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Nghe An farmers pull up seedlings and plant rice at night to avoid the heat

Huy Thu DNUM_CJZAFZCACE 21:47

The summer-autumn rice crop falls on hot days, so farmers in Thanh Chuong district have switched to working at night to cope with the hot weather.

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These days, people in many communes in Thanh Chuong district have entered the summer-autumn rice planting season. To avoid the heat, farmers have switched to working at night. The rice fields in Thanh Luong commune are quite crowded at night. Photo: Huy Thu
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People go to the fields with headlamps, rechargeable lamps... to take advantage of the night to pull up rice seedlings. Photo: Huy Thu
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It is known that during this planting season, many households in Thanh Luong commune often help each other pull up seedlings and plant at night. Therefore, each plot of seedlings often has many families participating in the labor. Photo: Huy Thu
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Some families have adults who go to work and have to bring their young children to the fields. Many young students also help their parents pull up rice seedlings. Photo: Huy Thu
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Ms. Nguyen Thi Nguyet in Hamlet 5, Thanh Luong Commune shared: This season, her family works on 4 sao of rice fields, to have rice seedlings to plant, the mother and son have to pull the seedlings at night. The son, who is in grade 12 and preparing for his graduation exam, still goes to the fields to help his mother. Photo: Huy Thu
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At noon, the seedlings are dry, the roots cling tightly to the ground and are very difficult to pull out. Pulling out these seedlings is quite laborious and tiring, the seedlings are often broken, and if pulled out during the hot, sunny day, they will quickly wither. Photo: Huy Thu
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The rice fields are dry, people can sit in the middle of the field to pull and bundle rice seedlings quite conveniently. Photo: Huy Thu
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Many women, after planting in the deep fields, still take the opportunity to pull rice seedlings at night, earning a few bags of seedlings before leaving. Photo: Huy Thu
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In the fields of Xuan Tuong, Thanh Duong, Thanh Yen, Thanh Khai communes... the rice field threshing machines still operate all night to meet the people's demand for rice fields. Photo: Huy Thu
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Along with pulling up seedlings and threshing rice fields, many households have actively planted rice at night under the light of rechargeable lamps and headlamps. Ms. Nguyen Thi Lap in Hamlet 1, Thanh Luong Commune said that her family has 3 sao of rice fields. In order to plant rice in time for the season, especially when the fields have water, she has to plant quickly, otherwise the sun will dry up, she has to ask more people to help her plant rice at night. Photo: Huy Thu
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According to local people, switching to night work, pulling seedlings and planting rice at night not only avoids the heat, keeps people healthy but also makes work more productive. People usually go to the fields at 7pm and finish work around 11-11:30pm. Photo: Huy Thu

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