Despite the severe cold weather, farmers in Phu Tho Province’s Ha Hoa District have returned to their fields to cultivate new crop after long anticipated water supplies.
In early January 2012, leaders of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development requested irrigation agencies to hoard water to prepare for the winter-spring crop.
The state-owned Electricity of Vietnam Group (EVN) released water to serve agricultural cultivation from Hoa Binh, Thac Ba and Na Hang dams over the first phase from January 16-22.
While more fortunate people are still enjoying lazy days following Tet, these farmers have to work in piercing cold.
Photos taken in Ha Hoa:
Farmers in Ha Hoa started doing farming before the end of the Tet holiday
Each person in Ha Hoa’s Bang Gia Commune is allocated nearly 360 square metres of fields for cultivation
Hoeing up a paddyfield border
Using rudimentary tools for cultivation
Harrowing the field
Rice seedling
Traditional cultivation
Buffaloes remain useful
Returning home after a day in the fields
Preparing fertiliser
Harrowing a paddyfield with the help of a buffalo
A country girl
Busy in the early Lunar New Year
