Strange job on Red River bank
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VietNamNet Bridge – Planting Japanese grass has become a lucrative job of farmers in Nam Dien commune in the northern province of Nam Dinh.
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| The grass ground of Nam Dien farmers is on the Red River bank. Before this job was imported, local farmers usually grew peanut, maize or mulberry.
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Grass is bound in sheaves.
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| Local farmers harvest grass twice a year. Grass is cut in square pieces of around one square meter, depending on customers’ request.
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| Farmers start their day in the early morning, when the sun does not rise yet. They finish their job at around 10am.
Stretching wire to trim grass.
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| Primitive tools.
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| The break.
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| The fruit of a working day.
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| Grass will be transported to big cities.
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