Harvesting salt in Hon Khoi

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Hon Khoi, which is well known for its salt production for the last 100 years, is nestled between Khanh Hoa and Ninh Hoa, 40km north of Nha Trang City. It has recently attracted many domestic and foriegn visitors

Unlike many others, Hon Khoi salt fields are not divided into rectangular ponds. Instead, they are open and vast. Hon Khoi salt is milky, dry and refined. The salt is best used for preserving fish and for making high-quality fish sauce.
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Salt production requires strict technological procedures to prevent impurities during crystallization, which would result in bad quality. It takes a week for the crystallization.

The salt crop starts in March and ends in the rainy season, September. In between, salt workers are jobless. However, their work is far from easy. They start at 4:30 a.m. and spend all day in the scorching sun, wrenched in sweat. Their inky black complexion, which comes about from the evaporated seawater, attests to the many patient hours they spent creating grains of pure white salt, an irreplaceable spice for all of us.

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Hon Khoi, which is well known for its salt production for the last 100 years, is nestled between Khanh Hoa and Ninh Hoa, 40km north of Nha Trang City. It has recently attracted many domestic and foreign visitors

Unlike many others, Hon Khoi salt fields are not divided into rectangular ponds. Instead, they are open and vast. Hon Khoi salt is milky, dry and refined. The salt is best used for preserving fish and for making high-quality fish sauce.
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Salt production requires strict technological procedures to prevent impurities during crystallization, which would result in bad quality. It takes a week for the crystallization.

The salt crop starts in March and ends in the rainy season, September. In between, salt workers are jobless. However, their work is far from easy. They start at 4:30 a.m. and spend all day in the scorching sun, wrenched in sweat. Their inky black complexion, which comes about from the evaporated seawater, attests to the many patient hours they spent creating grains of pure white salt, an irreplaceable spice for all of us.

OUTSTANDING, girlscout.@};- Your writing is much better than many American college graduates that I've known. The style, the structures, and the words you used are EXCELLENT. I wish I could write like you every day.

With such writing skill, you are more qualified than I in assisting others. However, I have a couple of opinions about the style of the first three sentences in the last paragraph.

"The salt crop starts in March and ends in the rainy season, September" is great, but it's not parallel. What do you think if we say: "The salt crop starts in March and ends in September." And if we want to explain why, we would add "when the rainy season begins."

In addition, the term "However" as in "However, their work is far from easy" does not reflect a contrast to the previous sentence, which is "Salt workers are jobless." I would just ... remove the word, or replace it with, "During the crop ..."

With such, the sentences become: "The salt crop starts in March and ends in September, when the rainy season begins. In between, salt workers are jobless. During the crop, their work is far from easy."

Despite the opinions, I'm sincerely impressed with your writing, Girlscout.@};-


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OUTSTANDING, girlscout.@};- Your writing is much better than many American college graduates that I've known. The style, the structures, and the words you used are EXCELLENT. I wish I could write like you every day.

With such writing skill, you are more qualified than I in assisting others. However, I have a couple of opinions about the style of the first three sentences in the last paragraph.

"The salt crop starts in March and ends in the rainy season, September" is great, but it's not parallel. What do you think if we say: "The salt crop starts in March and ends in September." And if we want to explain why, we would add "when the rainy season begins."

In addition, the term "However" as in "However, their work is far from easy" does not reflect a contrast to the previous sentence, which is "Salt workers are jobless." I would just ... remove the word, or replace it with, "During the crop ..."

With such, the sentences become: "The salt crop starts in March and ends in September, when the rainy season begins. In between, salt workers are jobless. During the crop, their work is far from easy."

Despite the opinions, I'm sincerely impressed with your writing, Girlscout.@};-


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Wow...:thankyou:Thanks for your opinions very much! I spent all day for this paragraph:diablo: It's not easy for me...#:-SYou praise me to the skies...hihihi...I'll attention your opinions and do my best for the next paragraph. La` la la' la la` la` la` la....... :yahoo: