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Sông Moóc Village, a miniature Sapa of Bình Liêu
Lâm Giang
Sông Moóc Village has been dubbed a “miniature Sa Pa” of the highland commune of Đồng Văn, Bình Liêu District, Quảng Ninh Province thanks to its cool climate and gorgeous landscape.
Summer brings heat nationwide, but Sông Moóc Village usually has quite a cool and fresh climate as it is located in the middle of Phiêng Chè–Cao Ba Lanh mountain system.
The village is located on a mountain range that rises to more than 1,000m above sea level in parts, covered with green cinnamon forest and white clouds. The village has many rammed earth houses which are still intact.
The village has focused on the development of its tourism sector and although it is a highland village, travelling to the village is easy due to the convenient road system. The village is only about 30km from the centre of Bình Liêu Town.
The first thing that strikes you about Sông Moóc Village is probably its simplicity, the wonderful terraced fields and the traditional houses of the Dao people.
From above, the village is often surrounded by fog.
The village has an area of more than 375ha, including 69ha of farmland. The entire village is located on the slopes of Phiêng Chè–Cao Ba Lanh mountain, so altitude varies throughout the village, with the lowest place only about 300m above sea level, but the highest place more than 700m above sea level.
This feature has created a village in the middle of mountains and forests with poetic and beautiful scenery, including terraced rice fields.
When we arrived in Sông Moóc, we admired the wild and fresh scenery of the village, especially the endless green terraced fields. The old roofs of the houses, the mist and white clouds alternated with the greenery of the mountains and forests.
The people of the village are Dao ethnics, who still preserve many of their traditional cultural features.
We visited the rammed earth houses of the Dao people halfway down the slope. They seemed small, but in fact, they had a large space with a very large yard. When we entered the house, sisters and mothers in Dao costumes were attentively embroidering colourful brocade clothes.
According to local man Lý Văn Vinh, the Dao people have carried on many traditions and festivals such as Kiêng Gió festival to pray for a bountiful and prosperous harvest and Cold Foods Festival which is an occasion for family members to gather and remember their ancestors.
Vinh told us that Sông Moóc waterfall was worth checking out, so we decided to explore this waterfall.
We slipped between irrigation ditches and green terraces fields to arrive at the waterfall. At the foot of the waterfall was a system of majestic rocks of more than 400sq.m with large rocks stretched out on the ground to create a large space.
The waterfall was very cool, with a cascade of more than 10m high from the jungle down to the village.
After visiting the village, we rested at the Sông Moóc House which has a very beautiful view. We had a chance to enjoy local dishes such as chicken, pork, stream fish, duck and black swan.
Sông Moóc Village is a wonderful stop on a journey throughout beautiful Bình Liêu.
From Sông Moóc, visitors can visit Hoành Mô border gate (about 10km), Khe Tiền (about 3km), Cao Sơn flower garden (10km), and Khe Vằn waterfall (20km).
In addition, visitors can also try hunting clouds on Cao Ly Mountain or conquer the top of Quảng Nam Châu and Cao Xiêm mountains.
Cao Xiêm is located in Lục Hồn Commune. It is known as the roof of Quảng Ninh. With wild, majestic and poetic beauty, Cao Xiêm is an ideal destination on a trip to Bình Liêu.
Source: https://vietnamnews.vn/life-style/988682/song-mooc-village-a-miniature-sapa-of-binh-lieu.html
Twenty schools in Dong Thap Province, southern Vietnam have involved students in growing organic vegetables at school gardens in a bid to enrich their knowledge about farming and prove the model of such gardens.
The vegetable gardening at these schools is part of an organic farming project backed by Seed To Table, a Japanese non-profit organization.
The Dong Thap Agricultural and Rural Clean Water Service Center said on Tuesday that the project has been implemented at 20 schools in 10 districts and cities of the province, producing remarkable results.
Via the project, which was launched in 2019, 20 net-roofed houses have been built to plant organic vegetables, while participating students have been equipped with farm uniforms.
Furthermore, signboards have already been placed at the vegetable gardens.
