Helping farmers to harvest rice

September and October are the time when the highland district of Mu Cang Chai (Yen Bai province) is immersed in the golden color of ripe rice fields.

It is the brilliant golden color of the sunshine, the wind, and the ripe rice paddies with plump and firm rice grains; it is also the color of rice straw, and the happy smiling faces of farmers on the harvest day. The village scene is bustling and busy, but strangely beautiful.

At this time, many farmers organize harvesting and selling rice at night. The atmosphere of the countryside is vibrant and bustling with laughter in the sound of a good harvest...

Although it must be so strenuous to stick with this work, once the rubber trees are planted and grow up in the hilly area, and the half-mountain half-plain of Thua Thien Hue, its miracle of “poverty-alleviation” to people’s lives is visible.

On the business trip, I recorded my emotions of the naval soldiers with all my heart. The trip covered the reporters from many central and local newspapers, radio stations, and the Naval Region 3 working delegation, who boarded the ship KN-390 patrolling the sea to visit and extend New Year's greetings to officers, soldiers and people on Con Co and Ly Son islands.