(Baonghean.vn) - Although it's only the third day of Tet (Lunar New Year), people in the highland communes of Anh Son district have already gone back to work in the fields. For them, Tet is still on the horizon, but the worry about unfinished farming remains unforgettable.
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| On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the highland fields were still deserted. However, worries about the harvest meant that some farmers were both celebrating the New Year and tending to their fields. Photo: Dao Tho. |
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| The rice seedlings, sown earlier, are carefully tended to by the locals even during the Tet holiday. Photo: Dao Tho. |
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| On the morning of the 3rd, people went to the fields to irrigate the land in preparation for the rice planting season. Photo: Dao Tho. |
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| Some people are tending to the rice fields that were sown before Tet. Photo: Dao Tho. |
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| Reviewing the water retention dike system in the rice fields. Photo: Dao Tho. |
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| Some people simply go to visit the fields. Photo: Dao Tho. |
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| A young child on Tet holiday goes to the rice fields to help his family. Photo: Dao Tho. |
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| The couple returned from the fields on an ox cart. It can be said that, despite celebrating Tet (Lunar New Year), the farmers in the highlands of Nghe An province still harbor anxieties about the unfinished planting season. Photo: Dao Tho |
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