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| Summer-autumn rice planting is right on the hottest days. To cope with the hot weather, people in some communes in Thanh Chuong district such as Thanh Yen, Thanh Luong, Xuan Tuong... have switched to farming at night. At night, the fields are shimmering with the lights of people pulling rice seedlings and planting rice... Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Bustling, pulling rice seedlings under the moonlight in the middle of the fourth lunar month, people call it "blind" rice seedling pulling. Photo: Huy Thu |
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Due to the prolonged hot weather, the rice seedlings were dry, white, and cracked, so some people brought plastic buckets and sprayers to the fields to water the seedlings before pulling them out. Photo: Huy Thu
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| Mr. Nguyen Sy Huy in Thanh Luong commune said: Pulling rice seedlings in the evening, when the weather is cool, ensures good health, productivity, and the rice seedlings are also green. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| To create an exciting and joyful atmosphere during work, some households also bring along instruments to play lively music in the middle of the rice fields. Photo by Huy Thu |
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| Working at night, people often bring along various types of lights: rechargeable lamps, battery lamps, headlamps... to ensure light for work. The whole village goes to the fields to work at night, being in the fields is more fun than staying at home. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Locals call pulling up dry rice seedlings "rice seedlings". After pulling up seedlings, they are not covered with much mud and dirt, so they are bundled into small bundles. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Starting to go to the fields from 7-8 pm, people pull up rice seedlings and only leave at 10-11 pm. Mr. Nguyen Phung Minh in Xuan Tuong commune shared: "In my village, people all go to work at night, sometimes in the evening and sometimes at 3-4 am, to avoid the heat and keep up with the season." Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Many households plant rice at night to avoid the sun and prevent the fields from drying out. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| A woman who goes to plant rice at night in Thanh Yen commune said: Although planting rice at night is not as straight as during the day, the rice is also more secure and is not exposed to the sun. Therefore, each time she goes to plant rice, she only comes back after all the seedlings are planted. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Working in the fields at night to avoid the sun. Video: Huy Thu |
