Dozens of police officers from Thai Ninh commune, Hung Yen province, waded through rice fields to help people harvest rice in anticipation of Typhoon Matmo on October 5th.
Soldiers from the 361st Division of the Air Defense and Air Force Command, in coordination with local authorities, waded through floodwaters to harvest rice for residents in Chuong My district, Hanoi.
To minimize damage caused by rain and Typhoon No. 3 (Yagi), farmers in Thanh Hoa are racing against time to harvest their rice even though it is not yet fully ripe.
To prevent damage from Typhoon No. 3 (Yagi), dozens of officers and soldiers from the Ban Giang Border Guard Post went to the fields to help the Chut ethnic minority people in Ha Tinh province harvest their rice crop.
From 3 a.m., dozens of farmers in Son Tay town (Hanoi) went to the fields to harvest rice to avoid the scorching heat, which is forecast to reach 38 degrees Celsius.
Due to prolonged heavy rain, several communes in Thach That district, Hanoi, were severely flooded. The district police mobilized units to urgently go to the fields to help farmers harvest rice.
A farm in Kien Giang has dedicated 2,5 hectares for tourists to go down to the rice paddies and try their hand at harvesting rice with a threshing machine, threshing, milling, and cooking rice.
As Typhoon No. 5, with gusts reaching level 12, raged in the East Sea and approached the mainland, fishermen in Central Vietnam hastily anchored their boats ashore, while farmers urgently harvested their rice crops to "escape" the storm.
While harvesting rice in the fields, three people in Cu Mgar district (Dak Lak province) were struck by lightning, resulting in two deaths and one person in critical condition.
With Typhoon No. 4 likely to affect the northeastern provinces, farmers in Thai Binh have been harvesting their rice crops in a race against the storm.