(Baonghean.vn) - In recent years, in the summer, the Gang River - a branch of the Lam River flowing through Thanh Chuong district - has become a place for many people to "practice" their trade of pearl diving and fishing...
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| Every day on the Gang River (Thanh Chuong) many people come here to look for pearls and mussels. |
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| The Ganges River has many types of mollusks: mussels, clams, and scallops. |
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| Digging for pearls and mussels is very hard work. Diggers have to soak in river water up to their necks for 7-8 hours, their heads exposed to the sun, pushing buckets and groping in the mud to find pearls and mussels. |
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| After more than half a day of hard work in the water, each person also earned about 20 - 30 kg of clams, mussels, and crabs. |
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| These mollusks are often brought home by My Son people (Do Luong) on motorbikes to be sold to traders to take far away or to be sold retail in the countryside for about 7 thousand VND/kg. |
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| Pearl diggers in Minh Son (Do Luong) sell wholesale on Highway 46 along the roadside for 5,000 VND/kg. Each working day, each person earns about 100,000 - 150,000 VND. |
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