Suffocating from smoke as farmers burn straw right in the fields

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Around 2-3 pm every day, people in Yen Thanh town, Yen Thanh district burn straw in the fields, causing smoke and dust to cover the area. Photo: Van Truong

People massively burned straw all night in the fields. Photo: Van Truong

People riding motorbikes and bicycles are suffocating because of the dust and smoke from burning straw that covers the entire traffic route in Tang Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district. Photo: Van Truong

Straw fires burned fiercely through the night in the fields of Yen Thanh. Photo: Van Truong

Smoke and dust from burning straw in the fields permeate houses in Nam Thanh commune (Yen Thanh), affecting health, especially the elderly, children and those with a history of respiratory diseases. Photo: Van Truong

Many farmers in Yen Thanh believe that burning straw brings many conveniences such as not having to deal with straw in the fields after harvest, and at the same time destroying pests... However, burning straw right in the fields is causing serious pollution. Photo: Van Truong

Mr. Le Van Hong - Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Yen Thanh district added: The district has directed communes and recommended farmers not to burn straw in the fields, causing pollution, and to collect straw to make organic fertilizer or sell to livestock farms to improve income. Photo: Van Truong

In Dien Chau district, many communes burn straw after harvesting rice, causing environmental pollution. Dien Chau district focuses on propagating to people not to burn straw in the fields, after harvesting, use a machine to crush the straw into the mud, add about 15 kg of lime/sao to help the straw decompose quickly and create nutrients in the soil. Photo: Van Truong

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