Trip to viet nam

Early this morning, as I lay inside listening to the sound of the irrigation wheels rolling in the field, I felt very excited. The herbalist’s house is located right in the middle of a field, enwrapped by the light greenness of the rice plants. This year the upper source of the river has somehow been destroyed by the enemy so water isn’t coming down as it should. So farmers here have to wake up early and work the irrigation wheels. The field has been weeded, but faces a shortage of water. Another disaster is pests which are devouring the plants, so the farmers have to react quickly and spray pesticide on moonlit nights. Cannons from the nearby sea and fortifications bombard the hamlet and the field day and night. These days, to grow rice is also to fight in a battlefield.  … [Read more...] about Fever, kind strangers an d bombs as war rages

Đinh Dũng went to school only after earning his captain’s certificate. Lý Hữu Tiến makes coracles, which is an old tradition. Younger people on the Sơn Trà Peninsula are involved in fishing while middle-aged people are involved in tourism. Fishermen on the Sơn Trà Peninsula honour whales. Huỳnh Văn Hùng’s job is Director of Culture and Sports Department in Đà Nẵng. ANSWERS: 1. False; 2. True; 3. False; 4. True; 5. True. … [Read more...] about Keeping fishing going

For the past three days the enemy forces from Voi Island and the other side of the sea have been attacking the Cổ Lũy opening. Local soldiers and guerillas have fought back, killing 20 enemy soldiers on the first day. The remnants of that troop fled to Bãi Hamlet, leaving behind two chaps. Right then a middle-aged man returned from his fishing trip. Those chaps asked him to sail them home. He sighed and said, “You two are carrying your full weaponry, so if the liberation soldiers find us, they’ll kill both you two and me.” “So what should we do?” they asked. The man answered, “Let me hide your weapons for you until you can take them back.” Then he drove his boat to the middle of the sea and sunk it, killing the chaps.  … [Read more...] about Fever, kind strangers and bombs as war rages

For a series on Viet Nam's growing role in APEC, she was a member of Viet Nam News’ winning team that was awarded top prize for reporting on External Relations in 2017 when she interviewed Le Luong Minh on the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and its role in presenting ASEAN as a region with rising opportunities. … [Read more...] about The fighting spirit of a graceful flower

After more than two decades she now knows how to make farmers stick to long-term goals. Since 2017 she has been taking her organic agriculture campaign to secondary and high school students in Ben Tre and Dong Thap Provinces. The vegetables these young people have been sold to consumers. … [Read more...] about Japanese woman spends best years of life helping Vietnamese farmers