When the rice is young, the farmers have to go to the field to destroy any grasses which could kill the plants. Throughout the year they have to keep doing this to protect their livelihood. Beside looking for grasses they also spray pesticide to kill insects. Beside that, Vietnam is like a jungle with many hungry animals. Sometimes doing all this couldn't even help them since there are natural forces that will rip everything apart.
Floods are the scariest of all since Vietnam is a low, flatland country.
During the stages when the rice seeds turn yellow they make a scarecrow like structure that scares away birds. At the end of the season when the rice has to be harvested they carry huge, old machines to separate the seeds from the plants. With every bundle carefully put together, they try their best to make sure there will be as little waste as possible. When the seeds are in bags, everybody pitches in to help carry it to their house if it's close by or put it in the boat to transport it home. When bagging and transporting is all over, they go home and take a nice bath.