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Salt fields
Admire the sparkling beauty of Long Dien salt fields, Ba Ria – Vung Tau, and learn the stories behind the traditional salt making profession.
Dec 25, 2024 · 4 min read
Under the bright yellow sunshine, the salt fields of Long Dien, Ba Ria - Vung Tau province, Vietnam are in the bustling working season. Here, thousands of people are working hard to earn a living. When going to Vung Tau, tourists can hardly miss this interesting experience and will remember it forever when leaving. Let's join iguide.ai to admire the brilliant, sparkling beauty of Long Dien salt fields!
From Ba Ria, following provincial road 44A to Long Hai beach, visitors will see the salt fields located in Long Dien district. This is also the salt field closest to Ho Chi Minh City.
Every day before dawn, Long Dien salt farmers have started working on the salt fields. For many generations, the salt making profession has been preserved and developed. Long Dien district currently has a total of 500 hectares of fields, each year producing about 30,000 tons of crops.
Thanks to geographical conditions, long coastline, and year-round sunny weather, this place is a "golden" land for making salt. Since ancient times, our ancestors have had a traditional method of making salt - concentrating seawater. The pure white salt grains carry the natural salty taste of Long Hai seawater. Along with that is the mixture of sweat from the farmers. The stronger the sun, the more abundant the salt harvest. That is why under the 40 degree sun, Long Dien people still do not stop working.
The artistic beauty of the salt fields If you have the opportunity to visit Long Dien salt fields, you will admire the beauty of the salt fields stretching far and wide along the coast. The rectangular fields are close together, with the white color of the salt mountains condensed by the salt farmers. If you take a flycam from above and look down, it will be an artistic picture of Vietnamese craft villages.
When the scorching sunlight shines down, the entire salt field looks like it is covered in sparkling silver. The most beautiful moments are probably the sunrise and sunset on the salt field. Those moments make everyone feel the peace and gentleness in the midst of a busy life.
The precious beauty of salt workers' labor Perhaps salt making is the hardest job of all. When the sun is strong, we have to work harder, and when the wind is cool, we can rest. Sunburned, dark skin is also formed by the sun, sea breeze and salty salt. The hands quickly rake the salt, gathering the mountain of refined salt to sell to traders. These are the images of salt workers working in the Long Dien salt fields.
Most of Long Dien people earn their living by making salt. Currently, there are more than 300 households producing salt here. However, their income is somewhat lighter than the picture of hardship above. Only about 200,000 VND/day/person. All year round smelling the salty smell of salt, "selling their faces to the ground, selling their backs to the sky". After this crop season, the next day they prepare to plow for the next crop. However, the traditional method of making salt is still preserved and passed down to each generation.
Visiting this tourist destination in Vung Tau, what attracts tourists is not only the salt field stretching over 1km. The image of salt workers making salt is the most valuable picture of labor. Instead of posing with the beauty of the salt field, you will just want to capture this moment of hard work. No matter how hot and scorching the sun is, their faces still smile, their working spirit is still enthusiastic. More than 300 households follow the salt making profession, but not always have a successful harvest, there are times when they will lose a lot but they still remain optimistic. Thank you for choosing iGuide.ai to accompany your interesting experiences!
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