A scene from the farmer group’s video. (Photo cut from clip) A “fashion show” with “models” who are Chinese farmers wearing clothes made from vegetables and agricultural products is becoming an exciting story for Chinese netizens. In the footage shot in Chenxi County, Hunan Province, four women wearing costumes and accessories made from agricultural products perform a catwalk on a dirt road, with music and rural settings. The video begins with a woman holding a large horn loudspeaker and proclaiming: “Let’s welcome our village flowers on a dazzling stage.” After that, the group of women walked confidently towards the camera, wearing skirts made of vegetables, accessories such as guavas, loofahs and eggplants. They seem to have learned some catwalk tricks, like making cool facial expressions, not looking directly at the camera, and slightly nodding their heads when approaching the camera. The 1-minute show is the way these women came up with a way to attract buyers of agricultural products. Group of women performing homemade costumes. (Photo cut from clip) The video was filmed by a woman surnamed Xu and posted on the account Douyin, an application similar to TikTok. “The first person is my mother-in-law. I go third. We are all one family,” Xu said in the introduction to the video. “We make skirts out of vegetables and hats using what we find in the surrounding garden,” says Xu. The woman said she hopes the video “can make her life better”. “Our organic vegetables are not being sold very well. So I thought to use my Douyin account to promote agricultural products,” Xu said. On Douyin, many people praised this group of women as cute and commented that the world famous fashion events sometimes have to compete with them. Xu is one of thousands of Chinese farmers who already know how to use social media. Over the years, rural life-themed clips have become popular on online platforms. Li Ziqi became one of the most popular stars on Chinese social media thanks to his videos about the rural lifestyle.

A day of salt farmers in An Hoa commune (Quynh Luu district, Nghe An) begins at dawn, when the first rays of the new day are still shy behind the roofs. Groups of people wearing conical hats, carrying light burdens on their shoulders, and carrying locusts in their hands rushed to the salt fields. From about 6 to 10 am, when the sun is not too strong, people mainly just work the soil and water the salt fields. The harvest usually takes place in the afternoon, from 12 noon onwards, when the sun rises at noon. “Chicken egg yolk” shines through the morning dew, signaling a new day. Silhouette of a woman diligently working in the morning sunlight reflected in the clear salt fields. Salt occupation is associated with long fields, full of sunshine and salty sweat. The square salt fields, reflecting the sparkling morning sun, create a beautiful scene. At different times of the day, the salt field is beautiful in different angles, full of lyricism and nostalgia. The dawn on the salt field has a rustic and idyllic beauty that is so attractive. Over 60 years of work, Ms. Phan Thi Chinh (77 years old) is very familiar with this place. Although her children have all looked for other jobs, she still sticks to the profession alone. For Mrs. Chinh, the salty taste of the sea or the hot sun of the sky has “soaked” ever since. “This job is so hard! The sun is hot, people are in the shade, and we have to go out to dry, almost no time to rest. It’s hard work, it’s hard work, but the income is not much, just enough to live through the day”, Ms. Chinh confided. In that hardship, she still smiled beautifully. For generations, the salt people of An Hoa have attached their lives to the grain of salt, despite many hardships and bitterness.

The shine of the internal strikers partly solved the problem of public goods for the Vietnamese team Photo: VPF

The impressive scoring ability of domestic strikers promises to create an attractive competition with foreign strikers, and at the same time makes the No. 1 tournament in Vietnam even more thrilling. Not only that, this is also very beneficial for the Vietnamese team before the matches in the World Cup qualifier 2022.

Wind has alternated?

With a strike in the match HAGL overcame Nam Dinh 4-3 in round 9, striker Nguyen Van Toan temporarily rose to the top of the ranking “scorer” V.League 2021 with 6 goals. Right behind Van Toan are 5 players with the same 5 goals, including 3 domestic strikers, Nguyen Cong Phuong (HAGL), Nguyen Tien Linh (Binh Duong) and Phan Van Duc (SLNA), next to Teofilo Eydison. (Than Quang Ninh) and Rafaelson (SHB Danang). The impressive ability of the Van Toan – Cong Phuong duo is helping HAGL to fly high on the rankings, in which Van Toan has scored in 6/9 games to help HAGL have 18 points, while Cong Phuong has just made a double to help Nui Street football team choked 4-3 against Nam Dinh in round 9. Tien Linh and Van Duc are “leaders” in the attack of their team, typically Tien Linh scored a hat-trick against the net. Dinh was in round 8, and Phan Van Duc just scored a double against B. Binh Duong in round 9.

