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Locals use lop – a cylindrical bamboo basket to catch such field crabs. They often collect the field crabs at 4:00 am. From 11:00 am to 4:00 pm, they sell the crabs they have caught.  Nguyen Van Mong, in Binh Thanh Commune, has earned his living by placing the bamboo baskets to catch field crabs for 20 years, enough for him to raise his three kids. Bich Thuy field crab wholesaling point, run by Nguyen Van Mong and his wife, is crowded every day. The peak time of this job falls between the seventh and the tenth lunar month (around August to November), which is the flooding season in the Mekong Delta. Mong and those like him earn the best income during this time.  He can collect 50 to 60 kilograms of field crabs by placing 600 bamboo baskets. For the past two years, Mong and his wife have worked as wholesalers. They are now running a field crab wholesaling point named Bich Thuy.  They buy 450 to 500 kilograms of field crabs from 100 households ea...

On September 9, in Hanoi, the Lao Embassy in Vietnam organized a football tournament for friendly exchanges between the Embassy and Vietnamese ministries, agencies, and related sectors. Vietnam - Laos Friendship and Solidarity Year" style="max-width:100%; padding:0px; margin:0px;" title="Many Sport Exchange Activities to Celebrate Vietnam - Laos Friendship and Solidarity Year"> Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Plenipotentiary of Laos in Vietnam Sengphet Houngboungnuang delivered a speech at the event (Photo: VNT) This is an activity to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations (September 5, 1962 – September 5, 2022) and the 45th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Vietnam and Laos (July 18). 1977 – July 18, 2022). Attending the tournament were 8 teams from the Embassy of Laos, the Foreign Affairs Department of the Communist Party of Vietnam Cent...