Visiting Ninh Binh to see salt farmers carrying the sun to earn income

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Ninh Binh - The harsher the sun, the busier the Bach Long salt field, the salt farmers still diligently work from early morning until late afternoon to make salt.

Những ngày này ở Nam Định, trời vẫn nắng như đổ lửa.
In the scorching sun of July, but on the Bach Long salt field (Giao Binh commune, Ninh Binh province), salt farmers are still diligently working to create white salt grains.
Quy trình làm ra thứ “vàng trắng” kết tinh hương vị của biển mất rất nhiều công đoạn. Diêm dân thường bắt đầu công việc từ sớm tinh mơ, khi mặt trời còn chưa ló dạng và kết thúc vào chiều tối muộn.
The process of making white salt takes a lot of steps. Usually, salt farmers start work from dawn and finish late in the evening.
Hơn nửa đời người gắn bó với nghề làm muối, bà Mai Thị Thu (55 tuổi, diêm dân xã Bạch Long) cho biết, do vùng biển Giao Thủy nằm gần cửa sông nên nước biển có độ mặn thấp, diêm dân phải phơi, lọc cát để tăng độ mặn trước khi làm muối. Sau quãng nghỉ trưa ngắn ngủi, giữa cái nắng gay gắt và hơi mặn hắt lên bỏng rát, bà cùng nhiều diêm dân lại tất bật trở ra đồng để hoàn thành những công đoạn cuối của một ngày làm muối.
More than half a lifetime attached to the salt making profession, Mr. Lai Viet Tien (in Giao Binh commune) shared: "One of the salt making stages is to dry and filter sand to increase salinity before making salt. After a short lunch break, in the harsh sun and scorching saltiness, we salt farmers are busy going to the fields to complete the final stages of a day of salt making.
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At the end of the day, when the salt has crystallized into grains, salt farmers will harvest them to transport to the warehouse.
Xe cút kít chất đầy muối trắng, thành quả sau nhiều giờ lao động dưới cái nắng gay gắt của diêm dân.
Trucks loaded with white salt, the result after many hours of labor under the scorching sun of salt farmers.
Hiện giá muối chỉ dao động từ 1.500 - 300 đồng/kg (tùy thời điểm), thu nhập thấp nên phần lớn những người còn gắn bó với nghề đều là lao động lớn tuổi, yêu nghề hoặc không có nhiều lựa chọn việc làm khác.
Currently, the price of salt only fluctuates from 1,500 - 300 VND/kg (depending on the time), low income, so most of those who are still attached to the profession are elderly workers.
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According to the report on the implementation of strategic tasks for marine economic development in Giao Binh commune, the traditional salt industry is maintaining a stable salt production area at 62ha, with an output of over 2,500 tons (in 2025). In the coming time, the locality will mobilize people to actively improve clean salt production techniques to improve the value chain and orient the combination of experiential tourism models.
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