W - Topic 7 - Bui Nhung

The essential role of plants in human being’s life is undeniable in terms of supplying food, shelters, clothing, etc. In Vietnam, my country, rice is a featured plant. Personally, it is of great importance to my country and me due to three reasons.

First and foremost, Vietnam economy has been strongly supported by rice. Specifically, rice helps guarantee food security of the nation. With the population of nearly 86 million people, safety in food security could help bring about the stable and sustainable development of the economy and society. Furthermore, the value of rice exports is worth more than 2 million US dollars annually. It is synonymous with having a big amount of foreign currency, reducing trade deficit...

Secondly, rice has a pivotal part of the life of rice growers in terms of food and income. In reality, rice is a major food in every meal in every family in Vietnam. So, growing this plant is a kind of food self-supply of rice farmer. On the other hand, by selling part of rice produced by growers, they can have a little money. This income can be used to exchange other goods or services such as seeds, fertilizers in rice production, equipments and furniture in daily life or education and health services...

Finally, in my case, rice has been a source of finance and memory. Living in the North of Vietnam, my family has had a large rice farm. So, the majority of our family’s income came from selling rice. My expense, tuition fees and so on were partially financed by this income. Moreover, there were lots of my interesting memory for my village’s rice field in my childhood like flying a kite, playing tag game and working hardly in harvesting period... Now, seeing this plant, especially rice fields, brings back the child in me which is a good kind of relaxing of mine.

All in all, rice supports the economy of Vietnam, Vietnamese rice growers so much. To me, rice brings me many nice memories about my childhood and the sources of my family’s income.