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Hoi An Wet Rice Farming With Buffalos – A Unique Experience

Rice is the main product of Vietnamese agriculture, especially in rural areas like Hoi An. Rice planting and harvesting is an indispensable part of the culture and life of the people here. 

To have an overview of the Hoi An wet rice, you can ride a bicycle around the Hoi An countryside of Tra Que vegetable village, Cam Kim Village, or Cam Thanh coconut village. 

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What is special about Hoi An wet rice?

• Quality: Thanks to favorable natural conditions, Hoi An rice often has round, even, delicious, and sticky grains.
• Traditional planting method: Hoi An people still preserve traditional rice planting methods, creating high-quality rice products with a strong hometown flavor.
• Classification: Hoi An wet rice has many different types, each with its flavor and characteristics.

Hoi An wet rice planting process

Hoi An wet rice is popular at Cam Kim village, Tra Que, and Cam Thanh village. In here you will work with the buffalo. The farmers will guide you on using the traditional plowing equipment with the Hoi An Buffalo. It’s a traditional method of farming from a thousand years past many generations in Hoi An. 

Let’s Hoi An Explorer help you on how it works. Please follow the steps below: 

• Soil preparation: Plowing, harrowing, making the soil loose, creating a system of ditches for irrigation.
• Flooding: The fields are flooded with water to create a shallow layer.
• Seeding preparation: Seeding is transplanted into the flooded fields.
• Planting rice: Plant each young rice plant in the prepared field
• Weeding and pest control: fertilizing, weeding, pest control.
• Harvesting rice: When the rice is ripe, farmers harvest it by hand or machine.
• Threshing, grinding, and packaging: After harvesting, the rice will be threshed to separate the grains from the stalks.
• Drying: the grains are dried in the sun
• Milling: Dried grains are milled to remove the husk and bran, pricing white rice. 

Experience wet rice cultivation in Hoi An

If you want to experience the life of a farmer and learn about the process of growing Hoi An wet rice, you can join the agricultural experience Hoi An Farming Tour. In these tours, you will:

• Wear farmer’s clothes: Ao Ba Ba, conical hat.
• Work with farmers: Plant rice, catch fish, catch crabs.
• Enjoy rice dishes: New rice, banh xeo, banh it…

After the Hoi An wet rice tour, you can have a chance to enjoy the rice wine which is made from rice. It’s strong but amazing.