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Thanh Chuong farmers pull up seedlings and plant at night to avoid the sun.

Huy Thu • June 16, 2025 16:15

To avoid the summer heat, many households have switched their summer-autumn crop production to working at night. According to the people, plowing the fields, pulling out seedlings, and planting rice at night is cool, healthy, and ensures productivity.

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

Farmers are entering the summer-autumn rice planting season amid the hot weather. To avoid the sun, people often go to work at night. At night, in the rice fields in Minh Tien commune, people are busy pulling rice seedlings. Photo: Huy Thu

To produce at night, local people have to arrange a reasonable schedule for going to the fields. At night, people come to noon to pick seedlings with headlamps, rechargeable lamps... to take advantage of the night to pick seedlings. Photo: Huy Thu

On this occasion, some families, both parents and children, went to the fields to pull rice seedlings. Young students also joined in pulling rice seedlings at night with their relatives. To create a joyful working atmosphere, some households also brought record players, speakers... to the fields to play lively music. Photo: Huy Thu

bna_5..jpg — Producing the summer-autumn crop during hot days, people go to work to both "steal" water and avoid the sun. After weeding the fields, they have to replant immediately for fear of running out of water. At noon, the seedlings are dry, the roots cling tightly to the ground, making it difficult to pull them out. According to people, pulling out the "phuy" seedlings is quite tiring, many seedlings are broken, but if pulled out during the hot day, they will wither very quickly. Photo: Huy Thu

Ms. Chu Thi Ly in Minh Tien commune is pulling rice seedlings in the Cau Tram area (former Thanh Luong commune) and shares: This rice crop, her family has 4 sao of rice fields, to have enough seedlings for 2-3 people to plant tomorrow, she has to go out at night to pull rice seedlings. Her youngest daughter, an 8th grader, also goes to the field to help her mother. Photo: Huy Thu

Khang Dan, Song Lam... seedlings are harvested at night and bundled with soft straw. The bundles of seedlings are fresh and green, not wilted. Photo: Huy Thu

bna_8..jpg — After pulling the rice seedlings, people use motorbikes and electric bicycles to carry the seedlings home. Those who plant rice at night will carry the seedlings back to the field to continue planting rice. Photo: Huy Thu

Along with plowing the fields and pulling out seedlings, many households have actively gone to plant rice at night under the light of rechargeable lamps and headlamps. In the photo: People of Minh Tien commune are planting rice at night. Photo: Huy Thu

Under the light of headlamps, the women work hard at night, patiently planting each clump of rice on the water-drained fields. Working at night is cool, many households plant until 11 - 12 pm before returning home. Photo: Huy Thu

According to local people, switching to working at night, threshing the fields, pulling up seedlings, and planting rice at night not only helps avoid the heat, stay healthy, but also makes work more productive. Rice fields planted at night do not dry out or wither, ensuring that the rice plants take root quickly and grow well. Photo: Huy Thu

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

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