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Aug 26 2008
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The evaporation of the river and flooded areas, as well as the lush vegetation, have a noticeable effect on the climate of the Delta, which is especially nice. The temperature in the Delta is always a few degrees less than in Ho Chi Minh city, although the city is very near. Far from the pace of the city, the rhythm of life is that of a rich and bountiful nature, and even if fieldwork is hard work, it is gratifying labour, as both earth and water bring into the peasant's basket rice and fruit, fish and shrimps.
It is a hard life, lived by the peasants, but also a quality life, all made of attention and care for the fields, the stock and the village community. The animals are well treated, and often will one see stables covered with a mosquito net. The same is true of the warmth of the welcome. In the Delta, you will often be invited for some tea or even for some fruit by the peasants.
The Mekong Delta is the most ecologically productive land in Vietnam. Half of the rice of the country is produced in the Delta in three crops per year, estimated 20 millions tons yearly, as well as hundreds of thousands of tons of catfish, sugar cane, fruit and vegetables. This formidable production — Vietnam is the second largest rice exporter in the world — is still today mainly made by hand, according to traditional techniques. Life in the delta is still rhythmed by nature.
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