The collection of essays Rain in the salty land by Nguyen Chi Ngoan. Photo: Cultural sports. Little stories Spreading over 20 poems, there are strands of memories gathered about a poor countryside, sun-kissed but sparkling fields full of hope of the people of the countryside, full of love and kindness. The first sketch in the author’s painting is the East wind, which carries many happy memories of childhood. The space in the land of U Minh, the author’s hometown, opens up full of haunting, haunting tears filled the air. It is easy to recognize familiar images from a peaceful memory region that contains a longing bewilderment filled in childhood nostalgia. There was the sound of ducks calling in the afternoon, there were silences sobbing the familiar scent of the countryside deeply imprinted in the subconscious of children far from home. Like the smell of grandma’s eucalyptus oil, the mother’s braised fish sauce or the father’s bottle of massage, covering a clear life, full of Western breath, unique. With a gentle and simple voice, the author skillfully weaves each small story in the collection of prose as if telling his own story. The images in Nguyen Chi Ngoan’s prose appear so simple and true. “Sometimes my mother asked for a few slices of banh tet from a neighbor to dry, but we and I had more slices of crispy fried banh tet.” That lack still does not rob people of their generosity and affection: “Mother smiles, she dries them for the children in the neighborhood. They like it as much as they do now.” But in the harsh and intense color array of nature, “salty land” is not a punishment of heaven and earth, but it is just a challenge and puzzle that nature has bestowed, from which there are crystallization of species. firmly rooted trees rise above the land where one can find sweetness in every grain of salty soil. Young author Nguyen Chi Ngoan. Photo: FBNV. The heart of the people of U Minh land Perhaps, through this collection of poems, the author and young teacher Nguyen Chi Ngoan skillfully let us fly up and see the beauties of this life: “Even though the salty smell permeates every tooth root, we can see the beauty of this life. I still live in harmony with the land and people, just like the salty land still silently nurtures desires. Living in hardship but dreams still bloom. Through the little book, the author instills in us a feeling of loving others, loving life, and loving ourselves more. And when you open your heart to each page of the book, readers will see before their eyes the sunny rivers, as if they want to burn the hairs of children. There are no storks flying straight, no kite flutes in the salty dry fields or the shaded gardens of childhood. But the author is not pessimistic about “salty soil”. The passages carry the color of a sparkling sadness full of hope. I see that the author is deeply embracing the soul of his homeland. He diligently planted the green sprouts that rose like a sturdy cactus in the sand and windy desert. Choosing a separate intersection that is relatively sparse compared with contemporary 9X-age authors, Nguyen Chi Ngoan has blown a lively and passionate Western breeze with his closeness, traditional lifestyle and characteristics of Vietnamese people. river region, creating a very unique flavor for delta literature. The way the author chooses to return to the topic of awnings listening to the rain and sunshine, dinghy or white reed hills flickering in memory. With a very personal life material, the Western space appears gently, gently awakening the hearts of readers to find their own souls and forgotten memories in the chaos of life. The charming view can be touched to feel the way of life, the liberal and generous features of the river filled with emotions.

We pre-ordered a tasting. The restaurant’s white plastic crust has just coated on the cooked mold, took out the tray and added some cat mushrooms to make a filling, then rolled it up, cut it into small pieces and sprinkled fragrant scallions on top and presented a plate to customers. While I was constantly watching the strange plate of rice rolls for the first time, the shopkeeper brought a cup of hot fish sauce to smoke. In the cold of the misty plateau, each piece of rolled cake is dipped with hot sauce to eat warmly. God, how delicious it is! Without any hesitation, we called tap, 2, and 3 dishes, despite having to wait a long time for our turn. Eating rice rolls here, you can feel the fatty aroma from the rice flour and the filling, while the scent of scallions and a cup of hot fish sauce blends into the mouth is the perfect final combination. At the time of charging, the whole group was confused when the owner said “30,000 VND”. “Oh, is there a mistake, uncle?” – I asked surprised, but he smiled dryly: “How wrong!”. Indeed in my life I have never eaten such delicious and cheap rolls. If you have the opportunity to visit Moc Chau, you should visit the Truong Sinh restaurant in the market of Nong Truong to experience the rice rolls that I am sure that anyone who eats once will love it forever.

