Binh Lieu has not only border markers and poetic roads leading to hills on which vast reed grass fields are located, but also has golden paddy fields at the base of mountains, valleys and hillsides where rice is ready to be harvested.

At 8am, on the terraced rice paddy of residents in Na Ma Hamlet, Dong Tam Commune, residents enthusiastically harvest rice.

People in this area still harvest rice by hand instead of using machines like farmers in other regions. To improve efficiency, farmers take turns to harvest rice on one field at a time before turning to another.

On the rice paddy, women use sickles, while men carry sheaves. A song sung in San Chi’s language can be heard from across the area.

Because of Binh Lieu’s beauty in ripe rice season, a considerable number of visitors have travelled to this place to enjoy the scenery of a mountainous district in Quang Ninh.

Photos of the ripe rice season in Binh Lieu:

Across the hamlets in Binh Lieu District, it is harvest time.

Farmers in the same hamlet take turns to harvest in order to finish the work early.

A blue traditional costume of San Chi ethnic minority stands out in the middle of a golden rice paddy.

Although the work is taxing, the women always have smiles on their faces.

They are happy as it is a bountiful harvest.

Heavy sheaves are carried from a terraced rice paddy.

Men take charge of tying bunches of wheat together and carrying heavy sheaves.

Women use their sickles to harvest crops.

Pham Cong

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