Many schools are growing legumes and flowers to develop an ecosystem in their gardens, while some others have planted vegetables to harvest and sell full-grown plants to residents and teachers.
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| Soil at schools often has sand and rocks, thereby forming standing water after rains. It took five days to loose the soil and install drainage pipes in this garden. |
As a way to get knowledge about organic farming, the students engaging in the vegetable gardening were told to report their study results in terms of the maturity of vegetables in different soil conditions, the growth stages and cultivation methods of mustard and peanut farming for soil improvement, the growth of vegetables after the volume of organic fertilizer is changed, and the status of organic farming.
A group of students at Nguyen Du High School in Cao Lanh City was assigned to study the maturity of organic vegetables in different soil conditions.
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| Students are harvesting mustard. |
Their study results showed that among two vegetable beds with the same area and volume of seeds, one which received a double volume of organic fertilizer was much more productive than the other with a normal amount of the fertilizer.
During the vegetable gardening process, teachers always accompany students and help them absorb knowledge about organic agriculture and raise their awareness of environment and ecosystem protection.
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| After a harvest, students sell vegetables to teachers for fundraising. |
In 2023, the project, funded by Seed To Table, will be expanded to three more schools in the province.
Besides, seven groups of farmers, including 13 households, have joined the project to farm organic plants on a combined area of 2.8 hectares in line with Vietnamese PGS standards. Each kilogram of full-grown vegetables which are yet to be labeled is priced at VND20,000-40,000 (US$0.85-1.7).
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| Students and teachers pose for a group photo in front of a school vegetable garden. |
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| A photo shows farmers selling organic vegetables. |
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Twenty schools in Dong Thap Province, southern Vietnam have involved students in growing organic vegetables at school gardens in a bid to enrich their knowledge about farming and prove the model of such gardens.
The vegetable gardening at these schools is part of an organic farming project backed by Seed To Table, a Japanese non-profit organization.
The Dong Thap Agricultural and Rural Clean Water Service Center said on Tuesday that the project has been implemented at 20 schools in 10 districts and cities of the province, producing remarkable results.
Via the project, which was launched in 2019, 20 net-roofed houses have been built to plant organic vegetables, while participating students have been equipped with farm uniforms.
Furthermore, signboards have already been placed at the vegetable gardens.
Many schools are growing legumes and flowers to develop an ecosystem in their gardens, while some others have planted vegetables to harvest and sell full-grown plants to residents and teachers.
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| Soil at schools often has sand and rocks, thereby forming standing water after rains. It took five days to loose the soil and install drainage pipes in this garden. |
As a way to get knowledge about organic farming, the students engaging in the vegetable gardening were told to report their study results in terms of the maturity of vegetables in different soil conditions, the growth stages and cultivation methods of mustard and peanut farming for soil improvement, the growth of vegetables after the volume of organic fertilizer is changed, and the status of organic farming.
A group of students at Nguyen Du High School in Cao Lanh City was assigned to study the maturity of organic vegetables in different soil conditions.
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| Students are harvesting mustard. |
Their study results showed that among two vegetable beds with the same area and volume of seeds, one which received a double volume of organic fertilizer was much more productive than the other with a normal amount of the fertilizer.
During the vegetable gardening process, teachers always accompany students and help them absorb knowledge about organic agriculture and raise their awareness of environment and ecosystem protection.
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| After a harvest, students sell vegetables to teachers for fundraising. |
In 2023, the project, funded by Seed To Table, will be expanded to three more schools in the province.
Besides, seven groups of farmers, including 13 households, have joined the project to farm organic plants on a combined area of 2.8 hectares in line with Vietnamese PGS standards. Each kilogram of full-grown vegetables which are yet to be labeled is priced at VND20,000-40,000 (US$0.85-1.7).
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| Students and teachers pose for a group photo in front of a school vegetable garden. |
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| A photo shows farmers selling organic vegetables. |
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Source: https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/ttnewsstyle/20230329/schools-in-vietnams-dong-thap-strive-to-engage-students-in-vegetable-gardening/72327.html
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