(VOVworld) - Salt production is probably one of the oldest chemical practices performed by man. Salt is produced naturally when sea water evaporates, but the process can easily be reproduced to create a higher yield. VOVworld introduces beautiful moments of salt-making activities recently captured by Nguyen Anh Tuan in Ham Tan salt-making village in Binh Thuan province.


This is the reflection of a salt worker at work. Under the scorching sunlight, the salt field looks like a vast mirror.

Another salt worker is collecting salt in Ham Tan village. White salt fields look beautiful in crystal blue sky, golden sunlight.

This job is highly dependent on favorable weather conditions with sun.

This type of salt production is a low-cost technology that is popular and widely used in shallow coastal regions in Southeast Asia.

Sea water enters the fields at high tide. The fields are edged with roughly 1 meter high mud dikes, which retain sea water after the tide recedes.
Over a period of sunny days, the water evaporates leaving the dry, white salt powder to be collected for sale.

The salt production season normally begins in December and lasts until the end of August.