Never before has the race “top scorer” in the V.League received such attention this year, this comes from the “turnaround” too big of domestic strikers. That is completely different from the previous seasons, when the domestic strikers always proved weaker than the foreign strikers. Even now, people do not even remember when the last time a domestic player won the “top scorer” V.League was in what year? Last season, Cong Phuong was the best domestic striker but only 6 goals, equal to half of the leader, not even in the top 10 strikers scoring the most season. In 2019, there is a bit of prosperity when the top 10 has 2 domestic players, Minh Vuong (12 goals, 4th place) and Van Quyet (9 goals, 10th place), similar to the 2018 season with Tien Linh (15 goals, 2nd place) and Cong Phuong (12 goals, 6th place).

It has been difficult for domestic strikers to compete for the starting position with foreign strikers in recent seasons, so it is not too difficult for them to be in the list of top goalscorer in the tournament. And in this season, teams still give priority to try “West” on the attack and the story of foreign soldiers “winning land” of internal soldiers in the striker position seems to be too normal. Currently in the V.League 2021, all teams have at least 1 to 2 main spots for foreign strikers on public goods, even at times the coach of the Ho Chi Minh club even uses all 3 foreign soldiers on attack. in a match. Therefore, the current impressive performance of Van Toan, Cong Phuong, Tien Linh, Van Duc is proof that the quality of domestic strikers is no less than foreign soldiers, the wind has somewhat reversed despite the period. 1 has just passed over 2/3 of the journey

Worry less

Only less than 2 months left for the remaining matches in Group G The second qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia will take place, but the Vietnamese team is facing great concerns about personnel, especially. in midfield and in defense. The forces of the “Golden Stars” preparing for the matches in the UAE in June are severely chipped because of various problems of the pillars.

Hung Dung certainly could not be present, Trong Hoang, Dinh Trong were suspended, Van Hau was injured, he did not know when to return, goalkeeper Van Lam did not play regularly, not to mention Tuan Anh had just suffered an injury, Quang Hai , Huy Hung just came back after his convalescence. That really is the headache of Coach Park Hang-seo. But with the performance of players on public goods at the V.League 2021 over the past time, the Korean strategist will somewhat lessen the burden of worry. Van Toan, Cong Phuong, Tien Linh, Van Duc are all important pillars of the Vietnamese team’s attack, and the fact that they have good form to score regularly is good news for the national team. With many individuals with good performance points, Coach Park Hang-seo will have many plans and calculations on public goods, not to mention he can call back veteran striker Nguyen Anh Duc, who is leading ” First-class scorer ”with 4 goals after 4 matches. After 5 matches in Group G World Cup qualification 2022, Vietnam has only scored 5 goals, including 3 goals against Indonesia, the weakest opponent in the table. Therefore, in the remaining 3 matches (especially against Malaysia and the host UAE), the Vietnamese team needs a better finish to compensate for the inevitable risks in defense. The opponents in Group G are getting stronger every day, they are very well prepared for the remaining matches, so the attackers are regaining the feeling of scoring at the V.League is a good sign for Mr. Park.

Previously, Coach Park Hang-seo expressed his wish that the V.League teams should create conditions for more domestic strikers, especially young strikers to express themselves. In fact, in recent seasons, teams still prioritize the use of “foreign goods” over “domestic goods”, which comes from the efficiency and achievement pressure. But the story of domestic and foreign strikers this season has turned a different direction, which is also what fans and professionals want to see. HAGL, B. Binh Duong or SLNA are benefiting from the brilliance of domestic strikers and that can also be seen as what other teams in the V.League should learn in creating opportunities for local players. attack. There may be people who cannot immediately meet expectations and be effective, but in the long run it can be very beneficial for football teams, national teams and football as a whole.