The first mission, the Luna 25, is scheduled to depart in October this year with the first trip to the South Pole (on the Moon), where Russian scientists will study water vein under the thick ice. “In the next decade, the Moon will be the focus of our program,” said Lev Zelenyi, scientific advisor at the Russian Federal Institute of Space Research, during an online presentation by the Academy of Sciences. Country held on March 23. Luna 25 ship during assembly and testing before launching to the Moon. Photo: Roscosmos. Many companies in Russia have begun to sketch lunar exploration programs. Meanwhile, the US is aiming to probe humans with the Artemis program, combined with robots to carry out missions on the Moon. In December, China transported the first new lunar soil sample to Earth in a series of ongoing missions called Chang’an. India and Israel promise to launch the next ship to the moon after two successful landings in 2019 (the Chandrayaan-2 and Beresheet). However, only the United States can match Russia’s space heritage on the Moon. The Putin administration is getting back to the space race by continuing a series of missions called Luna, following the tail numbers from the Luna 24 they stopped in 1976. “We want to show our steadfastness,” said Mr. Zelenyi. According to the Space , the Luna 25 is designed to study the permafrost beneath the lunar surface. Explorers hope to exploit them as a resource and gauge the danger posed by sharp pieces of moon dust. Upon landing, the ship will use cameras made by Europe to enhance the European Space Agency’s future lunar missions. Mr. Zelenyi emphasized, Luna 25 is just the beginning, the landfall on the Moon consists of a total of 5 missions with many stages being planned. The first Lunokhod-1 rover to operate on another planet. Photo: Wikipedia. In 2023 or 2024, Russia plans to launch the Luna 26 rocket, this time an orbital ship that searches for magnetic and gravitational anomalies on the Moon and captures highly accurate images of the locations. potential landing. Next, in 2025, along with the ship Luna 27, Russia will continue to return to the Moon. According to Mr. Zelenyi, this is the most important time. As the lander this year, Luna 27 will target the Antarctic and carry European landing software. Additionally, Luna 27 will be supported by a robot from the European Space Agency, which includes a drill that collects rock on the Antarctic Moon without melting compounds such as water ice found in the material. The lander will also carry a set of tools designed to study the solar wind. The solar wind is a stream of charged particles released from the sun’s upper atmosphere and traversing the solar system, affecting the Moon’s surface. The last two missions in the Luna mission series were told by Mr. Zelenyi that the launch date is not yet set. However, the Luna 28, also known as the Luna-Grunt, will be built directly aboard the ship before it to bring back to Earth frozen stored samples taken from the south pole of the Moon. Freezing the samples helps to retain water and other volatile compounds. “The specimens will be brought back, but different from those that have been brought back to earth before,” said Mr. Zelenyi. According to him, the specimen would be not only the topsoil (on the Moon) but all the volatiles and frozen impurities. This is the technical challenge. Eventually, mission Luna 29 will carry the new Lunokhod rover, continuing to merge with Soviet missions. In 1970, the Lunokhod-1 was the first rover to successfully operate on another planet. The car spent 10 months exploring the area known as the Mare Imbrium or Rainy Sea.

Strange creature in rice field in Huay Nam Rak village.

In particular, recently many witnesses in Thailand reported seeing an entity hovering in the air. They think it is an alien. How bad is it?

Strange creatures cause a stir

Early in the morning of August 31, 2005, the small village of Huay Nam Rak, located in Mae Jan district, Chiang Rai province, Thailand, about 780 kilometers north of Bangkok, seems to have become the destination of a tourist from there. other sex.

That morning, more than a dozen villagers near the area’s rice fields are said to have witnessed a humanoid creature hovering, about 75 centimeters tall, yellow skin, big red eyes, large head and ears, Small mouth, no arms, and thin legs.

The first person to see this entity was a man named Sawaeng Bunratchasak. At that time, he was cycling across a field when he saw this strange creature floating in the air.

At first, he thought it was a scarecrow, but when it flew up and moved like a living creature, even looked directly at him and nodded, he realized he was mistaken. Immediately, the man rode his bicycle in panic, returning to tell the others what he had just witnessed.

Curious people rushed to the scene to verify it and they saw the mysterious entity, believed to have been hovering around the clearing for over an hour.

Some describe it to look like a child, while others claim it resembles a robot or cartoon doll, as its movements jerk up and down and unnatural. Some people also believe it to be a ghost … In the end, aliens are a popular opinion.

This entity hovered across the field, seemingly with some force, nodding occasionally to viewers or giving them a “as if asking for help” look, then suddenly flew up and disappeared in the sky. God.

Some witnesses described the entity as being stretched and turned black, before soaring into the sky like a rocket, while others said it had soared into a glowing ball of light. in the sky. A witness named Sawaeng Boonyalak, 35 years old, said of the creature:

• The alien is about 70 cm tall, has golden skin and flat chest. Its mouth is very small, a hairless head, and its eyes and ears are also unusually large. Floating near the ground, it suddenly flew up to a treetop. After more villagers came to see it, it soared in a dazzling beam of light in the sky.

When news of the strange phenomenon spread, hundreds of curious people began flocking to the fields, including journalists. Local officials have opened an investigation into the matter, but there is no specific evidence of the rumored creature.

There were no traces of damaged rice in the field, no trace of this entity stepping on the ground, only the footprints of curious people who came to see it.

Witnesses sketched out the strange creatures they saw.

Aliens or dolls?

Unfortunately, the rural poor farmers see the strange entity but don’t have a camera to record it. However, they outlined what they saw.

The police suspect this incident, claiming the witnesses had been drunk and looked goosebumps, but everyone confirmed they were completely awake. In the peaceful village, where phenomenon like this had never happened, created a lively public opinion at the time.

Later, Tongmuan Pochailoet, a resident of a nearby village, recalled that he found an old helium-filled doll stuck in a tree at the beginning of the month and had recovered to hang outside his home, as a dummy. This doll, he said, is 90 cm tall, has an oversized head and small limbs.

It was effective in repelling birds that threatened his crops, but unfortunately lost it in a storm, two days before the strange phenomenon occurred in the fields in the village of Huay Nam Rak.

Thus, Tongmuan Pochailoet is certain that the entity seen is his lost helium doll. He said he did not speak earlier for fear of offending the villagers of Huay Nam Rak. He drew the sketch of his inflatable doll for the reporters, who in turn showed it to the witnesses.

However, they all said it did not look like the “alien” they had seen. The creature they saw could not be an inanimate doll but was very alive, moved its legs and head, and even looked directly at the viewer and reacted to them.

It also moves intelligently with its own power, sometimes even blocking the wind, and then shoots straight up into the sky. Those who saw it guessed it was not a helium doll.

Wisit Sittisombat, Mae Jan County Chief, did not comment on how many people visited Huay Nam Rak village, as there was no reason to stop them. On the positive side, villagers can make money selling food and drinks to tourists.

What is this strange entity really? Is it really a helium-pumped doll? If so, why not many people determine? Or is this a product of the imagination of simple, uneducated villagers? Either way, this phenomenon created excitement in a peaceful village at that time.