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Farmers in Thanh Chuong district pull up rice seedlings and transplant them at night to avoid the sun.

Huy Thu • June 16, 2025 16:15

To avoid the summer heat, many households have shifted their summer-autumn crop production to nighttime. According to the locals, tilling the fields, pulling up seedlings, and transplanting rice at night is cooler, healthier, and ensures higher yields.

bna_1..jpg — These days, in the rice fields of Minh Tien, Xuan Duong, Dong Van communes, etc., rice threshing machines are still operating all night to meet the needs of the people for rice planting. Photo: Huy Thu

Farmers are entering the summer-autumn rice planting season amidst the hot weather. To avoid the heat, people often work at night. At night, the rice paddies in Minh Tien commune are bustling with people pulling up seedlings. Photo: Huy Thu

To produce crops at night, local farmers have to arrange their field schedules appropriately. At night, people transplant seedlings using headlamps, rechargeable lamps, etc., taking advantage of the darkness to pull up the seedlings. Photo: Huy Thu

During this time, some families, with both parents and children, go to the fields to transplant rice seedlings. Even young schoolchildren participate in transplanting seedlings at night with their relatives. To create a cheerful working atmosphere, some households bring music players and speakers to the fields to play lively music. (Photo: Huy Thu)

bna_5..jpg — During the hot summer-autumn planting season, farmers work while simultaneously "stealing" water and avoiding the sun. After plowing the fields, they must transplant seedlings immediately for fear of water depletion. By noon, the seedlings are dry, their roots clinging tightly to the soil, making them very difficult to pull out. According to the farmers, pulling out seedlings "through the open" is quite tiring, and many seedlings are broken, but if pulled out during the hot day, they wilt very quickly. Photo: Huy Thu

Ms. Chu Thi Ly, from Minh Tien commune, was pulling up rice seedlings in her field in Cau Tram area (formerly Thanh Luong commune) and shared: "This rice crop, my family cultivates 4 sao (approximately 0.4 hectares) of land. To have seedlings for 2-3 people to plant tomorrow, I have to take advantage of the nighttime to pull up the seedlings. My youngest daughter, who is in 8th grade, also comes to the field to help me." (Photo: Huy Thu)

Rice seedlings of varieties like Khang Dan and Song Lam, pulled up at night, are bundled together with soft straw. The bundles of seedlings are fresh and green, not wilted. Photo: Huy Thu

bna_8..jpg — After transplanting the rice seedlings, people use motorbikes and electric bicycles to transport them home. Those who worked at night will bring the seedlings back to the fields to continue transplanting the rice. Photo: Huy Thu

Along with tilling the fields and transplanting seedlings, many households have been actively planting rice at night under the light of rechargeable lamps and headlamps. In the photo: People in Minh Tien commune planting rice at night. Photo: Huy Thu

Under the light of headlamps, the women diligently and patiently plant rice seedlings at night in the water-scarce fields. Working at night in the cool weather, many households plant until 11 or 12 midnight before returning home. Photo: Huy Thu

According to local people, shifting to nighttime work—plowing, transplanting seedlings, and planting rice at night—not only avoids the heat and keeps people healthy, but also increases productivity. Rice plants transplanted at night don't dry out or wilt, ensuring they quickly take root and grow well. (Photo: Huy Thư)

People transplant rice seedlings at night to avoid the sun. Video: Huy Thu

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