces nearly 200 kg of salt, earning more than 350,000 VND/day. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| According to the people, this year the price of salt purchased by traders is higher than previous years; last year the price was 1,000 - 1,200 VND/kg, but now the price is up to 1,800 - 2,300 VND/kg (an increase of 800 - 1,000 VND/kg). Photo: Viet Hung |
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| Salt prices are high, so salt farmers take advantage of the sunny weather to go to the fields to produce salt. In the photo: Ms. Nguyen Thi Dung is raking to get some soil to put in the filter. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| Salt making is quite a hard job, people have to "expose themselves" under the blazing sun to make white salt grains. However, the high price of salt has somewhat encouraged and motivated people to stick with the sun to produce. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| After collecting, people transport salt to the warehouse for storage. If buying on the spot, the price of salt is 1,800 VND/kg; if packaged for consumption, the price increases to 2,300 VND/kg. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| Mr. Ho Huu Thuan - a salt buyer in An Hoa commune said that since May, salt has been bought and sold, without any backlog like previous years. Every day, Mr. Thuan buys about 10 tons of salt from salt farmers. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| An Hoa commune is the locality with the largest salt area in Quynh Luu district, with 140 hectares; from the beginning of the season until now, the salt output has reached about 14,000/19,000 tons of the whole year. On average, the commune's revenue from salt production reaches about 20 billion VND in the past years. This year, the estimated value is about 28 billion VND. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| Not only An Hoa salt farmers, many salt-making households in Quynh Thuan, Quynh Yen, Quynh Minh, Quynh Tho communes... are also "taking advantage of the sun" to speed up production progress. With 600 hectares, the district's salt output reaches about 60,000 tons/year. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| In recent years, factories have been established in the district to process refined salt and iodized salt for export to foreign markets. This is a condition for the Quynh Luu salt raw material area to develop widely, while helping people feel secure in production, without worrying about product output. Photo: Viet Hung |
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