O're of rice in the season is the second work of non-professional writer Le Quoc Viet, including 13 articles with 162 pages (edited 13 x 20.5cm - Vietnam Women's Publishing House - 2025) such as a film about old rural memories with rice plants, buffaloes, plowers... presented in harmony between agricultural knowledge and the emotions of the people involved.
Born in 1964 in Cu La countryside (Chau Thanh commune, An Giang province), agricultural engineer Le Quoc Viet (Tu Viet) grew up in a space where all activities, life from studying, going out... revolved around the rice crop, each crop year.
Therefore, when witnessing the old images gradually falling into the past, his heart was filled with great nostalgia, to the point of deciding to spend effort and money to preserve and record them with the hope that future generations would have something to remember and feel sorry for those who came before. Therefore, 13 articles are like 13 emotional states.
In "Confessions Named Vietnamese Fourth Street Rice", he makes readers think of the time "on rice, under fish"... and then together he is heartbroken by the problem of chemical fertilizers destroying the ecosystem, causing "the whole field to now resemble the price of whole grain, after sowing the seeds, they have tocast and spray pesticides at a rate higher level each year than the previous year".
In The Rice Com of the Season, The ancient Leaf of the Sea, Ocean and Dust... the author fully recreates the image, color and flavor of the ancient rice culture. It may be a poor meal with just fish sauce and rice... but it does not cause misery, because the author has realized that it is the catalyst that "wells will in them, urges them to rise up in studying" that he himself has experienced...
Therefore, it can be said that "Thoan ngan chieu mua dong" has exceeded the limits of the pages of books, depicting the space to preserve the memories of the West in a time when traditional values were green, to anchor in the hearts of readers the love of remembering the culture of their ancestors...
Readers also learn more about the rice space in the land of Cu La, the author's hometown with " Ok Om Bok Festival", "Anh Du Co" of the Khmer people, about the origin of some rice-like names from ancient times such as Chau Hang Vo, a farmer from Chau Hong Vo... Because he not only spoke as an expert, but also applied well-trained agricultural knowledge and knowledge from reading culture to newly explain old problems and seemed to have settled down.
He is a "Scientific man of farmers" not only because of his knowledge but also because of his great love for farmers, for the land, for each grain of rice... Therefore, "Thanh hoa giac mang o" shares the same spirit: Preserving traditional values, raising current values and opening doors for the future. Mr. Tu Viet proves that, with love and creativity, we can bring Vietnamese identity to the great ocean... Tradition is not a burden of the past but a luggage for the future. Let's continue this journey with Mr. Tu Viet so that the rice crop in the West and Vietnamese agricultural products will forever be the pride of the country" (Le Minh Hoan - Vice Chairman of the National Assembly)
