Ham Tan salt-making village
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(VOVworld) - Salt production is probably one of the oldest chemical practices performed by man. Salt is produced naturally when sea water evaporates, but the process can easily be reproduced to create a higher yield. VOVworld introduces beautiful moments of salt-making activities recently captured by Nguyen Anh Tuan in Ham Tan salt-making village in Binh Thuan province.
This is the reflection of a salt worker at work. Under the scorching sunlight, the salt field looks like a vast mirror.
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Another salt worker is collecting salt in Ham Tan village. White salt fields look beautiful in crystal blue sky, golden sunlight.
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This job is highly dependent on favorable weather conditions with sun.
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This type of salt production is a low-cost technology that is popular and widely used in shallow coastal regions in Southeast Asia.
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Sea water enters the fields at high tide. The fields are edged with roughly 1 meter high mud dikes, which retain sea water after the tide recedes.
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 Over a period of sunny days, the water evaporates leaving the dry, white salt powder to be collected for sale.
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The salt production season normally begins in December and lasts until the end of August.
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