Volunteer trucks transporting rice during the epidemic season in Yen Thanh

On the rice fields of Hoa Thanh commune,Yen ThanhSeeing the volunteers actively carrying rice onto the truck, everyone was sweating profusely. Mr. Phan Dang Hoa, a volunteer driver, said: The vehicle owners who volunteer to transport rice take care of their own gas and oil to run. Any family with a harvest schedule just needs to call and notify, regardless of the time, our convoy will arrange for people to load and unload the rice and transport the rice to the household.

According to the investigation, the volunteer truck group operated to transport rice day and night, continuously carrying rice and "driving" in the hot sun, so everyone was exhausted. However, with the determination to help the commune quickly repel the epidemic, everyone tried to bring the rice back to the village for the villagers to dry so that they could feel secure in isolating to prevent the epidemic.

Volunteers from Hoa Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district, do not mind the hot weather to harvest rice in the middle of the field. Photo: Van Truong

A villager said: “We are very touched by the work of the volunteer truck team. They did not hesitate to work hard and face difficulties, spending both human and material resources to help our people transport rice during the period when the whole commune was in a state of famine.isolationfight the epidemic. Your work is very admirable."

Mr. Nguyen Van Dinh - Head of Hoa Thanh Commune General Service Cooperative added: Currently, the whole commune has 9 trucks participating in transporting rice, including 6 trucks, 3 tractors and volunteer rice loading and drying teams for households in quarantine.

The volunteer team's truck transports rice to the village. Photo: Van Truong

Hoa Thanh Commune General Service Cooperative is responsible for general operations such as coordinating vehicles, loading and unloading workers, and drying rice to speed up progress while ensuring social distancing to prevent the epidemic. Up to this point, Hoa Thanh Commune has harvested 100/208 hectares, and is expected to complete the harvest in about 10 days.

In My Thanh commune, there are currently more than 10 cars and tractors.and many volunteers have been actively going to the fields in recent days to help people transport rice home for free. Rice transport trucks are operating at full capacity, from 10-12 trips/truck/day.

Thanks to the help of volunteer teams, the progress of summer-autumn rice harvest in Yen Thanh district has been accelerated. According to the report of Yen Thanh district's agricultural department, the whole district has harvested 8,000/11,323 hectares of summer-autumn rice, and will be completed by September 2.

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