Farmer Danh Phuc (37 years old, Dai An 2 commune, Tran De district) brought fresh water from home to the fields mixed with many types of sprays to save 2 hectares of rice suffering from salt poisoning.
“This year, the price of rice was high, so I and many people here took the risk of sowing seeds for the Spring-Summer crop. Who would have thought that after more than a month, there was a severe drought, lack of irrigation water, and the rice was drying up, so the people here took the risk of pumping water again. Saltwater entered the field…. A few days later, the rice gradually died, and what could stand it was limp, with small flowers and flat seeds…”, Mr. Phuc said, adding that he had to spray root stimulant to prevent brown planthoppers. nourish the seeds… hoping to get some harvest, in order to remove the capital spent of more than 50 million VND.